ERPNext
Ranked 3 of 3 ERP software by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and fully open source
“Fully free. Modern ui. Extensible. Simple.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: CRM/ERP – Free Open Source” “fairly mature and fully open source”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Odoo: Open-Source ERP” Solid base for custom development
“the solid base for the platform will be ERPNext”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Malleable software = solid bases and custom code” “significantly less awkward to develop for”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Odoo: Open-Source ERP”
Other ERP software people recommend
The two most recommended other ERP software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 ERP software, rankedWhat people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ERPNext (Frappe) is absolutely brilliant”
“the solid base for the platform will be ERPNext”
“significantly less awkward to develop for”
“has a very peculiar home-grown deployment system that is required to host it yourself”
“fairly mature and fully open source”
“Fully free. Modern ui. Extensible. Simple.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.