<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
integrated	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
an	O
Indian	O
software	O
company	O
Frappe	O
Technologies	O
Pvt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ltd	O
.	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
MariaDB	B-Application
database	O
system	O
using	O
Frappe	O
,	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
based	O
server-side	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
is	O
a	O
generic	O
ERP	O
software	O
used	O
by	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
distributors	O
and	O
services	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
modules	O
like	O
accounting	B-Application
,	O
CRM	O
,	O
sales	O
,	O
purchasing	O
,	O
website	O
,	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
point	O
of	O
sale	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
warehouse	O
,	O
project	O
management	O
,	O
inventory	O
,	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
NetSuite	B-General_Concept
and	O
QAD	O
,	O
and	O
similar	O
in	O
function	O
to	O
Odoo	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
OpenERP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Tryton	B-Protocol
and	O
Openbravo	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
ERP	O
FrontRunners	O
List	O
by	O
Gartner	O
as	O
a	O
Pacesetters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
contains	O
these	O
modules	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-only	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
ERPNext	B-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
license	O
fees	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
proprietary	O
ERP	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
has	O
a	O
Model-View-Controller	O
architecture	O
with	O
metadata	B-Language
modeling	I-Language
tools	O
that	O
add	O
flexibility	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
adapt	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
unique	O
purposes	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	O
interacts	O
with	O
the	O
server	O
via	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
data	O
objects	O
on	O
a	O
Representational	B-Protocol
state	I-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
(	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
)	O
supporting	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
the	O
contributions	O
are	O
also	O
handled	O
using	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
is	O
available	O
both	O
on	O
user	O
hosting	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
from	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Rainmatter	O
incubator	O
invested	O
₹10	O
crore	O
(	O
$1.3	O
M	O
)	O
in	O
Frappe	O
Technologies	O
PL	O
,	O
to	O
support	O
development	O
of	O
ERPNext	B-Application
,	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
products	O
,	O
and	O
scaling	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERPNext	B-Application
source	O
code	O
was	O
(	O
then	O
)	O
published	O
on	O
Google	O
Code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FOSS	B-License
United	O
(	O
formerly	O
ERPNext	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-for-profit	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
foundation	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
FOSS	B-License
community	O
of	O
India	O
to	O
come	O
together	O
and	O
build	O
open	O
source	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
