Carbon
Web and SaaS
manufacturing erp
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good manufacturing traceability and BOM assembly features
From 1 comment
ERP implementer for the past 20 years. I'm an operations specialist rather than a manufacturing specialist, but do have manufacturing clients whose systems I have helped…
atomic_cattlepr on HN
Looks good
From 1 comment
Looks good
macsentinel on HN
Objections
Accounting and sales features seem rudimentary
From 1 comment
ERP implementer for the past 20 years. I'm an operations specialist rather than a manufacturing specialist, but do have manufacturing clients whose systems I have helped…
atomic_cattlepr on HN
Pricing not listed; sales call required
From 1 comment
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…
aetherspawn on HN
Website design looks generic and AI-made
From 2 comments
Should we just name this layout/theme "claude" from now on?
majorchord on HNlol I had the same thought... embarrasing
puppycodes on HN
Heavy use of acronyms
From 1 comment
Way too many acronyms, what is this, the government?
AtHeartEngineer on HN
Requests
Clearer pricing
From 1 comment
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…
aetherspawn on HN
Better French translation
From 1 comment
One comment on the auto language translation: the french version is comically bad :) I'd rather read it in english where the wording is (kinda, Claude is visible) more on point.
xgbi on HN
Questions
How do self-hosted users upgrade?
From 1 comment
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…
Overdrivr on HN
How does it compare to ERPNext?
From 1 comment
How does it compare to ERPNext? Feature-wise, tech stack-wise.
wiradikusuma on HN
Alternatives named
ERPNext
From 1 comment
How does it compare to ERPNext? Feature-wise, tech stack-wise.
wiradikusuma on HN
Mattermost
From 1 comment
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…
aetherspawn on HN