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odoo

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · Enterprise software's uncool uncle
https://github.com/odoo/odoo

A 20-year-old ERP monolith that actually runs real businesses, which is simultaneously its greatest strength and why you should fear deploying it.

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Odoo is genuinely deployed across thousands of companies managing actual revenue, inventory, and payroll—that's real signal. The codebase is substantial Python/JS with legitimate business logic, not a wrapper. But the README is pure marketing (18 apps listed with zero technical depth), the architecture is monolithic and notoriously difficult to customize without vendor lock-in, and the 'open source' claim comes with significant asterisks (proprietary modules, enterprise-only features). It's n...

51471 stars Python 2026-05-23 4393 days old

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