Epicor Kinetic vs FUXA
Epicor Kinetic and FUXA are both manufacturing (mrp/mes) software. Epicor Kinetic is a commercial product from Epicor Software Corporation. FUXA is open source under MIT, with 5.2k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Epicor Kinetic when
- A midsize make-to-order or mixed-mode manufacturer needs shop-floor and job costing depth beyond a general ERP.
- Pick FUXA when
- A plant or integrator wants browser-based HMI screens without licensing a commercial SCADA package.
Side by side
ERP for discrete manufacturers covering production planning, scheduling, job costing, inventory, quality and finance.
A web-based SCADA and HMI tool for drawing process screens and dashboards connected to PLCs and devices over Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT and Siemens S7.
Implementations are configuration-heavy and upgrades between major versions take real effort.
Fine for monitoring and light control, but it lacks the redundancy and certification that safety-critical sites expect.
Production-ready
Usable
Cloud service and self-hosted server
Self-hosted server
.NET and Microsoft SQL Server
JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and Angular
Closed source, sold by Epicor Software Corporation
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
No Wikipedia article of its own
5.2k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v1.3.5.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.