Carbon
Web and SaaS
erp for manufacturing
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
9 positive, 31 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 18 critical, out of 63 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Design: 4 for, 6 againstIdea: 3 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Open source model and MIT/Apache licensing praised as a clear advantage.
From 2 comments
For me this is a space that has been long dominated by MRPeasy--it's just such a perfect fit. Happy to see open source solutions slowly catching up.
yc-kraln on HNThis has repo has a great prebuilt llm docs sections. This seems like a killer feature for clients who want to roll their own customizations.…
stillsut on HN
Objections
Self-hosting is complex due to many dependencies, including Supabase.
From 2 comments
First off, congrats, this is no small feat, well done. A question: in my (limited) experience, ERPs are made on the basis of integrations. I'd have thought the best priority…
danpalmer on HNimo, these (supabase, trigger, upstash, novu) are the best hosted solutions in the world, but they are all self-hostable/apache/MIT. the easiest one to replace is upstash -- the…
barbinbrad on HN
Accounting is still a work in progress, so mid-market buyers may not adopt yet.
From 2 comments
i should also say that the accounting is a WIP but modeled on Dynamics 365 - with posting groups, item ledgers, cost ledgers, and general ledgers.
barbinbrad on HNHey I'd love to learn more about your thoughts. We have a discord if you'd like to join. I see the market like this: - small job shops and startups are using it now (we have 5…
barbinbrad on HN
Docs and landing page do not clearly show what the software does.
From 2 comments
I’m the owner of a smallish furniture manufacturer. About 15 employees. I built out the order management system myself because nothing really fit our process. After looking at…
robertritz on HNI am setting up a large manufacturing operation now. Red flags with your site are: (a) seems to assume a sales order based process; (b) seems to assume B2C sales via Stripe; (c)…
contingencies on HN
Requests
Clearer screenshots, demos and user-facing documentation.
From 2 comments
I’m the owner of a smallish furniture manufacturer. About 15 employees. I built out the order management system myself because nothing really fit our process. After looking at…
robertritz on HNI am setting up a large manufacturing operation now. Red flags with your site are: (a) seems to assume a sales order based process; (b) seems to assume B2C sales via Stripe; (c)…
contingencies on HN
Stronger customization and extension support, such as scripting and hooks.
From 1 comment
I'll bite. I am a ERP consultant in the SMB manufacturing and distribution space. Primarily we operate on Acumatica, Sage and Netsuite. The most important thing about ERP systems…
calvinmorrison on HN
Questions
How does it compare with ERPNext?
From 2 comments
How does this compare with the manufacturing capabilities in ERPNext?
twarge on HNImpressive. Some questions: - Who is 'I'? - How do you see continuity if something were to happen to you? - How does it stack up against ERPNext? - Why did you decide to build an…
jacquesm on HN
How does the accounting and general ledger work?
From 1 comment
I'll bite. I am a ERP consultant in the SMB manufacturing and distribution space. Primarily we operate on Acumatica, Sage and Netsuite. The most important thing about ERP systems…
calvinmorrison on HN
What is the deployment and self-hosting situation?
From 2 comments
Impressive. Some questions: - Who is 'I'? - How do you see continuity if something were to happen to you? - How does it stack up against ERPNext? - Why did you decide to build an…
jacquesm on HNFirst off, congrats, this is no small feat, well done. A question: in my (limited) experience, ERPs are made on the basis of integrations. I'd have thought the best priority…
danpalmer on HN
Alternatives named
SAP
From 2 comments
Do you have any users yet? What’s your target size manufacturing company? I’ve been in the industrial software space for a while, and at least for large MFG, you only see the…
ronameels on HNSimply use SAP.
roschdal on HN
ERPNext
From 2 comments
Impressive. Some questions: - Who is 'I'? - How do you see continuity if something were to happen to you? - How does it stack up against ERPNext? - Why did you decide to build an…
jacquesm on HNHow does this compare with the manufacturing capabilities in ERPNext?
twarge on HN
Apache OFBiz
From 1 comment
How's it compare with Apache OFBiz and the things people are building on top of that?
davidw on HN
MRPeasy
From 1 comment
For me this is a space that has been long dominated by MRPeasy--it's just such a perfect fit. Happy to see open source solutions slowly catching up.
yc-kraln on HN
Acumatica, Sage and NetSuite
From 1 comment
I'll bite. I am a ERP consultant in the SMB manufacturing and distribution space. Primarily we operate on Acumatica, Sage and Netsuite. The most important thing about ERP systems…
calvinmorrison on HN