Show HN: An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS(carbon.ms)
25 pointsby barbinbrad7 hours ago6 comments
  • wiradikusuma2 hours ago
    How does it compare to ERPNext? Feature-wise, tech stack-wise.
  • aetherspawn5 hours ago
    I understand the need to make money, but hardly any open source software is free anymore even if you host it yourself. And this one doesn’t list the price which feels kinda cagey (get a license links to book a sales call).

    It’s nice that it’s open source, thank you. I just wish that Mattermost et al didn’t open Pandora’s box with this one.

    • barbinbrad4 hours ago
      you can run the community edition for free. there's enough in there to run a full manufacturing business.
  • Overdrivr4 hours ago
    How do you handle the challenge of getting self-hosted customers to upgrade? I'm guessing a lot of self-hosted instances end up running fairly customized versions of your product.

    Disclaimer: I'm the founder of Bonx (bonx.com). Genuinely curious — congrats on what you've built, and best of luck!

    • barbinbrad3 hours ago
      most run on BYOC or managed hosting. but for the forks you can tell claude "merge upstream and fix the merge conflicts"
      • Towaway6919 minutes ago
        > merge upstream and fix the merge conflicts"

        Is this software developed in that spirit - letting a probabilistic calculator randomly fix merge conflicts?

        Sounds like a recipe for disaster. But then again, I’m not the manufacturer using this software.

        But then again the original question seems strange as self-hosters have to manage their own upgrade by design.

  • majorchord6 hours ago
    Should we just name this layout/theme "claude" from now on?
    • barbinbrad5 hours ago
      founder here. extremely accurate comment. we had a customer send us this website recently. they said "we think you need a better website, we made this with claude"
      • fragmede5 hours ago
        lol, wow. What else did they say?
        • barbinbrad5 hours ago
          they're awesome. we highly value their opinion. they were the ones who gave me the confidence to open source it

          https://minimal.tech -- they build the whole stack from PCB to hardware to wiring to mechanical assembly to telematics software themselves

    • puppycodes5 hours ago
      lol I had the same thought... embarrasing
      • barbinbrad4 hours ago
        embarrassed founder here. shipped an update to make it look less generic.
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  • calvinmorrison6 hours ago
    every ERP thread is a good thread!
  • qwend2 hours ago
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