OpenBoxes is free to download and use. But “free software” doesn’t mean “zero cost.” Every system you adopt — whether open source or commercial — carries costs that go beyond the license fee. Understanding these costs upfront helps you plan realistically and avoid surprises.
Spreadsheets are where every supply chain starts — and where too many get stuck. If your team is managing inventory in Excel or Google Sheets, you’re not alone. But at a certain point, the workarounds start costing more than the software they’re replacing.
When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Partners In Health faced a surge of medical donations that overwhelmed their paper-based tracking systems. Out of that crisis, OpenBoxes was born — and today it powers PIH’s supply chain across six countries and dozens of facilities.
OpenBoxes 0.9.6 Hotfix 1 fixes receiving workflow issues where quantities disappeared after editing and a bug where splitting a line caused quantities to shift down one cell.
OpenBoxes 0.9.6 adds new record stock and create product APIs, localized date pattern support, expired stock filtering in stock transfers, and numerous cycle count and usability improvements.
OpenBoxes 0.9.5 Hotfix 3 includes cycle count refinements and bug fixes following the 0.9.5 release.
OpenBoxes 0.9.5 officially drops MySQL 5.7 support in favor of MySQL 8 and MariaDB 10, and includes cycle count improvements such as filtering inactive products and including user input fields in exports.
OpenBoxes 0.9.4 introduces a new cycle count feature that makes it easy to schedule, perform, and reconcile cycle counts without disrupting operations.
OpenBoxes 0.9.3 delivers key stability and performance improvements, enhanced purchase order workflows, and critical bug fixes for a smoother, more reliable experience.
OpenBoxes 0.9.2.2 introduces partial invoicing for prepaid purchase orders, full outbound import functionality, and a series of fixes and improvements to order adjustment invoice handling and import edge cases.
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