Zen Cart

Zen Cart is an online store management system.^[2] It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components. Support is provided for numerous languages and currencies, and it is freely available under the GNU General Public License.^[3]

Zen Cart
The Art of Ecommerce
Zencart Admin Panel screenshot. (Version 1.5.5a)
Original author(s)	Zen Ventures, LLC
Developer(s)	The Zen Cart Development Team
Stable release	2.0.1[1] / 2024-05-19[±]
Repository	github.com/zencart/zc-v1-series
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Online store management system
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.zen-cart.com

History

Zen Cart is a software fork that branched from osCommerce in 2003.^[4][5] Beyond some aesthetic changes, the major differences between the two systems come from Zen Cart's architectural changes (for example, a template system) and additional included features in the core.^[6] The release of the 1.3.x series further differentiated Zen Cart by moving the template system from its historic tables-based layout approach to one that is largely CSS-based.

Plugins

As support for Zen Cart dropped in recent years, many third party companies are creating Zencart plugins and modules^[3] that can help users solve problems like installing reCAPTCHA v3^[7]

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Comparison of shopping cart software