# OpenCart

Open source ecommerce platform written in PHP for running an online store on a web server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/opencart/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.opencart.com
- repository: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
- docs: https://docs.opencart.com
- x: https://twitter.com/opencart
- forum: https://forum.opencart.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: OpenCart
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2006
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: e-commerce
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip download, manual upload

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0, GPL-3.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8218
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 329
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 20579
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.opencart.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/opencart/opencart (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://docs.opencart.com/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://www.opencart.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/opencart/opencart (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/4.1.0.4/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/4.1.0.4/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- templating: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/4.1.0.4/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://docs.opencart.com/getting-started/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/master/INSTALL.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/master/INSTALL.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://docs.opencart.com/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/blob/4.1.0.4/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- firstRelease: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=cms/company (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/opencart/opencart (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://github.com/opencart/opencart/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

OpenCart is an open source ecommerce platform written in PHP, with Twig templates. A merchant uploads the files to a web server, creates a database, and runs the installation steps, as the [installation guide](https://docs.opencart.com/getting-started/installation) describes. The installer creates the admin account, and the admin panel is where the store is managed. PHP handles each request, so no separate process runs beside the web server.

OpenCart maintains the software and also offers OpenCart Cloud, a hosted service separate from the software.

## Worth knowing

The [system requirements](https://docs.opencart.com/getting-started/system-requirements) page and the latest release's composer.json name different minimum PHP versions.

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