ADempiere / ˌ ɑː d ɛ m ˈ p j ɛr eɪ / is an Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software package released under an free software license . The word ADempiere in Italian means "to fulfill" or "to accomplish". The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License . The ADempiere project was created in September 2006. Disagreement between the open-source developer community that formed around the Compiere open-source ERP software and the project's corporate sponsor ultimately led to the creation of Adempiere as a fork of Compiere. Within weeks of the fork, ADempiere reached the top five of the SourceForge.net rankings, and has remained one of the top-ranked open-source projects since then. This activity provides a measure of both the size of its developer community and also its impact on the open source ERP software market. The goal of the Adempiere project is the creation of a community-developed and supported open source business s
ADempiere Business Suite is an industrial strength open-source software solution that combines ERP, CRM and SCM support for business process. ADempiere provides a framework for extending and customizing to meet business needs.