ERPNext Foundation
We are a registered not-for-profit entity representing a community of ERPNext users, developers and service providers.
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We are a registered not-for-profit entity representing a community of ERPNext users, developers and service providers.
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Our vision is to provide high quality free software to organizations, enterprises and public institutions around the world, and enable to use it by spreading the knowledge and best practices of running organizations in the 21st Century.
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- - Become a part of your local ERPNext Community by joining a chapter near you. - If you can't find one, start your own! -
++ Become a part of your local ERPNext Community by joining a chapter near you. + If you can't find one, start your own! +
+The biggest gathering of ERPNext enthusiasts from all over the World.
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-Talk about your experience in the using or developing for ERPNext. These talks are live streamed and watched by thousands online.
- Send Your Proposal -The ERPNext Conference will be held at the same venue as the previous four editions, in Mumbai.
+The biggest gathering of ERPNext enthusiasts from all over the World.
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Talk about your experience in the using or developing for ERPNext. These talks are live streamed and watched by thousands online.
+ Send Your Proposal +The ERPNext Conference will be held at the same venue as the previous four editions, in Mumbai.
+Meeting people face-to-face at events always beats discussing remotely on the forum.
-- Learn More -
Get involved and help the mission of providing world class software for everyone.
+Our support process relies on enthusiastic contributors like you to help others get the most out of. Join the ERPNext forum and start helping out.
+ +{% macro card(title, content, icon, buttons) %} +Help us spread the word about how ERPNext is helping your organization become better. Write / create a small video about your experiences using ERPNext and share it with the community.
- -Quality Assurance testing is one of the easiest ways to get started with ERPNext and is a great way to get familiar with our code and tools. When you are using ERPnext, be sure to report any bugs or issues on GitHub.
- -Developers can help ERPNext by adding new features, making the technology better and making development easier for others. ERPNext is built on the Frappe Framework and uses Python and Javascript. Go through the issues list and find something that interests you. If you need help, we are around to help you on the forum. -.
- -- Get involved by translating Frappe and ERPNext and other projects in your language. Also help us tell the world about how ERPNext is helping create better software for everyone by translating content on our website. You can also contribute for setting up the default chart of accounts for every country.
-ERPNext and Frappe are massive projects, and we are always looking at ways to make our documentation better and more complete. Help make our documentation better by writing new content, correcting existing material or translating content into new languages.
- -Help us spread the word about how ERPNext is helping your organization become better. Write / create a small video about your experiences using ERPNext and share it with the community.
+ +Our web sites are open for designers web developers to hack on. Find a web site project to get started on. The two main sites are erpnext.org and frappe.io
- -Have questions? head to the forum
+ ERPNext Forum +- Looking for customization or implementation partners? Connect with the community by posting a Job. -
++ Looking for customization or implementation partners? Connect with the community by posting a Job. +
+Are you interested in helping others use ERPNext? Here are some points to think about and tips about getting started.
- {{ media( "Jignesh Shah", @@ -18,13 +18,22 @@ "Greycube Technologies", "https://greycube.in" )}} +ERPNext is an Open Source ERP application that helps Small to Medium Sized business manage their organizations efficiently. It covers financial accounting, inventory management, manufacturing, human resource management and much more. It is a web based application, easy and user friendly.
The ERPNext Project is now backed by the ERPNext Foundation, a not-for-profit that works towards building and maintaining ERPNext.
+Before you sell anything to anyone, you must be completely convinced that it is the right tool for you to promote. After all, it is your reputation at stake. Before you sell any ERPNext service, we recommend that you evaluate ERPNext very minutely yourself and the best way to do it is self-implementation. Start using ERPNext for billing, customer support, CRM, quoting your customers. Even if you don't wish to use it in production, use it as a test. Once, and if, you are convinced of the application, you should demo it to your customers. Nothing sells better than confidence, so its best to be confident before you sell.
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+You need not pay for self implementation, you can either use the 30-day trial at erpnext.com or use the Virtual Machine. If you need support, you can first go through:
@@ -47,6 +62,12 @@If you need priority one-on-one help sessions, you can also buy a subscription service for it.
