Odoo
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“no other major ERP software comes with the engine 100% opensource”
“Stay with Odoo Community but define the scope”
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“There are some bright ideas based on strong fundamentals.”
Caveats and dissent
“I used to run Odoo on-premise for a small company about 3-4 years ago.”
“OpenERP/Odoo specifically mentioned: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html”
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“My experience was so sour”
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Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Odoo builds open-source business apps used by millions.”
“Odoo builds open-source business apps used by millions.”
“Odoo builds open-source business apps used by millions.”
“Odoo builds open-source business apps used by millions.”
“Odoo builds open-source business apps used by millions”
“to operate our upgrade service, we need access to the database”
Threads where it came up
- Odoo: Open-Source ERP 12 mentions
- Do I belong in tech anymore? 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026) 1 mention
Data: odoo.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 18
“Flask, Odoo, Redis”
“We run the platform behind 10,000+ Odoo instances”
“no other major ERP software comes with the engine 100% opensource”
“I used to run Odoo on-premise for a small company about 3-4 years ago.”
“Stay with Odoo Community but define the scope”
“The Odoo support is free”
“OpenERP/Odoo specifically mentioned: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html”
“Odoo is not an alternative to Gmail.”
“Use the /doc url on your database. To test: https://demo.odoo.com/doc”
“My experience was so sour”
Any odoo db can present you with its documentation in the /doc url Exemple https://97044826-master-all.runbot256.odoo.com/doc/account.analytic.account (login:admin pw:admin)
“It's not a fork of Django”
“There are some bright ideas based on strong fundamentals.”
“it's more accurately desribed as open core”
“This is open core.”
“I’m very much an Odoo guy”
“Works with Odoo 16+.”
“This sounds a bit like an ERP system, similar to what https://www.odoo.com does.”