# LiteCart

PHP e-commerce platform for online merchants, with an admin backend.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/litecart/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.litecart.net/
- repository: https://github.com/litecart/litecart
- docs: https://www.litecart.net/wiki/
- forum: https://www.litecart.net/forums/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: LiteCart AB
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: e-commerce
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 5.6
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload the public_html/ contents to the web root, then run the browser installer at install/

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: CC-BY-ND-4.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 236
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 19
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/litecart/litecart/2.7.1/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/litecart/litecart/blob/2.7.1/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart/git/refs/tags/2.7.1 (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart/commits/2.7.1 (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/litecart/litecart/contributors (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

LiteCart is an e-commerce platform for online merchants, written in PHP and managed through a backend in the `admin/` folder. It is installed by uploading the contents of its `public_html/` folder to the web root and running the installer in the browser.

## Worth knowing

The license file is the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license, which is not an open-source software license.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0