+To implement ERPNext, you must have a general understanding of financial accounting, inventory management and how organizations manage their information. Skills in spreadsheet tools like Excel will be handy for data import. If you are good in HTML / CSS, you can also create a website from within ERPNext.
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+With ERPNext compared to other ERPs, the cost of license is zero, so there is more money on the table to ensure a successful ERP implementations. These savings can be effectively used to tailor the ERPNext system to the user's requirements and / or to enhance the ERPNext product itself by adding features that could be sponsored. There is always the usual revenue model for:
@@ -93,6 +124,11 @@For listing yourself on the community portal, you must become a member of the ERPNext foundation. You can list yourself as a Service Provider, and provide details about services you offer on ERPNext.
@@ -119,25 +160,38 @@ +ERPNext is built as a community product with the help of hundreds on end users and developers. If you face a problem with ERPNext or have a suggetion for a feature, you should plan on having the feature contributed back to ERPNext. Unlike other "open core" projects, ERPNext does not encourage 3rd party apps, which ultimately lead to a bad user experience and usually leave the end-user hostage to a service provider and in many cases saddled with a bad solution.
If you want to propose an enhancement, you must first send a proposal. Once it is okayed by any maintainer, you can start development according to the contribution guidelines and send a pull request to the core product. Read the contribution guidelines for more details
+ERPNext is our brand and identity. All work we do will be under the brand name of ERPNext and Frappe. If you want to disguise this as your work, you are free to do it, but don't expect any help from us. If you are using our help documentation, you must attribute us publicly because the documentation is licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
+ERPNext Foundation Fellows have shown outstanding leadership in contributing features and/or helping out new members on the forum. Lets take a moment to recognize their efforts.
- {{ media( "Charles-Henri Decultot", "The success of an open-source project depends on the quality of its core team but also on the quality of its community. As community members, it is our duty to contribute back to this great project in any way we can. That's the reason why, at Dokos, we always try to enhance the core model before making any custom developments. Everybody's contributions leads to making ERPNext better every day: it's a win-win situation", @@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ "Dokos.io", "https://dokos.io" )}} -ERPNext is Python based web application which runs on MariaDB. There are many ways to get started.
+ ERPNext is Python based web application which runs on MariaDB. There are many ways to get started.
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Getting Started with ERPNext
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Get your own personal ERPNext Instance that you can play with and explore for the next 30 days.
- Start a Free Trial on ERPNext.com +
+ Get your own personal ERPNext instance that you can play with and explore for the next 30 days.
+ Start Trial +Bench is a command-line tool to install and manage ERPNext.
- Read the instructions on GitHub +
+ Bench is a command-line tool to install and manage ERPNext.
+ Read the instructions on GitHub +Download a pre-installed Virtual Box Images
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+ Download a pre-installed Virtual Box Images
+Find a partner who can help you setup and evaluate ERPNext.
- See Service Providers +
+ Find a partner who can help you setup and evaluate ERPNext.
+ See Service Providers +
- ERPNext is the modern, easy-to-use, 100% open source, business system used by more than three thousand enterprises worldwide. + ERPNext is the modern, easy-to-use, 100% open source, business management system used by thousands of enterprises worldwide.
+ERPNext includes all modules and integrations out of the box so you can get started immediately
+ERPNext Foundation is a registered not-for-profit organization that enables community to build and enhance ERPNext.
- Get Started with ERPNext + Get Started with ERPNext +Company Registration Number (CIN): U74999MH2016NPL288653
+THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
+MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
+OF
+(A Company limited by Share Capital Not for Profit under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013)
+I. The name of the Company is ERPNext Open Source Software Foundation.
+ +II. The registered office of the Company will be situated in the State of Maharashtra within the jurisdiction of Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra at Mumbai.
+ +III. (A) THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:
+ +No objects of the Company will be carried out without obtaining prior approval/ NOC from concerned authority whenever required.
+ +None of the objects of the Company will be carried out on commercial basis.
+ +(B.) MATTERS WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE III(A) ARE:
+ +To assist in setting up software groups and promoting group-centered activities.
To provide training on appropriate skills and enterprise management in connection with software developments.
