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: | 1.3.7 / December, 30 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 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 in that it uses a template system to implement a design; unlike osCommerce which does not restrict how developers integrate a design into the code.
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
