Shepherd is a digital adoption platform and user onboarding library that guides users through custom tours of web applications.
Shepherd solves the problem of helping users learn and navigate new features by creating interactive guided tours. It works by allowing developers to define a sequence of steps that highlight specific UI elements, display contextual information, and guide users through workflows. The tool is highly customizable with minimal default styling, enabling teams to match tours to their application's design while keeping implementation straightforward.
Shepherd suits projects of any scale that need to improve user adoption, from simple feature introductions to comprehensive onboarding experiences. The library supports multiple JavaScript frameworks including React, Vue.js, Angular, and Ember, as well as plain JavaScript and ES Modules, making it adaptable to most modern web stacks. For teams wanting a fully managed solution rather than self-hosted implementation, the project's creators offer white-glove services to build custom tours and training experiences.
The project maintains active development with a structured release process that is mostly automated. The team actively encourages community contributions and provides clear contribution guidelines. The project has attracted real-world adoption, with implementations ranging from Rails-integrated solutions to production websites and applications.
