Openkoda
Web and SaaS
business application platform
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How HN took it
5 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in an open-source alternative to Salesforce and Odoo
From 2 comments
I was just complaining to my partner about the OG Salesforce… I feel extra inspired to check this out!
creaktive on HNAssuming you are apart of the team, I'm sure you know Odoo is 20 years old. So, I can't see why in time there couldn't be real competition. OpenKoda and Odoo actually have…
megadal on HN
Objections
Documentation is too shallow for developers and evaluators
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see any links to any documentation beyond the surface level. The closest seems to be the technology page at https://openkoda.com/technology/…
arunabha on HN
Sales teams prefer Salesforce; a FOSS clone may not match real needs
From 1 comment
So a CRM that replicates Salesforce APIs? Sales people don’t want a Salesforce FOSS version, that’s why they green light salesforce. It’s about trend not practical software. Only…
righthand on HN
Concern about Salesforce-style governor limits and storage pricing
From 1 comment
Unless I hit governer limits immediately and have to pay thousands per megabyte of storage I wont consider this a viable replacement for Salesforce.
smrtinsert on HN
Requests
Clearer documentation and feature breakdown of free vs enterprise
From 2 comments
Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see any links to any documentation beyond the surface level. The closest seems to be the technology page at https://openkoda.com/technology/…
arunabha on HNWhere can one find the breakdown of features on the free vs enterprise versions?
abraae on HN
Import or compatibility with Odoo
From 1 comment
Assuming you are apart of the team, I'm sure you know Odoo is 20 years old. So, I can't see why in time there couldn't be real competition. OpenKoda and Odoo actually have…
megadal on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Odoo and Retool
From 2 comments
Well, there is Odoo. Which is pretty much exactly what OpenKoda is (FOSS ERP). Odoo is doing quite well. It made Fabien Panckaers the youngest billionaire in Belgium.
megadal on HNConsidering the tag line "Ready-to-use development platform that accelerates the process of building business applications and internal tools", I would think OpenKoda would…
llsf on HN
Is it a drop-in Salesforce replacement
From 1 comment
Is this meant to be a drop-in replacement for Salesforce or just another CRM? There's a built-in advantage to choosing the tool that everybody uses and that's compatibility. If…
tootie on HN
Why Java was chosen
From 1 comment
Anybody have recommendations for similar projects written in Python? Curious to know the motivations for choosing Java in this case.
tcdent on HN
Alternatives named
Odoo
From 1 comment
Well, there is Odoo. Which is pretty much exactly what OpenKoda is (FOSS ERP). Odoo is doing quite well. It made Fabien Panckaers the youngest billionaire in Belgium.
megadal on HN
Salesforce
From 1 comment
So a CRM that replicates Salesforce APIs? Sales people don’t want a Salesforce FOSS version, that’s why they green light salesforce. It’s about trend not practical software. Only…
righthand on HN
Apache OFBiz
From 1 comment
There are people building for decades on things like Ofbiz[0] because it's flexible and it's truly open source. There are open and closed projects built on top of it, because…
anonzzzies on HN
goHighLevel
From 1 comment
How would this compare with something like goHighLevel?
vantubbe on HN