Zen Cart
Open-source e-commerce application for running an online shop.
www.zen-cart.comrepositorydocsplugins
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 lists plugins contributed by the community, and the documentation covers store owners and developers.
Worth knowing
The requirements page labels the latest release the final version of its line and lists the next line as in development.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request7
- Install with
- upload the files, then the built-in installer8
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-20: links, Plugins
www.zen-cart.com - 2026-10-20: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart - 2026-10-20: links, Maintainer, Runtime, License
github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/composer.json - 2026-10-20: links
www.zen-cart.com/plugins - 2026-10-20: Maintained by, Categories, License
www.zen-cart.com/about - 2026-10-20: Minimum runtime, Admin interface
docs.zen-cart.com/user/first_steps/server_requirements/ - 2026-10-20: Databases, Runs as
github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/README.md - 2026-10-20: Install with
github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/v2.2.2/install.txt - 2026-10-20: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart/releases/latest - 2026-10-20: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/zencart/zencart/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies