LedgerSMB
Integrated accounting and ERP system for small and midsize businesses, with double entry accounting, budgeting, invoicing, quotations, projects, orders and inventory management, shipping and more.
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Still maintained? Yes: 167 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.13.8 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to SAP and QuickBooks.
At a glance
LedgerSMB quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 571
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.13.8, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to LedgerSMB
Full rankings: SAP alternatives, QuickBooks alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Directly send orders and invoices from the built-in e-mail function to your customers or RFQs (request for quotation) to your vendors with PDF attachments, from anywhere in the world with the browser-based UI."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LedgerSMB scores 91/100, #5 of 9 in Resource Planning: 167 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.13.8, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 571 stars add 11.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
167 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.13.8 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.0 / 20
571 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 167
- Last 90 days
- 757
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 9 tools in Resource Planning by health , between farmOS (#4) and Dolibarr (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Perl |
| Latest release | 1.13.8 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 571 |
| Open issues | 153 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | ledgersmb/LedgerSMB ↗ |
LedgerSMB vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with LedgerSMB (Resource Planning), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERPNext | 98 | 41k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Ever Gauzy | 96 | 8.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Bigcapital | 94 | 4k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| LedgerSMB (this tool) | 91 | 571 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Akaunting | 86 | 10k | BUSL-1.1 | yesterday |
| Dolibarr | 86 | 7.8k | GPL-3.0 | today |
LedgerSMB: common questions
What does LedgerSMB replace?
Repoly lists LedgerSMB as an open-source alternative to SAP and QuickBooks. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where LedgerSMB stands against the others.
Is LedgerSMB still maintained?
LedgerSMB had 167 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 1.13.8, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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