LedgerSMB vs Odoo

Both are self-hosted resource planning projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Odoo scores 87 against LedgerSMB's 67, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — LedgerSMB may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	LedgerSMB	Odoo
Health score	67/100	87/100
Commits (11 mo)	718	9785
Commits (last 3 mo)	199	3793
Stars	570	55k
Latest release	11 Sept 2026	none tagged
Licence	GPL-2.0	LGPL-3.0
Built with	Docker, Perl	Python, deb, Docker
Typical RAM	1 GB	2 GB

LedgerSMB

Integrated accounting and ERP system for small and midsize businesses, with double entry accounting, budgeting, invoicing, quotations, projects, orders and inventory management, shipping and more.

67/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 29/40

Releases 25/25

Community 5/20

Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 26%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Odoo

Free open source ERP system.

87/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 40/40

Releases 13/25

Community 19/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity more than 97%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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