PrestaShop

PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce platform for building online stores. It is written in PHP and runs on relational databases such as MySQL or MariaDB, typically deployed on Linux-based hosting with a web server. PrestaShop provides a storefront and a back-office interface for store management, along with a modular system of extensions and themes.

Core features include product and catalog management, order processing, customer accounts, pricing rules, promotions, multi-language and multi-currency support, SEO tools, and built-in payment and shipping integrations. The software is designed to be extended through modules and themes; the marketplace hosts thousands of add-ons created by the community and merchants.

PrestaShop uses a modular architecture with a hooks system that allows modules to modify behavior at predefined points. The back office is built with a templating system (Smarty in traditional versions) and a PHP-based object model. Since 1.7, the platform has incorporated components from the Symfony framework and uses Composer for dependency management, reflecting ongoing modernization while maintaining backward compatibility.

Development and distribution are community-driven. PrestaShop SA originally released the software in 2007 and continues to manage the core project, while a global ecosystem supplies modules, themes, and hosting services. It is released under an open-source license, making it freely available for modification and redistribution under the terms of that license.

As one of the prominent open-source e-commerce solutions, PrestaShop is used by small to mid-sized merchants worldwide, with a multilingual, multi-currency out-of-the-box experience and a large ecosystem of developers, agencies, and marketplace offerings.