Erpnext
frappe/erpnext
An open-source alternative to Salesforce and SAP.
Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (from the repository)
- Stars
- 40,344
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-19
- Written in
- Python
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 9 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
v16.51.1, 12 days ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
93% closed
1,233 open · 17,626 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+357 in 9 days
40,344 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
CopyleftGPL-3.0
Free to run in-house. Distribute it, or software built on it, and that source must be released under the GPL too.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Docker Compose, quoted from Erpnext’s own README as written. We have not run it, and most projects expect you to set secrets or a database before production use.
docker compose -f pwd.yml up -d
Erpnext against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Salesforce and SAP, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Odoo | 55,142 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Python |
 Erpnext (this page) | 40,344 | Active | Copyleft | Compose | Python |
 DoliCloud | 7,745 | Active | Copyleft | ○ | PHP |
 SuiteCRM | 5,798 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | PHP |
 Espocrm | 3,499 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | PHP |
 Corteza | 2,174 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Go |
 CiviCRM | 787 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | PHP |
 Hitobito | 484 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Ruby |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Salesforce and SAP and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data