Trytonvs
Odoo
Odoo: A far larger module ecosystem and a commercial vendor, at the cost of an open core split and per user pricing on the paid edition
Tryton
Modular open source ERP in Python with a five year support window on major releases only
As of 31 August 2026, Tryton is free to use. A GPL-3 business platform descended from TinyERP, run by a foundation rather than a company. Softwr lists it under ERP. Tryton is made by Tryton Foundation, available on Web, Linux, Windows, macOS.
Overview
What Tryton does
Tryton is a three tier open source application platform covering financial accounting, analytic accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory, supply chain, manufacturing with bills of materials and routings, project management, subscriptions and shipping. It is written in Python, runs against PostgreSQL, and ships a desktop client and a web client against the same server. Functionality is delivered as discrete modules that are installed only when needed, so a deployment carries no menus for things the business does not do. The distinguishing property is governance and release policy rather than any single feature. Tryton is stewarded by a non-profit foundation with no commercial owner, so there is no open core split, no paid enterprise edition and no vendor that can relicense it. In exchange, releases arrive every six months and an ordinary series is supported for only one year. Major versions get five years of long term support. A business that installs a non-LTS series is committing to an upgrade project annually, and that is the real total cost of Tryton, not the licence. Buyers are typically small and mid-sized European manufacturers, distributors and service firms with in-house or contracted Python capability, often working through one of the foundation-listed service providers. The trade-off is that everything a commercial ERP bundles, hosting, support, implementation and localised accounting, has to be sourced and paid for separately.
What people use it for
- A small European manufacturer that wants bills of materials and routings without a per user ERP subscription
- A company with in-house Python developers that intends to extend the data model rather than configure a closed product
- An organisation that will not adopt an open core product because it expects features to migrate to a paid edition over time
- A distributor needing multi-company books in one database with analytic accounting on top
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Where it falls short
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- Ordinary series are supported for only one year, so any deployment not pinned to a long term support major version needs a funded upgrade project every twelve months, which is the largest hidden cost of running Tryton.
- There is no vendor to buy support from, only a list of independent service providers, so procurement teams that require a single accountable supplier with an SLA have to construct one themselves.
- The module ecosystem is far smaller than Odoo or ERPNext, so region-specific tax rules, payroll and industry add-ons frequently have to be written rather than installed.
- Out of the box reporting is thin and there is no built-in business intelligence layer, so most deployments end up exporting to an external tool to get management reporting.
- Documentation and community discussion are functional but sparse compared with commercial ERPs, which lengthens implementation for teams that have not worked with Tryton before and makes hiring experienced consultants harder.
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What people choose instead of Tryton
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- TrytonvsERPNext
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- TrytonvsMetasfresh
Metasfresh: Another open source ERP with a commercial sponsor if you want a single accountable supplier
Pricing
What Tryton costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Self-hosted
Free
- GPL-3.0-or-later licence with no per user cost
- All official modules included
- Series released every six months
- Ordinary series supported for one year only
- Major versions carry five years of long term support
- Hosting, support and implementation sourced separately from service providers
Capabilities
Features
Modular installation
Each functional area is a separate module installed only when required
Double entry accounting
General ledger, analytic accounting, tax handling and fiscal year closing
Manufacturing
Bills of materials, routings, work centres and production orders
Inventory and supply chain
Multi-warehouse stock, lots, serial numbers and replenishment
Sales and purchasing
Quotations, orders, invoicing and supplier purchase workflows
Desktop and web clients
A native client and a browser client speaking to the same server
Multi-company
Several legal entities in one database with separate books
Project management
Time tracking and project costing against work
Subscriptions
Recurring billing for service contracts
GPL-3 licence
No enterprise edition, no open core split, no per user fee
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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What licence is Tryton under?
The platform and official modules are GPL-3.0-or-later. There is no paid enterprise edition.
How long is a release supported?
Series are released every six months and supported for one year. Major versions get five years of long term support, so pin to an LTS release unless you can fund annual upgrades.
Is there a hosted version from the project?
No. The foundation lists independent service providers who offer hosting and support commercially.
How does it differ from Odoo?
Tryton has no open core split, so there is no paid edition holding back features, but the module ecosystem and partner network are much smaller.
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