Taxonomy
Whatnot organizes every product in the marketplace under a single category tree — our product taxonomy. We publish the full, machine-readable taxonomy to a public GitHub repository so you can browse it, diff it, and build against it:
The repository is generated automatically from Whatnot's internal source of truth — it is published, not hand-edited. The taxonomy is available in two equivalent formats under data/:
Each entry describes one category:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id |
number | Stable category identifier. |
type |
string | Machine-readable category slug. |
label |
string | Human-readable display name. |
parent_id |
number | null | Parent category id; null for top-level categories. |
allows_inventory |
boolean | Whether the category accepts inventory (present where applicable). |
The top-level version field is the published semantic version of the taxonomy. See the repository's CHANGELOG.md for the history of published versions.
Explore the taxonomy
The explorer below fetches data/taxonomy.json directly from GitHub on load, so it always reflects the latest published taxonomy. Search across every assembled breadcrumb, drill down level by level, and select any category to inspect its breadcrumb and full details.
