Lightweight Open-Source ERP for internal business operations.
LiteERP is designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that need a clean, operational ERP core without enterprise-level complexity.
Typical use cases include:
- Retail stores and retail chains
- Wholesale distributors
- Trading companies
- Import / export businesses
- SMEs managing inventory, orders, pricing, and customers
LiteERP focuses on day-to-day internal operations, such as:
- Product & inventory management
- Purchase & sales workflows
- Pricing rules and discounts
- Customer & supplier management
Industry-specific requirements — such as reporting, analytics, tax rules, accounting integration, custom pricing logic, or workflow automation — are intentionally handled through Extensions, not hardcoded into the core.
LiteERP is an open-source ERP built with Laravel, ReactJS, and MySQL 8,
designed as a pure, minimal core with an extension-first architecture.
LiteERP is not trying to replace SAP or Odoo.
Those platforms are powerful and suitable for large enterprises or broad use cases.
LiteERP follows a different philosophy:
Keep the core small, stable, and predictable —
push complexity outward into extensions.
The system is built on:
- Clean Architecture
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Domain Events
- Very low framework coupling
| Aspect | LiteERP | Odoo | SAP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core size | Small & pure | Large, feature-heavy | Very large |
| Customization | Extensions & hooks | Core overrides & modules | Consultants & customization layers |
| Infrastructure | Low-resource friendly | Medium–High | High–Very High |
| Upgrade safety | High | Medium | Low–Medium |
| Target users | SMEs & developers | SMEs–Enterprises | Large enterprises |
The LiteERP core intentionally focuses only on:
- Essential operational workflows
- Clear and predictable business rules
- Strong domain boundaries
- Authentication & authorization
- Multi-business context
- Extension loading mechanism
Instead of absorbing complexity,
LiteERP treats complexity as an external concern handled by extensions.
All domain-specific and evolving business logic lives in Extensions.
Extensions are:
- Fully decoupled from the core
- Loaded only when needed
- Able to hook into domain events, validation, workflows, and APIs
- Safe to develop, replace, or remove without touching core logic
- HRM Extension – time attendance, leave management
- SMTP Extension – system-wide email configuration
- Debt Extension – basic debt & receivable tracking
https://github.com/liteerp-oss/liteerp/tree/dev/extension-examples
LiteERP uses a Hybrid Frontend Architecture, giving each Extension full freedom to choose the most suitable UI approach.
An Extension can:
- 🧱 Use Blade Templates
- ⚛️ Use ReactJS
- 🖥️ Build a fully independent dashboard
Supported languages:
- 🇺🇸 English
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 🇻🇳 Vietnamese
Each Extension manages its own translations.
LiteERP focuses on operations, not accounting or tax compliance.
LiteERP invoices are operational invoices,
not replacements for accounting or government e-invoicing systems.
- ❌ Accounting software
- ❌ Tax-compliant invoicing system
- ❌ Government e-invoice platform
- Laravel 12
- ReactJS
- MySQL 8
- PHP 8.3+
- Clean Architecture
- Domain Driven Design
- Domain Events
- Unit tests
- Global testing
- Clean code standards
https://github.com/liteerp-oss/liteerp/tree/dev/docs
- Extension standards & best practices
- Expanded documentation
- Extension marketplace concept
LiteERP plans to introduce AI Agent Extensions as optional, fully decoupled extensions designed to assist businesses, not replace human decision-making.
AI agents will:
- Live entirely outside the core
- Subscribe to domain events and APIs
- Provide insights, recommendations, and explanations
- Be optional, replaceable, and safe to disable
- Support self-hosted or external AI providers
Example AI agent concepts:
- Operations insight & anomaly detection
- Sales and purchasing recommendations
- Natural language business queries (internal Q&A)
- Workflow observation and optimization suggestions
LiteERP treats AI as an extension-level concern, fully aligned with its pure-core and extension-first philosophy.
Basic environment configuration:
APP_TIMEZONE="Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh"
APP_CURRENCY="USD"
APP_CURRENCY_LOCALE="en-US"
Steps:
docker compose build && docker compose up -ddocker exec -it LiteERP-app bashcomposer installphp artisan app:setupphp artisan app:create-admin {email} {password} {name}
Visit:
http://localhost:8002/dashboard/login
Stevelee
Discord:
https://discord.gg/VExDJ7k8
If LiteERP helps you:
- Give the project a ⭐
- Share feedback
- Contribute extensions or ideas