Show HN: I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years

9 months ago

Carbon is an open-source operating system designed for manufacturing to address the lack of modern, API-first tooling and vendor lock-in issues.
Key features include ERP, MES, QMS, Custom Fields, Nested BoM, Traceability, MRP, Configurator, MCP Client/Server, API, Webhooks, Accounting, Capacity Planning, and Simulation.
Technical highlights include unified auth and permissions, full-stack type safety, realtime database subscriptions, ABAC, RBAC, RLS, composable user groups, and third-party integrations.
Built with technologies like Remix, Typescript, Tailwind, Radix UI, Supabase, Upstash, Trigger, Resend, Novu, Vercel, and Stripe.
The monorepo is structured with apps and packages, including ERP, MES, Academy, and Starter applications, along with shared packages for database, documents, integrations, and more.
Setup requires Docker, external services like Upstash, Trigger.dev, and Posthog, and involves cloning the repo, setting up environment variables, and running database migrations.
Applications can be accessed locally at specified ports, and the API can be used either from another codebase or within the codebase using provided packages.
API documentation is auto-generated, and API keys can be generated in the ERP settings for access control.

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