An article by Source Digit highlights how open source can cover a large portion of the tech needs for many types of small businesses. Covering inventory, ERP, CRM, web communications, and collaboration tools, segments such as retail or small-scale manufacturing could use this piece as a checklist. While work management isn’t covered explicitly, a number of ERP and collaboration solutions have rudimentary task tools built in as well.
Techround eCommerce review Includes Open Source Mainstays
In a roundup of 10 top ecommerce platforms by Techround, open source options featured among the proprietary solutions and cloud services. WooCommerce made an appearance, cited for its end-to-end management of both physical and digital products, as was OpenCart, with a highlight on its extensibility.
Magento appeared by way of its commercial version Adobe Commerce.
Tech Times Top 5 CMS Solutions Feature Open Source
Tech Times’ Top 5 list of CMS solutions for 2024 contain 60% open source. Usual suspects Drupal and Joomla! as well as ecommerce solution Magento feature prominently, while WordPress is conspicuous by its absence.
London Loves Business Looks at Magento 2
London Loves Business takes a look at long-time open source ecommerce leader Magento (now Adobe Commerce), highlighting the breadth of its features including inventory management, progressive web application (PWA) support, and integration with other members of Experience Cloud. While the commercial version has been re-branded, the open source version is still available.
