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Top 16+ Open Source E-Commerce Applications

By Partho

February 20th, 2009

E commerce has grown into one of the most feasible ways to establish a market presence. For those already reining the market it’s a channel for cheaper and more efficient distribution chain for products services. There are a good number of firms who have tasted success with eCommerce. Especially the Open source ecommerce applications are being largely used to fillip businesses. The whole game is how to fit the ecommerce app to your benefit.

1. Zen Cart

It’s a free and compatible open source shopping cart software. Developed by a group of shop owners, programmers, designers and consultants Zen Cart seems to be more user friendly.

2. Ubercart

This is a feature packed app installed as a module to Drupal, combining it with best CMS application. It serves in selling physical goods; file downloads as well as site access/membership with auto renewal. It works with a number of payment systems like Cyber Source, Authorize.net, PayPal & more.

3. Magneto

For user as well as admin, this software has some strong features to support e-commerce. It allows multiple stores to be managed from a single admin interface. It has some appealing marketing/promotional options like buy 1 get 1 free or multi-tier pricing for quantity discounts.

4. Apache OFBiz

This open source automation software is largely used for e commerce. It includes advanced features for e-commerce.

5. dasCommerce

It’s a multilingual and fully customizable app. dasCommerce offers theming support with unlimited categories and unlimited images to be added to the product.

6. Simplecart(js)

As the name suggest, it’s a simple and easy to use shopping cart. The products are displayed in a single page with an outstanding interface. For the check update and checkout it has the PayPal.

7. osCommerce

It is one of the oldest free e-commerce apps that offer several marketing options and supports most of the payment system. This multilingual and SEO friendly app works with PHP/MySQL.

8. Prestashop

What attracts most is it’s sleek interface. With this open source you can create special deals such as gift vouchers, price reductions, tag products, sell virtual goods and service.

9. Wordpress

It’s a plugin that includes all the vital features of wordpress for managing content. The app has can be used for social networking support. Those who are acquainted with wordpress themeing can do lot for their store.

10. OXID esales

The app encloses most of the essential ecommerce features as well as other additions such as powerful marketing integration, B2C, B2B and social commerce scenarios, integrated CMS, SEO friendly URLs etc.

11. VirtueMart

This is an ecommerce system for Mambo and Joomla. Those in the currency market can take advantage of its functional features that ranges from stock management to instant currency conversion.

12. Substruct

Essentially a Ruby on Rails e-commerce system, it supports Authorize.net & PayPal as payment processors. Apart from being an e-commerce app it also offers an integrated CMS feature for content.

13. Freeway

This app has some innovative ideas for selling. It’s can be used to sell a guitar lesson or rent a tennis court on a given date and time. Moreover it has some exciting selling features like get3x product and get 2 y products free.

14. Spree

Another ecommerce platform using Ruby on Rails. Spree allows improvement and customization. With the Active Merchant plugin it supports most of the payment processors.

15. Ecommr

This app offers the website presenting interface and design elements of e-commerce websites in a categorized way. It includes vivid collection of elements that includes cart buttons, banners, product detail pages and shopping arts and much more.

15. Digistore

This is developed from the osCommerce engine with improvements in front end and admin of app. It provides a platform for selling physical & virtual goods. The app supports several gateways for payment. Further it offers a newsletter support for promotional features.

16. Satchmo

That’s an popular ecommerce app developed with Django. It supports a number of payment processes and its integrated with popular shipping providers. This offers a platform for selling downloadable products, subscriptions or gift certificates.

Open Source Rails and Flex eCommerce App

This is a Rails built open source system that supports a B2B ecommerce system. The interface richness granted by Flex adds an extra appeal. It is expected to be a Production ready system with better customer relationship management and inventory management.

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Coreta Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 8:26 pm

I have used osCommerce and I find it very practical to use, easy and simple. I have learnt basic html by using this script.

James Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:08 pm

Where is Magento?

Gercek Says:
April 10th, 2009 at 4:27 am

Wordpress e-commerce is not good. lots of bugs…

ACH Payments Says:
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 am

Zen cart is great, osCommerce latest version looks pretty good too.

toputop Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Awesome list….Great share…

Jose Daniel Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 am

I think is Magento, not Magneto. I prefer Ubercart+Drupal

Marsh Says:
July 6th, 2009 at 8:54 am

Excellent list of open source solutions for e-commerce.

Detsl Says:
July 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am

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Lesya Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Among all the solutions mentioned above i would single out Virtuemart. It’s free, easy to setup and has all the basic features. And switching to this shopping cart is not a problem as well.
If you think the other way just try cart2cart web service. It automates data migration from your shopping cart to virtuemart (www.shopping-cart-migration.com)

Phil Stacey Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

I am familiar with, and have used, OS Commerce, Zen Cart and WordPress eCommerce.

My current preference is with WordPress eCommerce

Sahus Pilwal, web design hastings Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Some of the above I have never even heard of! Magento must be considered as a solution for the simple reason it’s not an add-on for Drupal or Joomla. It’s a fully functional E-Commerce tool in it’s own right! I wonder if osCommerce as moved from table based layout to CSS based yet!? Anyone know!?

Tom Sullivan Says:
August 7th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

I’m Tom and I run ecommr. While I am grateful for the link, I have to chime in here and mention that ecommr is not an e-commerce application. ecommr is a gallery of design elements of e-commerce sites that I hope provides some inspiration & reference for anyone who is involved in e-commerce design or user interface development.

Thanks for the link, though!