# Zen Cart

Open-source e-commerce application for running an online shop.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.zen-cart.com
- repository: https://github.com/zencart/zencart
- docs: https://docs.zen-cart.com
- plugins: https://www.zen-cart.com/plugins
- forum: https://www.zen-cart.com/forum.php

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Zen-Cart Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: e-commerce
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload the files, then the built-in installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0-only, GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-04-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 426
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 62
- pluginCount: 2000
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 519
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.zen-cart.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.zen-cart.com/plugins (read 2026-10-20)
- pluginCount: https://www.zen-cart.com (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://www.zen-cart.com/about (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.zen-cart.com/about (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/first_steps/server_requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/install.txt (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/first_steps/server_requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://www.zen-cart.com/about (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Zen Cart is an e-commerce application written in PHP for running an online shop. It is installed by uploading its files to a web server and then running the built-in installer, and the store owner's admin interface is part of the application.

A global group of shop owners develops and maintains it. The [plugin library](https://www.zen-cart.com/plugins) lists plugins contributed by the community, and the [documentation](https://docs.zen-cart.com) covers store owners and developers.

## Worth knowing

The [requirements page](https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/first_steps/server_requirements/) labels the latest release the final version of its line and lists the next line as in development.

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