Open source e-commerce scripts

There are many open-source e-commerce scripts a web designer can employ. Here are some of them with my personal opinion.

1. Virtuemart - This is an excellent e-commerce component for Joomla. I have used it in several of my websites.

2. Ubercart - This is an excellent e-commerce module for Drupal.

3. Wordpress e-commerce plugin - This plugin provides simple e-commerce capability in Wordpress.

4. Zencart - This is a derivative of OSCommerce. Again, I didn’t like anything that is related to OSCommerce.

5. Magento - This is the latest and very promising e-commerce software.

6. OSCommerce - OSCommerce is the oldest e-commerce script. It is now out-dated and the code is difficult to maintain.

Other less popular e-commerce scripts are OXID esales, Freeway, simplecarts, Digitstores, opencart, Prestashop, dashcommerce.

For better integration with other CMS, I will continue to use Virtuemart, Ubercart and Wordpress ecommerce plugin. I may also use Magento in the future.

Posted by alfred
Tags: Magento, Ubercart, Virtuemart, Wordpress ecommerce

Comments

8 Responses to “Open source e-commerce scripts”

epayment blogger on December 19th, 2008 4:21 am

Hi, we will build a shop with the nex oxid open source shop. I think its not to bad and also good in seo. Greetings
e-Commerce Solutions on December 24th, 2008 8:23 am

Good list.
Cube cart could be added to the list?
London Tours on January 5th, 2009 12:49 am

Nice list. I love Oscommerce - its easy to setup and to amend, I dont really know PHP but its easy to amend oscommerce if you have a bit of HTML knowledge.
Paul Bauer on January 16th, 2009 8:21 am

That is good to know if I decide to open my online store. I like anything open source
Ecommerce Website Designers on January 19th, 2009 12:53 am

Thanks for the list.
oscommerce on January 25th, 2009 9:16 pm

I know oscommerce may be old and outdated but it works and works well, and it has many modules available for it aswell.
lindsayanng on February 13th, 2009 1:49 am

i LOVE oscommerce.. but maybe its becuse its what i started with.. i think its great for people who arent php coders, but are good enough to get in and play with the code..with some tweaking and addons, you can easily bring the script up to your own standards..
jony on February 15th, 2009 6:06 pm

Yes, for many reason I feel better with wordpress e-commerce plugin, but it’s so complicated for me who don’t want some check out and shopping cart page.
I just want to display my product, seems like some gallery plugin, but more completed