An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS
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HN · launched Sep 24, 2026 · 54 upvotes (top 14%) · 0 views
Niche: enterprise resource planning software · 111 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -46% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Manufacturing
- Vertical SaaS
- B2B
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No An end-to-end manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS encompasses deep operational logic (MRP scheduling, shop-floor execution, lot tracking, BOMs, and ISO quality compliance) that requires years of manufacturing systems domain engineering.
What it would actually take: A complete ERP/MES/QMS like Carbon is built on a transactional relational database (PostgreSQL) with event-sourcing or temporal tables to track inventory state, work-in-progress (WIP), bill-of-materials (BOM), and routing schedules across factory machinery. The hardest aspects are the MRP algorithm (net requirements explosion, lead-time offsets, capacity planning), traceability auditing for ISO/FDA compliance, and hardware shop-floor telemetry integrations (PLC/SCADA via OPC UA or MQTT). It requires seasoned industrial systems architects and regulatory domain specialists.
Discussion
11 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Bonx, Mattermost
Concerns raised: Unlisted pricing requiring sales call, Open source software requiring paid licenses, Difficulty getting self-hosted users to upgrade customized instances, Generic AI-generated website design
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 2679 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #350 of 2680 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 330 days after the earliest competitor.
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- TakoVM · hn · 2026-06-07 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.59
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- OpenWork - The open source alternative to Claude Cowork · yc · 2026-04-23 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- LunarEC · github · 2026-09-16 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- ERPNow: The AI Analyst for Supply Chain & ERP · yc · 2026-04-09 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- openspindle · github · 2026-09-27 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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