XTuple
xTuple is a privately held American enterprise software company that develops and markets software under the brand name xTuple ERP. The company was originally formed in 2001 as OpenMFG and rebranded as xTuple in 2007.
History
xTuple, originally OpenMFG, was founded by Jeffrey Lyon and Ned Lilly in October 2001. The company rebranded from OpenMFG to xTuple in July 2007.OpenMFG was a commercially licensed ERP system targeted toward small to midsize manufacturers. The company adopted a "community code" model, meaning customers who purchase or subscribe to licenses for the product have access to view and modify the source code. The code was not made publicly available.
OpenMFG spent several years building its product, and settled into a release cycle of roughly one major release every twelve months. Version 2.0 of OpenMFG released in 2006, adding Master Production Schedule, multi-currency, and CRM functionalities.
Jeffrey Lyon departed OpenMFG in 2004.
Originally to be released under the "xTuple License," a derivative of the Mozilla Public License, xTuple was quickly criticized for introducing "yet another" open source license variant. However, at that very same conference SocialText announced the release of the new Open Source Initiative approved Common Public Attribution License. Two days later xTuple switched PostBooks to CPAL and became the second company to adopt this license.
In July 2022, xTuple was purchased by CAI Software, LLC, a software company based in Lincoln, Rhode Island. CAI Software is majority-owned by Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California.