Bitcart

A self-hosted payment processor that lets merchants accept Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, Ether, USDT and other cryptocurrencies without a middleman.

1k stars, 186 forks Python On GitHub since March 2019

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Bitcart at a glance

Open sourceYes, MITNo paid parts in the repository
Health59 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDocker imageSteps in the README
InterfaceEnglish onlyNo translation files found
Release rhythmEvery ~14 days6 releases in 12 months; latest 0.11.1.0

What is Bitcart?

Bitcart is the core of a set of repositories: this one holds the coin daemons and the merchants API, while the admin panel, a ready-made store, Docker packaging, a Python SDK and documentation each have their own repository. Merchants run the stack on their own server and take payments in BTC, LTC, BCH, XMR, ETH, TRX, USDT and more. The project also has BitCCL, a small scripting language for automating checkout flows.

Good fit if

  • You sell online and want crypto payments without a hosted processor in between.
  • You need coins beyond Bitcoin, such as Monero or USDT, from one installation.
  • Developers on your team want an API and a Python SDK to build their own checkout.

Look elsewhere if

Before you adopt it

Bitcart switched from GPL-3.0 to MIT in January 2023, and nothing in the repository is paid. One developer writes nearly all of the code, so the pace of fixes depends on that person. Deployment goes through the separate bitcart-docker repository, which the README calls the base for every install method; documentation is at docs.bitcart.ai.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Bitcart yourself

One-click install

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Ways to install

Docker files
None in the repository
Docker image
bitcart/bitcart: 24.8k pulls · x86-64, ARM64 · 140 MB downloadAlso ghcr.io/bitcart/bitcart
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: bitcart.ai or the README on GitHub. Docker images and packages are checked weekly.

Bitcart health: is it still maintained?

59 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~14 days6 releases in 12 months; latest 0.11.1.0
Issue repliesNot measuredToo few recent issues from outside the team
Bus factorHigh riskThe most active of 4 authors wrote 94% of recent commits
  • Activity
    52 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 11 November 2026.
    21 / 30
  • Contributors
    4 people wrote the 52 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 94% of them.
    6 / 20
  • Releases
    6 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 0.11.1.0, on 7 November 2026.
    17 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. How the score works

Bitcart security

Security advisories are the vulnerabilities the maintainers disclosed on GitHub, with the versions that fix them; many advisories can mean careful disclosure as much as weak code.

Security advisoriesNone publishedNo advisories in the repository’s Security tab

Advisories read from GitHub on 12 November 2026.

Bitcart license: is it open source?

Bitcart uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2019First published on GitHub under GPL-3.0.
  2. 28 January 2023Changed to MIT. Commit: Change to MIT license
  3. TodayMIT.

Bitcart for developers

Written in

  • Python 95%
  • Rust 5%
  • Just <1%
  • Shell <1%
  • Jinja <1%
  • Other <1%

Getting involved

Good first issues5Open, labelled “good first issue”Help wanted6Open, labelled “help wanted”Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues63On GitHub
Authors, 90 days4Of 52 commits
Donationsown pageListed on GitHub

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Bitcart

Is Bitcart open source?

Yes. Bitcart is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Bitcart still maintained?

Its health score is 59 of 100 (actively developed). It had 52 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 11 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 7 November 2026.

Did Bitcart change its license?

Yes. It moved from GPL-3.0 to MIT on 28 January 2023.

How do I run Bitcart?

You can run it with the Docker image bitcart/bitcart. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Bitcart written in?

Bitcart is written mainly in Python (95% of the code), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What are the alternatives to Bitcart?

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