myCart
Shopping cart in 1 file (with support for payment by card or cryptocurrency).
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Still maintained? Yes: 140 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.2.10 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in E-commerce: Shopify alternatives.
At a glance
myCart quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 364
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.2.10, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "myCart is an open source shopping-cart in 1 file with an embedded database (SQLite by default, PostgreSQL if you prefer), a convenient dashboard UI and a simple site. Formerly known as litecart (legacy project name kept here for discoverability in search)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
myCart scores 90/100, #6 of 25 in E-commerce: 140 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.2.10, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 364 stars add 10.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
140 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.2.10 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 10.2 / 20
364 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 140
- Last 90 days
- 402
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 25 tools in E-commerce by health , between Discount Bandit (#5) and Bagisto (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.2.10 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 364 |
| Open issues | 15 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | shurco/mycart ↗ |
myCart vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with myCart (E-commerce), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleor | 97 | 23k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| EverShop | 96 | 11k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Solidus | 95 | 5.3k | BSD-3-Clause | yesterday |
| myCart (this tool) | 90 | 364 | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenCart | 86 | 8.2k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Drupal Commerce | 55 | 410 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
myCart: common questions
Is myCart still maintained?
myCart had 140 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.2.10, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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