Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years
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
This is an ERP system designed for manufacturing operations, developed over three years. It helps manufacturers manage production, inventory, and business processes. The software is built as an open-source project on… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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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.
Sep 2026 · carbon.ms · its alternatives →
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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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IBM’s open-source design system for products and experiences
2019 · carbondesignsystem.com · its alternatives →
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IBM's Open Source Design System and Component Library
2017 · carbondesignsystem.com · its alternatives →
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Fulcrum▲6Cloud Manufacturing ERP. That's actually good. And pretty.
2020 · fulcrumpro.com · 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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Carbon▲9Create and share beautiful images of your source code.
2019 · carbon.now.sh · its alternatives →
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Chemical ERP for Smarter Manufacturing
Jul 2026 · batchmaster.co.uk · its alternatives →
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BatchMaster Chemical ERP Software
2021 · batchmaster.co.in · its alternatives →
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Framer template for your SaaS product
2023 · canvas.framer.website · its alternatives →
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Carbon▲24Create and share beautiful images of your source code
2017 · carbon.now.sh · its alternatives →
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Optimize End to End Process Manufacturing
2024 · batchmaster.com · its alternatives →
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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]…
Feb 2026 · puemos.github.io · its alternatives →
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Manufacturing ERP Software
2023 · apagen.com · its alternatives →
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Forest is the ops infrastructure that regulated companies grow on. Your teams and AI agents running on the same data and workflows, with full audit and compliance.
2016 · forestadmin.com · its alternatives →
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We've recently made our product, ozma.io, open-source. It's a CRM/ERP platform for building enterprise systems. We believe that AI will soon handle implementing most of the boilerplate and UIs in the specialized business software. Just look at what lovable.dev does today! Soon products which make creating business software easier for developers will become obsolete, or transform into "libraries" to be used by AIs. We are losing this race, so we go the second route — publish everything and go on building other products on top of it. GitHub repo URL:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open MES▲1Open-source MES for running and improving production lines
Mar 2026 · getopenmes.com · its alternatives →
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