Picking an Open-Source Accounting Base: jshERP vs Odoo vs ERPNext, Torn Down to Source Code

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:35:00 +0800

TL;DR: Odoo Community + official l10n_cn. Don’t overthink it. It is the only one of the three with a real double-entry general ledger, a Chinese chart-of-accounts template, a VAT rate structure, and a complete accounting loop across receivables, payables, assets, and reports. jshERP’s “finance” module is a cash-flow ledger — no chart of accounts, no debit/credit vouchers; it cannot produce books that mean anything under accounting standards. ERPNext has a strong ledger,

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Picking an Open-Source Accounting Base: jshERP vs Odoo vs ERPNext, Torn Down to Source Code