# ERPNext

5 Hacker News commenters recommended ERPNext and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source business suite people pick as a base for custom platforms, praised for a modern UI and extensibility. Caveat: self-hosting needs an unusual deployment system.

## Why people recommend it

- Free and fully open source (2 comments): "Fully free. Modern ui. Extensible. Simple." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007374)) "fairly mature and fully open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46485416))
- Solid base for custom development (2 comments): "the solid base for the platform will be ERPNext" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510071)) "significantly less awkward to develop for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46485595))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SAP ERP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sap.md): 30 recommend
- [Odoo ERP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/odoo.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ERPNext", https://hackerapproved.com/p/erpnext/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).