Odoo Introduction

Odoo (formerly known as OpenERP and before that, TinyERP) is a suite of open core enterprise management applications. Targeting companies of all sizes, the application suite includes billing, accounting, manufacturing, purchasing, warehouse management, and project management.


The source code for the OpenObject framework and core ERP (enterprise resource planning) modules is curated by the Belgium based Odoo S.A. Additionally, customized programming, support, and other services are provided by an active global community and a network of 500 official partners. The main Odoo components are the OpenObject framework, about 30 core modules (also called official modules) and more than 3000 community modules

It uses Python scripting and Postgres database. Development repo is on GitHub

Original author(s)	Fabien Pinckaers
Developer(s)	Odoo S.A.
Stable release	9.0 / October 1, 2015;
Preview release	current master version / daily
Written in	Python, JavaScript, XML
Operating system	Linux, Unix-like, OS X, Windows
Type	ERP, CRM, Accounting, CMS
License	"Community" version: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 "Enterprise" version: Proprietary license
Website	www.odoo.com

Release history

  Old version

  Long Term Stable version, still supported

  Latest version

  Future version

Program name	Version	Release date	Significant changes	Software license
Tiny ERP	1.0	February 2005	First release	GNU GPL
	2.0	May 2005		GNU GPL
	3.0	September 2005		GNU GPL
	4.0	December 2006		GNU GPL
OpenERP	5.0	April 2009		GNU GPL
	6.0	January 2011	First web client	GNU AGPL[15]
	6.1	February 2012	First Ajax web client, discontinued GTK client	GNU AGPL
	7.0	December 22, 2012	Improved web client and usability	GNU AGPL
Odoo	8.0	September 18, 2014	Support for CMS: Website builder, e-commerce, point of sale and business intelligence	GNU AGPL
	9.0	October 1, 2015	Odoo Community release	GNU LGPL v3