ERP5

**ERP5**
Original author(s)	Jean-Paul Smets
Developer(s)	Nexedi and the ERP5 Community
Initial release	Unknown
Stable release	Unknown [±]
Preview release	none [±]
Written in	XML, Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Enterprise resource planning software
License(s)	GNU General Public License
Website	erp5.org

ERP5 is a free open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) application geared towards industrial and governmental entities.

Product history

Work "officially" began on the ERP5 open-source project on December 10, 2002 on Ohloh,^[1] though the project started out on the Free Software Foundation's "Savannah" host in April, primarily for its CVS repository.^[2] By early 2004, the project stopped using Savannah and began hosting content on its own website.^[3]^[4] On June 21, 2004, ERP5 was awarded Best ERP Implementation in the special edition of Décision Informatique.^[5]

It remains unclear when the first official open-source release of ERP5 was made, as is much of the version history up to 2008. According to a directory of releases on the site, a version 5.0 of ERP5 was likely released on April 21, 2008^[6], finalizing with version 5.4.6 likely released on August 9, 2010.^[7] Release history beyond 5.4.6 is not known. Commit history on Ohloh shows work peaked in 2010 and early 2011, and then the project's activity rapidly declined — commits fell by 75% from December 2011 to December 2012 according to Ohlohs commit history tools.^[8]

In late 2014, a 5.5 release emerged, extending numerous modules and improving "mainframe-like non-disruptive operation of ERP5's enterprise applications on standard hardware."^[9]

As of May 2023, ERP5 code still receives occasional updates on GitLab, but no official releases with version numbers are given there.^[10] As such, it's not clear if versioning is still in place as it was in the past.

Features

The main features of ERP5 include^[11]:

order management
supply chain management
warehouse management
invoicing
private and public analytical accounting
bill of materials
production orders and reports
material requirement planning
supply chain management
customer relationship management
ticket management system
contact management
payroll
online order management
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) connectivity

Hardware/software requirements

Installation is complex, whether it's through SlapOS or other methods, though information for buildout procedures for Microsoft and Macintosh operating systems seem incomplete at this time.