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Open source resource planning

Software and tools to help with resource and supply planning, including enterprise resource and supply planning (ERP). This page ranks 9 open-source resource planning projects by a health score recomputed every night from repository data; nothing else affects the order. ERPNext leads at 98/100 with 4,680 commits in the last 90 days and 41k stars, followed by Ever Gauzy (96) and grocy (96). 7 of the 9 score 70 or above, 6 publish a Docker image, and the median health is 91. GPL-3.0 is the most common licence, carried by 3 of them. Between them they stand in for Salesforce, SAP, HubSpot, Zoho and NetSuite and 4 more proprietary products.

updated Oct 2026 9 tools ★ 125k stars 6 with Docker median 91

Best for…

  • Most starred

    Odoo

    55,422 stars on GitHub, the largest community in the category.

  • Most active

    Dolibarr

    4,916 commits in the last 90 days, the fastest-moving codebase here.

  • Most permissive

    grocy

    MIT licence with health 96/100: the strongest option if you need to embed or fork commercially.

Ranked by health

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How the resource planning tools compare

ERPNext edges Ever Gauzy 98 to 96, and most of the difference is stars: 41k stars against 8.7k stars. Odoo has the largest following at 55k stars, yet ranks #7 of 9, held back mostly by release recency (no tagged release).

The most recent release is Ever Gauzy v111.142.11, published yesterday. Odoo, OFBiz and Tryton publish no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, PHP (3), Python (3) and Java (1) are the most common. grocy and OFBiz are permissively licensed; ERPNext, Ever Gauzy, farmOS and 4 more are copyleft.

Resource Planning: common questions

What is the best open source resource planning tool?

By Repoly's GitHub health score, ERPNext at 98/100 (4,680 commits in 90 days, v16.53.0 from 2 days ago). Ever Gauzy is next at 96; ERPNext's lead comes mostly from stars. The score measures maintenance, not features, so shortlist the top few and try them.

Which resource planning tools are the most actively developed?

Dolibarr (4,916 commits in 90 days), ERPNext (4,680 commits in 90 days) and Odoo (4,624 commits in 90 days). Commit activity is 35 of the 100 health points, the largest single term.

Which resource planning tools can I run in Docker?

6 of 9 publish a Docker image or Compose file, led by ERPNext, Ever Gauzy, grocy, farmOS, LedgerSMB and 1 more.

Which resource planning tools have a permissive licence?

2 of 9: grocy (MIT), OFBiz (Apache-2.0). 7 are copyleft.

Which paid products can open source resource planning tools replace?

Salesforce (Dolibarr ranks highest here), SAP (ERPNext ranks highest here), HubSpot (Dolibarr ranks highest here), Zoho (Dolibarr ranks highest here) and NetSuite (ERPNext ranks highest here), plus 4 more listed on the comparison pages.