Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Craftplan – Elixir-based micro-ERP for small-scale manufacturers
My wife was planning to open a micro-bakery and we started looking at software to manage recipes, inventory, orders, and production. Everything was either expensive, too generic, or both. The workflows for a small-batch manufacturer aren’t that complex, but the pricing acts like they are. So I built Craftplan. All the features were tailored to what she actually needed, and I figured other small-scale manufacturers (soap makers, breweries, candle makers, etc.) probably need the same things. So I’m putting it out there for free. - Live demo: https://craftplan.fly.dev ([email protected]…
Craftplan is a free, Elixir-based micro-ERP designed for small-scale manufacturers like bakeries, soap makers, breweries, and candle makers. It streamlines recipe management, inventory tracking, order handling, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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My wife was planning to open a micro-bakery. We looked at production management software and it was all either expensive or way too generic. The actual workflows for a small-batch manufacturer aren't that complex, so I built one and open-sourced it. Craftplan handles recipes (versioned BOMs with cost rollups), inventory (lot traceability, demand forecasting, allergen tracking), orders, production batch planning, and purchasing. Built with Elixir, Ash Framework, Phoenix LiveView, and PostgreSQL. Live demo: https://craftplan.fly.dev ([email protected] / Aa123123123123) GitHub:…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SimplAIfree tier, from $5/mo▲589Hey HN, I've been building SimplAI for the past several months — it's a platform for building, testing, and deploying LLM-powered agents and multi-step workflows. The problem I kept running into: spinning up an AI agent pipeline means stitching together prompt management, tool calling, memory, evals, and deployment — often from scratch every time. SimplAI tries to be the layer that handles all of that so you can focus on what your agent actually does. What it does: - Visual + code-first workflow builder for chaining LLM calls, tools, and APIs - Built-in prompt versioning and A/B testing…
2025 · simplai.ai · its alternatives →
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Carbon is an open source ERP, MES and QMS for manufacturing. Perfect for complex assembly, contract manufacturing, high volume, and configure to order manufacturing. - crbnos/carbon
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BizPlannerAI▲293Hey HN, I’m Alex, an indie hacker and digital nomad. Since 2013, I've started a couple of dozen startups (most of them died at the idea stage) and applied to VCs, incubators, and accelerators. They all required a business plan. As a tech guy, I struggle even with writing documentation for my code, so writing business plans was always a huge issue. I tried doing it myself, and I even hired freelancers (which was very expensive for me at that time). Everything changed when ChatGPT was released. I built an AI business plan generator so every tech person can now easily write a business plan and…
2023 · bizplanner.ai · its alternatives →
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AI Planning Layer for Bug-free, Scalable Code
Nov 2025 · microplan.dev · its alternatives →
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MakerOS▲96If Autodesk, Salesforce, Trello, and Shopify had a baby
2021 · michaelmoceri.com · its alternatives →
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Own the stack: run Carbon on your own infrastructure — on-prem, in your VPC, or fully air-gapped. ERP, MRP, MES and QMS on Postgres you own, source available, with an AGPL-3.0 Community edition.
29d ago · carbon.ms · its alternatives →
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Prodio▲66Simple production scheduling software for small companies
2020 · getprodio.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve spent the past 4 years building software for a knitting factory, including selecting and implementing an ERP. That experience was really painful. Most manufacturing ERPs are hard to evaluate before signing an enterprise contract, poorly documented, and clearly not designed with serious API users in mind. Even when APIs exist, they’re often inconsistent or bolted on as an afterthought. We built Augno to change that. The goal is to provide a Stripe-like experience for manufacturing ERP. We want it to be a usable out-of-the-box product and a well-designed, cohesive API that developers can…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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We recently open-sourced Hive after using it internally to support real production workflows tied to contracts totaling over $500k. Instead of manually wiring workflows or building brittle automations, Hive is designed to let developers define a goal in natural language and generate an initial agent that can execute real tasks. Today, Hive supports goal-driven agent generation, multi-agent coordination, and production-oriented execution with observability and guardrails. We are actively building toward a system that can capture failure context, evolve agent logic, and continuously improve…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sysadmin is my bread and butter, but I taught myself PHP and have been coding on and off for the past 6 years. I've worked on numerous freelance gigs, but mainly internal apps that I use for my real job. I worked on this project (on and off) for the past year and I'm happy to finally release it to the public. Even if it doesn't succeed, I'm happy that I was able to "scratch an itch" I've had for the past couple of years. I wanted to make something and prove to myself that I can program. I'm not the greatest, but I'm proud of what I've achieved. http://www.ikeepm.com
2011 · ikeepm.com · its alternatives →
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For the last several years I've been creating a ERP platform, Stockor. While I'm going to continue offering it as a SaaS, I've decided to also open-source it. I'm hopeful that by doing so it will: 1) Grow it into a Wordpress size juggernaut with a plugin for any business process under the sun. 2) Bring me interesting consulting gigs. The open-source site is at stockor.org. There's a demo up at stockor.com/demo as well. Looking forward to hearing HN's thoughts!
2014 · its alternatives →
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He HN, I'm an entrepreneur, and I help startups to ship products. I find out that for startups tools like Jira, Monday, slack and others are expensive and unnecessarily complex. That's why I decided to built a Freemium software for simplifying project management process. Workfeed is all-in-one soft, including docs, kanban boards. I plan to add chats in couple of months too. I hope this product will help you to manage your projects simpler and faster. Would love your feedback plz Enjoy !!
2024 · workfeed.ai · its alternatives →
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BizplanrAI▲15Get your professional Business Plan ready in Minutes
2024 · bizplanr.ai · its alternatives →
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Simple Inventory and Booking Software for Crafters.
2025 · makersledger.com · its alternatives →
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Optimize End to End Process Manufacturing
2024 · batchmaster.com · its alternatives →
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It’s not just your average recipe site – they’ve got an AI-powered feature that generates custom dessert recipes based on your preferences or available ingredients! If you’re short on time or ingredients, the site lets you tweak recipes on the fly. You can adjust ingredients to suit your pantry, dietary preferences, or time constraints, and the AI will instantly generate a new dessert idea for you. Super handy for those moments when you have a sweet tooth but not everything in your kitchen! For example, I tried out a brownie recipe and swapped out sugar for honey – worked like a charm! The…
2024 · quickdessert.recipes · its alternatives →
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