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Celerp Launched a Local-First, Modular Replacement for Cloud Accounting and ERP Under an Open-Core License
A Show HN on August 10 introduced Celerp, a downloadable desktop ERP covering inventory, invoicing, purchasing, manufacturing, accounting, and CRM in one application, built on Python/FastAPI with FastHTML and embedded PostgreSQL. Licensing is open-core: BSL-1.1 for the core engine with self-hosting permitted, MIT for default modules, proprietary only for cloud/AI services and the official UI — 521 commits, 18 stars, 4 forks at time of posting. The explicit positioning is 'no subscription, no cloud required' against QuickBooks-class and cloud ERP vendors, which is a direct test of whether hosting was the value or just the billing mechanism.
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