Carbon - Self-hosted open-source manufacturing ERP, MES, and QMS
Show HN: An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS
Carbon is an open-source ERP, MRP, MES, and QMS platform that runs entirely inside your own infrastructure—on-prem, in your VPC, or fully air-gapped. Built on Postgres, it keeps your BOMs, travelers, serial genealogy, and costs within your CMMC boundary, with no vendor cloud. Deploy via Docker, bring your own LLM through a built-in MCP server, and audit every line on GitHub under AGPL-3.0. Ideal for defense, aerospace, and regulated manufacturing needing data sovereignty and traceability.
Your factory. Your servers. Your data never leaves your walls.
- wiradikusuma
How does it compare to ERPNext? Feature-wise, tech stack-wise.
- aetherspawn
I understand the need to make money, but hardly any open source software is free anymore even if you host it yourself. And this one doesn’t list the price which feels kinda cagey (get a license links to book a sales call).
It’s nice that it’s open source, thank you. I just wish that Mattermost et al didn’t open Pandora’s box with this one.
- Overdrivr
How do you handle the challenge of getting self-hosted customers to upgrade? I'm guessing a lot of self-hosted instances end up running fairly customized versions of your product.
Disclaimer: I'm the founder of Bonx (bonx.com). Genuinely curious — congrats on what you've built, and best of luck!