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CubeCart

Free, open source ecommerce with free official extensions

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CubeCart is a free, open source ecommerce platform for building and running online stores. It covers product and catalogue management, orders and checkout, payments, shipping and tax, customer accounts, marketing and SEO, multi-currency and multi-language support, design and content, admin and reporting, and security and compliance. Official payment gateways and shipping modules are included at no extra cost, with no per-transaction fees or paid plugins for basic features.

Key capabilities include Stripe, PayPal, Square, Adyen and Elavon gateways; UPS, FedEx, USPS, Royal Mail, Canada Post and Australia Post shipping modules; rule-based shipping with box-packing calculation; abandoned cart recovery; newsletter management; Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Merchant Center and Mailchimp integrations; 32 languages; multiple currencies; a REST API (Beta); hooks and events; Elasticsearch search; Redis or Memcached caching; and an extension marketplace with one-click install. The platform runs on a Smarty template engine with responsive skins and is licensed under GPL v3.

CubeCart is aimed at merchants ranging from small shops to larger businesses, as well as developers extending the platform. It is available as a free self-hosted download or through managed hosting, which is offered with a 14-day trial.

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