====== Comparison ======

===== Article by goodfirms.co =====

[[https://www.goodfirms.co/blog/best-free-open-source-farm-management-software|Link to the Article]]

{{:user:jan001:ioa:fms:1606301509-comparison-of-farm-management-tools_1_.jpg?400 | Comparison Table of the Best 7 Free and Open Source Farm Management Software}}

[[https://erpnext.com/|ERPNExt]], [[https://granular.ag/|Granular]], [[https://www.farmbrite.com/|FarmBrite]] are irrelevant to us because they are only cloud-hosted. We are unable to modify it.
EDIT: [[https://erpnext.com/|ERPNExt]] can be self-hosted!

==== farmOS ====
  * [[https://farmos.org/|FarmOS]]
  * active development
  * Good User Documentation
  * Good Tech Documentation [[https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.org/tree/7.x-1.x/docs|Link]]

=== farmOS ===
  * [[https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS|Repo]]
  * current stable: 7.x-1.7
  * newest: 2.0.0-alpha1 (April 2021)
  * web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping
  * aims to provide a standard platform to build upon
  * Tech Stack:
    * Drupal (PHP)
    * RESTAPI
  * Mapping
  * Event Logging
  * Asset Management:
    * Platings
    * Sensors
    * Compost
  * Inventory Tracking
  * Multiple Users

=== farmOS-client ===
  * [[https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS-client|Repo]]
  * lightweight application for connecting to a farmOS server ram any mobile device
  * hybrid-app (browser + native (iOS/Android))
  * day-to-day and in-the-field record-keeping that stores data locally for **offline use**, and **syncs back** to a farmOS server when internet access is available
  * Tech Stack:
    * Vue
    * Cordova

=== farmOS.js ===
  * [[https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.js|Repo]]
  * JavaScript Library for fetching data from farmOS Server
  * currently unstable (intended for FarmOS-client)
  * Tech Stack:
    * JS
    * Axios
  * in development
  * also available for python [[https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.py|Repo]]

==== Tania ====
  * [[https://usetania.org/|Tania]]
  * [[https://github.com/tanibox/tania-core|Repo]]
  * No active development on the latest version (last commit 17 Oct 2020)
  * Currently v2.0 in development
  * Tech Stack:
    * Go
    * MySQL
    * NodeJS
    * Vue
    * Bootstrap
  * User Documentation
  * No Tech Documentation
  * Good IoT integration
  * Tasks
  * Production
  * Inventories
  * Crop Tracking

==== AgroSense ====
  * [[https://agrosense.eu/|AgroSense]] (TLS-Cert expired)
  * Less crop managment
  * More health / soil management
  * Repo somewhere on BitBucket but I could not access it (maybe new account needed)
  * Bad website near to no information

==== LiteFarm ====
  * [[https://www.litefarm.org/|LiteFarm]]
  * [[https://github.com/LiteFarmOrg/LiteFarm|Repo]]
  * Tech-Stack:
    * Postgres
    * React
    * Node
    * Express
    * Docker
  * No real documentation (some (very few) inline comments)
  * Mobile Optimized
  * Tasks + Notfications
  * simple + "map-based" interface
  * operations, inventory, and payroll 
  * audits and verifications easy by inviting verification
    * I´m currently not sure if everyone can be invited or just some specific ones
    * The website just mentioned the organic certification
    * Is this an international standard? I don't know.
  * The website has not that much information on it
  * [[https://portal.productboard.com/xevufffgveujvp2nmzpb1xbr/tabs/2-planned|Roadmap available]]
  * Seems modern and simple
  * Will need some time to get it modified because of the missing documentation

==== ERPNext ====
  * [[https://erpnext.com/open-source-agriculture-erp-software| ERPNext]]
  * [[https://github.com/frappe/erpnext| Repo]]
  * Made for many different working areas
  * Agriculture one of them
  * Active development
  * Tech Stack:
    * Python
    * MariaDB
    * JavaScript
    * Docker
    * Traefik
    * NGINX
  * Some [[https://docs.erpnext.com/docs/user/manual/en/customize-erpnext|documentation]] for customizing
    * Most customization over the GUI
  * 70+ Analysis Criteria (Get analytics for crops, plants, soil, water, and weather. ERPNext helps record not only your crops and fertilizers but also orders and invoices.)
  * Crop Cycle
  * Location / Mapping
  * Multilingual
  * No out of the box sensor integration
  * [[https://frappeframework.com/docs/user/en/api| Developer API]]
    * Python
    * JS
    * REST API
  * [[https://erpnext.com/open-source-projects|!!Project Management!!]]