Odoo Development: The ultimate guide for customized ERP solutions (2026)
Published: February 2026 | Reading time: 15 minutes | Category: Odoo Basics
Standard solutions are often no longer sufficient in today's digital business world. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need flexible, scalable and customised software to map their unique processes and remain competitive. Here comes the Odoo development into play. As an open source ERP system, Odoo offers an incomparable flexibility that allows companies to adapt their software exactly to their needs.
1. What is Odoo?
Odoo is a comprehensive suite of open source business applications that covers all areas of a company. From accounting to customer relationship management (CRM) to warehouse management and e-commerce, Odoo offers over 30 main applications and thousands of community apps that are seamlessly integrated with each other.
The system is available in two versions: The Odoo Community Edition is completely free and open source, while the Odoo Enterprise Edition offers additional features, professional support and an extended hosting offer.
Did you know? Odoo is used by over 12 million users worldwide, making it one of the most frequently installed ERP systems in the world. The active community contributes to continuous development with over 36,000 apps.
2. Why Odoo development?
The strength of Odoo lies in its adaptability. While many ERP systems force companies to adapt their processes to the software, Odoo allows the reverse way: the software is adapted to the processes. This is done by Odoo development.
Advantages of individual Odoo development
Perfect fit: Your software is exactly your business processes, not vice versa.
Competitive advantage: Unique features that your competition does not have.
Scalability: The solution grows with your company.
Integration: Seamless connection to existing systems and third party software.
Cost efficiency: No license fees for the Community Edition, only development costs.
Three. The technology stack of Odoo
To understand the possibilities of Odoo development, a look at the technical architecture is helpful. Odoo is based on proven, modern technologies:
Component Technology Use
Backend Python 3 Business logic, data processing
Frontend JavaScript (OWL Framework) user interface, interactivity
Views & Reports XML, QWeb Forms, lists, reports
Database Postal code Data storage
Web server Tool (Python) HTTP requests
Types of Odoo Development
4.1 Module development
The development of new modules is the core of the Odoo adaptation. A module is a self-contained unit, the new functionalities
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