# opencart/opencart

A free shopping cart system. OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online e-commerce solution.

Repository: https://github.com/opencart/opencart
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opencart
Homepage: https://www.opencart.com
Language: PHP
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: php, ecommerce-framework, opencart, open-source, shopping, shopping-cart, cart, html5, js, javascript
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:17:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5510, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 51, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8186, forks 5055 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:19.512903+00:00)

## What it is
OpenCart is a free, open-source PHP-based online shopping cart and e-commerce platform for merchants. It provides a complete storefront and admin dashboard for managing products, orders, customers, taxes, coupons, and multiple stores, with a large marketplace of extensions and themes.

## Use cases
- set up an online store to sell products
- manage multiple storefronts from one admin panel
- self-host an e-commerce site with no monthly fees
- add discounts, coupons, and specials to a shop
- extend store functionality with modules and themes
- manage products, customers, and orders from a dashboard

## When to choose
- you want a free, self-hosted PHP shopping cart
- you need multi-store management from a single backend
- you rely on a large ecosystem of extensions and themes
- you want built-in SEO, coupons, and affiliate features out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a headless or API-first commerce architecture
- you prefer a SaaS-hosted solution with managed updates
- your stack is not PHP-based
- you need highly custom enterprise commerce workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: e-commerce, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: shopping-cart, ecommerce-platform, storefront, multi-store, extensions-marketplace, php-application, web-server

## Member repositories
- opencart/opencart (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.512903+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:34.315402+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/opencart/opencart (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.512903+00:00, sha 48d46c284c95)
  - homepage: https://www.opencart.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:20.867448+00:00, sha 76d9c5b8d22b)
  - site_page: https://docs.opencart.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:20.878860+00:00, sha 8f45025436ff)
  - site_page: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=cms%2Ffeature (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:20.876631+00:00, sha 04c6dc4e8c84)
  - site_page: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=cms%2Fcompany (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:20.881158+00:00, sha 68bb1f42bdc0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.