Zen Cart
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| Zen Cart | |
 Newly installed Zen Cart screenshot |
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| Developer: | The Zen Cart Development Team |
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| Latest release: | 1.3.6 / October, 27 2006 |
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Online store management system |
| License: | GPL |
| Website: | www.zencart.com |
Zen Cart is an open source online store management system. It is PHP-based, using the Apache web server and a MySQL database. Providing support for many languages and currencies, it is available for free under the GNU General Public License.
Zen Cart branched from osCommerce as a separate project. It is comparable to CRE Loaded and OSC MAX. One of the notable advantages of Zen Cart over osCommerce is shorter release cycles with relatively regular minor version fixes.
According to the official website, the ideals of Zen Cart are:[1]
- Keep the goals of the store owner in mind at all times
- Make everything as simple to use as possible
- Listen to and be responsive to our users
- Continue to expand the database and server options
- Strive for the perfect shopping cart
