What is this?
Trenova is an open-source (Fair Source) Transportation Management System for small and mid-sized US trucking carriers, covering the full order-to-cash cycle: shipment entry, dispatch, rating, billing, accounting, EDI, and FMCSA compliance.
Trenova is an open-source (Fair Source) Transportation Management System for small and mid-sized US trucking carriers, covering the full order-to-cash cycle: shipment entry, dispatch, rating, billing, accounting, EDI, and FMCSA compliance.Is Trenova a SaaS product or something I run myself?It is self-hosted software you deploy on your own infrastructure (there is also a separate paid Trenova Cloud offering); the source code itself is public under a Fair Source license so you can read and audit it.
It is self-hosted software you deploy on your own infrastructure (there is also a separate paid Trenova Cloud offering); the source code itself is public under a Fair Source license so you can read and audit it.How do I get it running?For local development you clone the repo and use the Task-based workflow; for real deployment, prebuilt Docker images are published to GHCR (ghcr.io/emoss08/trenova/tms and .../client) along with Caddyfile and Docker Compose files in deploy/.
For local development you clone the repo and use the Task-based workflow; for real deployment, prebuilt Docker images are published to GHCR (ghcr.io/emoss08/trenova/tms and .../client) along with Caddyfile and Docker Compose files in deploy/.What do I need installed before I can run it?Go 1.26+, Node.js with pnpm, Docker, and the Task runner for local development; the stack itself also runs PostgreSQL, Redis, MinIO, and Temporal, which the docker-up task can spin up.
Go 1.26+, Node.js with pnpm, Docker, and the Task runner for local development; the stack itself also runs PostgreSQL, Redis, MinIO, and Temporal, which the docker-up task can spin up.Is Trenova ready for production use?No — the README explicitly flags it as pre-release software under active development that is not yet suitable for production, and points interested users to follow releases or join a waitlist.
No — the README explicitly flags it as pre-release software under active development that is not yet suitable for production, and points interested users to follow releases or join a waitlist.Who is this built for?Small and mid-sized over-the-road trucking carriers in the US who are priced out of enterprise TMS platforms that often cost tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Small and mid-sized over-the-road trucking carriers in the US who are priced out of enterprise TMS platforms that often cost tens of thousands of dollars a year.What does the license actually let me do with it?Trenova uses the Functional Source License (FSL-1.1-ALv2): you can use, self-host, and modify it even commercially, but you can't offer it as a hosted service or build a competing product with it; each release converts to Apache 2.0 two years after publication.
Trenova uses the Functional Source License (FSL-1.1-ALv2): you can use, self-host, and modify it even commercially, but you can't offer it as a hosted service or build a competing product with it; each release converts to Apache 2.0 two years after publication.What EDI transactions does it support?Trenova handles EDI 204, 210, 214, 990, and 997 partner workflows, along with telematics integration via Samsara, PCMILER for routing/mileage, and AS2 for transport.
Trenova handles EDI 204, 210, 214, 990, and 997 partner workflows, along with telematics integration via Samsara, PCMILER for routing/mileage, and AS2 for transport.What's the tech stack under the hood?A Go 1.26 API using Gin and gqlgen GraphQL, PostgreSQL via pgx, Meilisearch and Redis for search and real-time data, and a React 19 + TypeScript + Vite web client, with Gotenberg and MinIO/S3 handling document generation and storage.
A Go 1.26 API using Gin and gqlgen GraphQL, PostgreSQL via pgx, Meilisearch and Redis for search and real-time data, and a React 19 + TypeScript + Vite web client, with Gotenberg and MinIO/S3 handling document generation and storage.How does real-time search and sync work?A custom change-data-capture tool called GTC reads PostgreSQL logical-replication changes and projects them into Meilisearch and Redis, powering real-time updates and search across the app.
A custom change-data-capture tool called GTC reads PostgreSQL logical-replication changes and projects them into Meilisearch and Redis, powering real-time updates and search across the app.Which topics is it in?caddy, change-data-capture, fair-source, compliance, oidc, s3, reactjs, rbac, graphql, finance, vite, redis
caddy, change-data-capture, fair-source, compliance, oidc, s3, reactjs, rbac, graphql, finance, vite, redis