Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

You can find lots of outstanding Open Source Shopping Carts on WebAppers. However, we have just found out that we have missed Ubercart in our free online shopping cart collection.

Ubercart is an exciting open source e-commerce package that fully integrates your online store with Drupal. It was designed to take advantage of Drupal’s major core and contributed systems, providing users with shopping cart functionality that seamlessly integrates with other parts of your company or community website.

One of the key strengths of Ubercart is its design that allows official and third party developers to add to or alter its features to accommodate virtually any e-commerce need. This means you’ll never have to change the source code to add new features, so you’ll have an easy upgrade path when the core gets improved or bugfixes are released.

Could you tell us your favourite one from our Shopping Cart Collection? Ubercart, Magento, PrestaShop, VirtueMart, OsCommerce or Zen Cart?

Requirements: -
Demo: http://www.ubercart.org/
License: GPL License

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VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution to be used together with a Content Management System (CMS) called Joomla! (and Mambo). Joomla! and VirtueMart are written in PHP and made easy for use in a PHP/MySQL environment.

All you need is to download the latest Joomla distribution from www.joomla.org and the VirtueMart package from this site. Joomla provides the Core System and the Framework, which VirtueMart can use. So you can easily use a complete Shopping Cart Solution within your own dynamic Website (”Portal”), together with many other Plug-Ins, called Components and Modules, like Forums, FAQ, Guestbooks and Galleries.

VirtueMart is free software released under the GNU General Public License. No limitations exist for VirtueMart. You can create and maintain a site with an unlimited number of categories, products, orders, customers, etc.

Requirements: Joomla! Framework
Demo: http://virtuemart.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view…
License: GPL License

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SimpleCart(js) is a simple paypal shopping cart in under 11kb that you can setup in minutes. It uses cookies to keep track of the items in the cart. Therefore, simpleCart(js) doesn’t require any databases or programming knowledge. You simply need to know some basic HTML and have the ability to copy and paste. However, it can easily be expanded to use databases or contain more advanced options. It’s lightweight, fast, simple to use, and completely customizable.

Requirements: PayPal Account Required
Demo: http://www.thewojogroup.com/simpleCart/
License: MIT License

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jobberBase is an open source job board software extracted from the successful Romanian IT job board jobber.ro. The design of jobberBase is very clean, simple and easy to use. It has some popular features of modern job boards which includes Post jobs without an account, Search for jobs, Apply to jobs, RSS feeds of latest jobs and Site-widget which can be places on other websites for displaying current jobs.

Most importantly, You can use jobberBase free of charge, for anything you like (including commercial applications). You only need to keep the copyright and license remarks. Do you think WebAppers needs a job board like this? So that Web Designers and Web Developers can get freelance jobs here or collaborate together?

Requirements: -
Demo: http://www.jobberbase.com/
License: MIT License

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PrestaShop is another robust, professional-grade e-Commerce solution that you can download, install, and use for free. On the back end, you’ll use a full-featured back-office application to manage your online business (including inventory, orders, shipping, and customers) in real-time. Your customer’s payments are sent directly to your commerical bank account using the latest security technology.

However, PrestaShop v0.9.1 has been released as a beta version; no known bugs remain but testing is not yet complete. Your feedback will be appreciated.

Requirements: Apache, PHP 5.0+, MySQL 5.0+
Demo: http://www.prestashop.com
License: Open Source License

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Digistore Ecommerce is a fully featured store based on the popular osCommerce engine. Boasting improvements both to the administration and the end user experience – Digistore has quickly become a popular choice for people wishing to market products online.

Digistore allows users to be ‘live’ and selling only minutes after installation is complete. Digistore is a full content management system that requires no HTML or programming knowledge to operate. Now available for download completely free of charge under the General Public License Agreement.

You can see Digistore Demo Shop from the screenshot above. It works like otherEcommerce software solutions. Add items to cart and then checkout, you can also view your cart items on the left hand side any time.

Digistore Admin Area above is clean and easy to use. Digistore has the following Exclusive Features as well.

• HTMLarea ( WYSIWYG editor) help
• Advanced template colour and layout control help
• Instore advertisement manager help
• Thumbnail and large product images
• Express checkout option
• Secure administration login and access control

You can view all features and requirements here.

Requirements: PHP Server with MySQL
Demo: http://digistore.co.nz/
License: GPL License

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OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online shopping cart system. A robust e-commerce solution for Internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in e-commerce at a minimal cost.

OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface. It is not as pretty as Magento, but it is still a very good alternative of paid shopping cart system. Now, log on to the administration section to see how the back-end works with Username: demo / Password: demo.

Visit the live demonstration site to get a feel for how OpenCart works. This is simple template populated with some sample products and cateogries.

Requirements: Apache, PHP 5+ and MySQL
Demo: http://www.opencart.com/demonstration
(Username: demo / Password: demo)
License: GPL License

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FatFreeCart is the free version of E-junkie shopping cart. Get Google CheckoutIt works inside your website, your blog and will even work from your MySpace page. It is simply a copy-paste cart and does not require you to register with us or install anything.

FatFreeCart works with PayPal and Google Checkout. It supports product variations, shipping, handling and sales tax. On top of being certified by PayPal and Google, it has been successfully tested on humans and they absolutely love it (which means higher conversion rates for you). FatFreeCart is also the only serious cart with a somewhat funny name.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.fatfreecart.com/
License: License Free

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Have you thought of buidling your own e-shop, selling different kind of items on the internet? We are not talking about ebay or Shopify. This is absolutely free and open-source, you can install it on your own server. Magento is a new professional open-source eCommerce solution offering unprecedented flexibility and control. With Magento, never feel trapped in your eCommerce solution again. This web application is genius, I would never believe it is an open-source project.

• Unlimited flexibility and no constraints
• Completely Scalable Architecture
• Professional and Community Support
• Smooth Integration with 3rd party apps
• Cutting Edge Features

Try the frontend yourself , explore how a Magento-driven store might look to your customer and test some of the features. Get a feel for it by going through the checkout process, tagging a product or leaving a review. You can zoom in and out of the product.

In the backend (Admin Username: admin Password: 123123), see how easy it is to do things like add product attributes, set up promotions or manage a catalog. The user interface is stunning.

Requirements: Apache Web Server (1.x or 2.x), PHP 5.2.0+, MySQL 4.1.20+
Frontend Demo: http://demo.magentocommerce.com/
Backend Demo: http://demo-admin.magentocommerce.com/(Admin Username: admin Password: 123123)
License: Open Software License (OSL 3.0)

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