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🚀 Overview

AbanteCart is a free and open-source eCommerce platform designed to power modern online retail and digital commerce. Whether you're launching your first store or developing a complex eCommerce solution, AbanteCart offers a robust and extensible foundation.

• 🧩 Modular, extensible architecture
• ⚡ Lightweight, fast, and secure
• 📦 Rich feature set with a user-friendly admin interface
• 🎯 Built for developers and business owners

👉 Explore the Live Demo
👉 Learn more at abantecart.com

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📦 Getting Started

✅ Requirements

• PHP 8.2.x
• MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.5+
• Apache or Nginx
• mod_rewrite enabled

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src.git

2. Web installation

   Place contents of `/public_html` in your web root directory.
   Open your browser and navigate to:
       http://localhost/abantecart-src/public_html/
   Follow the web installer instructions.
   

3. or CLI installation:

   cd /path/server/htdocs/
   php ./install/cli_install.php install --db_host=127.0.0.1 --db_user=**** --db_password=**** --db_name=****  --db_driver=amysqli  --db_prefix=abc_ --admin_path=admin  --username=admin  --password=admin  --email=admin@admin.com  --http_server=https://your_domain/ --with-sample-data=abantecart_sample_data.sql
   

📚 Detailed instructions: Installation Guide

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🧠 Documentation

• 📖 Developer Docs
• 💡 Community Forum
• 🧩 Extension Marketplace

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🐞 Reporting Issues

Before submitting an issue, please:

1. Search the AbanteCart forum
2. Check existing GitHub issues
3. Review the changelog
4. Confirm it’s not an issue with your hosting/server environment

❗ Security Issues
Please do not post security issues publicly. Contact a moderator privately via the AbanteCart site.

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💡 Suggest Features

Have an idea or enhancement in mind?
Share your suggestions on our Community Forum.

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Follow these steps:

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch
3. Submit a pull request to the appropriate development branch

📌 Please follow PHP coding standards and include meaningful commit messages.

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🔢 Versioning

AbanteCart uses four-part versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD.REVISION

• MAJOR – Breaking changes or complete rewrites
• MINOR – Significant changes to core
• BUILD – New features (safe upgrade path)
• REVISION – Bug fixes (safe for all)

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📢 Releases

• Stay updated by subscribing to our newsletter on abantecart.com (footer).

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📜 License

Distributed under the Open Software License (OSL 3.0).

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🔗 Useful Links

• 🌐 Official Website
• 📘 Documentation
• 🧩 Extension Marketplace
• 🗣️ Community Forum
• 🎥 YouTube Tutorials

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❤️ Made With Passion

AbanteCart is maintained by a passionate team of developers and contributors.
Help us build the future of open-source commerce!

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