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OpenCart

Lightweight, free and open-source PHP shopping cart with a large extension marketplace.

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About OpenCart

OpenCart is a free, open-source shopping cart written in PHP. It is lightweight and runs on cheap shared hosting, with multi-store support, built-in SEO settings, product options, coupons and reports in a straightforward admin panel. A marketplace offers thousands of extensions and themes, many paid, and there is an OpenCart Cloud option for those who prefer hosting handled for them. It is popular with small merchants and developers who want a simple, low-cost self-hosted store. The downsides are an ageing codebase and admin design, slower development than rivals, uneven extension quality, and compatibility breaks between major versions. Security and updates are your responsibility when self-hosting. OpenCart itself has no monthly fees. It runs on your own PHP server.

Best for: Small merchants and developers who want a simple, free self-hosted cart.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Free with no monthly fees
  • Light enough for cheap shared hosting
  • Multi-store support built in

Why people leave

  • Dated admin and codebase
  • Extension quality varies and many are paid
  • Upgrades between versions can break extensions

Top OpenCart alternatives

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  1. 1PrestaShop logo
    PrestaShop

    More actively developed open-source PHP cart with strong localisation.

    66.5
  2. 2WooCommerce logo
    WooCommerce

    Open-source store on WordPress with more extensions.

    62.6
  3. 3Bagisto logo
    Bagisto

    Modern open-source Laravel commerce with marketplace features.

    59.6
  4. 4nopCommerce logo
    nopCommerce

    Open-source cart on .NET if your team prefers C#.

    57.2
  5. 5Shopify logo
    Shopify

    Hosted platform with no maintenance.

    55.3

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OpenCart: common questions

Is OpenCart free?

Yes. OpenCart is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is OpenCart open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at opencart/opencart. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does OpenCart run on?

OpenCart is available for Web and Self-hosted.

What are the best alternatives to OpenCart?

The highest-ranked OpenCart alternatives right now are PrestaShop, WooCommerce and Bagisto. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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