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nopCommerce: free and open-source eCommerce solution
nopCommerce is the best open-source eCommerce platform. nopCommerce is free, and it is the most popular ASP.NET Core shopping cart.
Key features
- The product is being developed and supported by the professional team since 2008.
- nopCommerce has been downloaded more than 3,000,000 times.
- The active developer community has more than 250,000 members.
- nopCommerce runs on .NET 9 with an MS SQL 2012 (or higher) backend database.
- nopCommerce is cross-platform, and you can run it on Windows, Linux, or Mac.
- nopCommerce supports Docker out of the box, so you can easily run nopCommerce on a Linux machine.
- nopCommerce supports PostgreSQL and MySQL databases.
- nopCommerce fully supports web farms. You can read more about it here.
- All methods in nopCommerce are async.
- nopCommerce supports multi-factor authentication out of the box.
- Start our online course for developers and get the practical and technical skills you need to run and customize nopCommerce websites.
nopCommerce architecture follows well-known software patterns and the best security practices. The source code is fully customizable. Pluggable and clear architecture makes it easy to develop custom functionality and follow any business requirements.
Using the latest Microsoft technologies, nopCommerce provides high performance, stability, and security. nopCommerce is also fully compatible with Azure and web farms.
Our clear and detailed documentation and online course for developers will help you start with nopCommerce easily.