iDempiere

iDempiere Business Suite, also known as OSGi + ADempiere, is a mid-tier open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. It also features a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) system. It is licensed under GPL version 2 and was developed from iDempiere which was created from Compiere.

iDempiere is a community driven open source project. It heavily depends on community of developers, implementors and end-users for its architectural design, financial donations, code contributions, documentation, testing, and support. It’s free to download, develop and put into production. It is written in Java and runs on a PostgreSQL database. The iDempiere user Interface runs on zk and swing platforms.

It is supported by a Jetty server and OSGI (Open Service Gateway Initiative) plugin architecture that gives it a more logic functionality compared to other open source ERPs. OSGI architecture reduces complexity by providing a modular architecture for today’s large scale distributed systems and small embedded applications. This significantly reduces development, operational, and maintenance costs.

iDempiere source code is hosted at bitbucket using a mercurial repository which can be downloaded or cloned by users. iDempiere supports third-party components in an application and is one of the most robust open source options available. It is compatible with major Operating Systems including Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Solaris.

iDempiere also has several integration points that integrates with other systems. The built in integration points are; configurable and flexible CSV-import, Web services, JMS messaging. iDempiere is a complete ERP offering everything from invoicing to Point of Sale (POS) integration to warehouse management to forecasting. iDempiere could be the future of open source ERP as it embraces community support and continuous innovation.

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