webERP

**webERP**
Original author(s)	Phil Daintree; Tim Schofield
Developer(s)	webERP development team
Initial release	January 11, 2003 (0.1.1)
Stable release	4.15.2 (December 2, 2019; 5 years ago) [±]
Preview release	none [±]
Written in	PHP, JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	Multi-lingual
Type	Enterprise resource planning software
License(s)	GNU General Public License v2.0
Website	webERP.org

webERP is a free web-based open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) application with accounting functionality. A forked project using the same name also exists. See the "External links" section for how to differentiate between the two.

Product history

webERP has its roots in the limited liability company Logic Works, ran by developer Phil Daintree. The software was based on an old Microsoft Access implementation but was rewritten to utilize MySQL tables in 2000.^[2] webERP was officially open sourced on January 7, 2003 on SourceForge^[3], and the first release arrived in the form of version 0.1.1 a few days later.^[1] Numerous updates were made throughout the year. Citing a quick maturation of the code base and ease of marketing, the versioning changed with the release made on October 27, 2003: from 0.2.4 to 2.5.^[1] By June 2009 openERP was averaging more than 100 downloads a day and had been downloaded in total over 250,000 times from SourceForge.^[4] That same year the Young i Professionals, an international group of IBM i enthusiasts, added webERP to its tech sandbox so users around the world could demo the application.^[5]

Roughly between 2010 and 2011 an internal disagreement between key developers Phil Daintree and Tim Schofield grew, resulting in Schofield ceasing significant contributions to the webERP project and creating a fork of the project using an identical name.^[6]^[7]

Features

The main features of webERP include^[8]:

reporting
UTF-8 compliant
customizable interface
role-based security
audit trail
currency-based pricing
sales quotes and invoicing
taxation tools
accounts receivable management
inventory management
purchasing tools
accounts payable management
banking and general ledger management
contract costing

Hardware/software requirements

Installation requirements are not clearly listed on the website and are unknown. Requirements may be listed in the INSTALL.txt file included in a download of the software.