Training software professionals on optimum and safe use of production inputs to help ensure the safety of both software professionals and end users.
To assist software professionals to build better technology related to ERPNext.
To conduct research and development in software and developing and supporting higher programmers.
To provide assistance to software professionals for marketing their products both in India and abroad, as well as providing all marketing information.
To conduct market studies in India and abroad, as well as on an adhoc basis.
To provide support to free software by way of documentation, expert help or any other means.
To offer services such as adjudication and conflict resolution within the free software domain.
To give opportunities to young professionals in the field of software development to acquire first-hand field experience.
To engage experts/consultants in information technology to educate software programmers on modern software development methods suitable to their professional needs.
To appoint agents or managers and constituting branches or agencies of the Company and conducting the objects of the Company through such agencies or branches within or outside of India.
To raise awareness of the public and software professionals of the advantages of free and open-source software through regular media campaigns.
Disseminating information useful to the software professionals through lectures, discussions, books, correspondence, and other methods.
To create and maintain relationships with any agency dedicated to establishing standards of ERP and related software.
To advise government, local authorities and public bodies on measures to be taken to prevent any contravention or undue unfair advantage by any of software professionals concerned where such contravention would affect the produce/price of software programmes.
To prepare, edit, print, publish, issue, acquire, and circulate books, papers, periodicals, gazettes, audio, video, and other literature.
To prepare, edit, print, publish, issue, acquire and circulate books, papers, periodicals, upon the industry, trade or commerce relating to the software.
Constructing, acquiring, purchasing, or leasing lands, buildings or other immovable or movable property that the company may from time to time deem necessary to acquire, purchase or take on lease.
Selling, improving, managing, developing, exchanging, loaning, subletting, mortgaging, disposing of, or otherwise dealing with all or any part of the property of the Company without entering into real estate business.
To enter into contracts in connection with the objectives of the Company including drawing, making, accepting, endorsing, discounting, and executing negotiable instruments and investing the surplus money not immediately required of the Company in any bank as approved by the Board of Directors.
To subscribe to, becoming a member of, and co-operating with any other association, whether incorporated or not, whose objects are, altogether or in part, similar to those contained in this Memorandum and to obtain from and communicate to any such Association such information as may likely to fulfill the objects of this Company.
To obtain loans, borrowings and financial facilities from banks, financial institutions, companies or corporations, and to furnish security by way of mortgage or other financial arrangements using the Company’s properties and assets.
To manage the Company with an institutional framework marked by independent and autonomous authority, responsibility, and flexibility for dynamic operation to achieve the following:
To encourage the mobility of staff from other organisations who can bring technical expertise to enrich the Company, including the various government departments, state/central public sector undertakings and autonomous organisations and societies to the Company.
To establish special procedures to facilitate the functioning of the Company and its various operational activities, including matters relating to recruitment, personnel, finance, administration, purchasing, and travel.
To procure prior approvals, no objection certificates, or licenses from the concerned authorities wherever required and / or prescribed, to carry out the main objects of the Company, including to comply with requirements of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Income Tax Rules, 1962, and any amendments thereto.
To amalgamate with, or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, union of interest, joint venture, reciprocal concession or co-operation with, any person or company carrying on, engaged in, or proposing to carry on or engage in, any business or transaction which the Company is authorized to carry on or engage in, or which is capable of being conducted so as directly or indirectly to benefit the Company, and to take or otherwise acquire and hold, sell or otherwise deal with shares, stock, securities, obligations or other interest in any such person or company, and to subsidize or otherwise assist any such person or company.
To acquire all or any part of the business, goodwill, assets or property, contracts, agreements rights, privileges, effects and to undertake any liabilities of any person or company possessed of property suitable for any purpose of the furthermore of the objects of the Company, or carrying on any business which the Company is authorized to carry on, and upon any terms and for any consideration, and in particular for money or money's worth or in consideration of the issue of shares, debentures, securities or obligations of the Company, or otherwise as may be deemed fit.
To apply for, promote and obtain any act, privilege, concession, license, authorization of any Government, state or municipal provisional order or license of any authority for enabling the Company to carry out its objects into effect or for extending any of the powers of the Company, or for effect any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem expedient and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the interest of the Company or its members.
To undertake and execute any trusts, the undertaking of which may seem to the Company desirable and either gratuitous or otherwise.
To indemnify officers, directors, agents and servants of the Company against proceedings, costs, damages claims and demands in respect of anything done or ordered to be done by them for and in the interest of the Company, or any loss damage or misfortune, whatever, which shall happen in the execution of the duties of their office or in relation thereof.
To procure the Company to be registered or recognized in any part of the world.
To establish offices at such place or places in India or elsewhere in order to carry out the objects of the Company.
To open and operate upon accounts of any description with any bank or banks and close the same.
The doing of all other lawful things as are necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above object.
Provided that the company shall not support with its funds, or endeavour to impose on, or procure to be observed by, its member or others, any regulation or restriction which, if an object of the company, would make it a Trade Union.
+ +IV. The objects of the Company extend to all countries in the world where the ecosystem exists.
+ +V.
+ +VI. No alteration shall be made to this Memorandum of Association or to the Articles of Association of the Company which are for the time being in force, unless the alteration has been previously submitted to and approved by the Registrar of Companies.
+ +VII. The liability of the members is limited.
+ +VIII.
+ +(a) The authorized Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 1,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Lac only) divided into 10,000 (Ten Thousand) Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- (Indian Rupees Ten only) each.
+ +(b) The Minimum paid-up capital of the Company is Rs. 1,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Lac only) divided into 10,000 (Ten Thousand) Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- (Indian Rupees Ten only) each.
+ +True accounts shall be kept of all sums of money received and expended by the company and the matters in respect of which such receipts and expenditure take place, and of the property, credits and liabilities of the company; and, subject to any reasonable restrictions as to the time and manner of inspecting the same that may be imposed in accordance with the regulations of the company for the time being in force, the accounts shall be open to the inspection of the members. Once at least in every year, the accounts of the company shall be examined and the correctness of the balance-sheet and the income and expenditure account ascertained by one or more properly qualified auditor or auditors.
+ +If upon a winding up or dissolution of the company, there remains, after the satisfaction of all the debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be distributed amongst the members of the company but shall be given or transferred to such other company having objects similar to the objects of this company, subject to such conditions as the Tribunal may impose, or may be sold and proceeds thereof credited to the Rehabilitation and Insolvency Fund formed under section 269 of the Companies Act, 2013.
+ +The Company can be amalgamated only with another company registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 and having similar objects.
+ +Support ERPNext by becoming a foundation member and get a premium listing on erpnext.org.
+Support ERPNext by becoming a foundation member and get a premium listing on erpnext.org.
+Unlike other open source business platforms, ERPNext is categorically Open Source, because unlike them, we don't think sustainability and open source live at odds.
+Unlike other open source business platforms, ERPNext is categorically Open Source, because unlike them, we don't think sustainability and open source live at odds.
+Most open source platforms in the ERP / CRM / E-Commerce space are open core. These communities makes money from closed extensions and services to monetize their efforts. We believe this is not only wrong, but not sustainable. Here are the reasons
If you are a service provider, there are many creative ways you can make money from ERPNext without diluting the open source imperative.
If you are an end user, don't fall prey to closed extensions, they are a short cut that will ultimately end up costing you a significant more time and money.
+ {{ media( + "Revant Nandgaonkar", + ''' I chose ERPNext over Odoo because ERPNext is Free Software with four essential freedoms. ERPNext also has easy upgrades and migration. It is easy to deploy, backup and restore. And to top it off it, ERPNext is easy to develop with Frappe Framework. ''', + "https://erpnext.org/files/revant.jpg" + ) + }}Whether you are a user, developer or enthusiast, there are many ways to contribute. Learn how you can contribute to ERPNext
+- ERPNext Members are both Service Providers and End Users. Check out their website if you are looking for help in your region. -
++ ERPNext Members are both Service Providers and End Users. Check out their website if you are looking for help in your region. +
+If you want to get listed on this page, join the Foundation and become a member
- Become a MemberLearn more about becoming an ERPNext Service Provider
+ Become a Member +
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