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<p class="box-kicker">Get the most out of Odoo Community</p>
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<p class="box-lede">Install it, back it up, extend it, bolt AI on top — the notes I wish I had on day one.</p>
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<a class="btn" href="#tips">Read the tips</a>
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<li><span class="side-kicker">Written by</span> Oliver Arnold, 安雷威</li>
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<li><span class="side-kicker">Since</span> 2024, in German, English and Spanish</li>
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<li><span class="side-kicker">Contact</span> <a href="mailto:oliver@oc-guy.com">oliver@oc-guy.com</a></li>
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<p class="meta"><span>Guide</span><span>Odoo Community</span><time datetime="2026-10-23">23 Oct 2026</time></p>
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<h1 id="lead-title">Welcome. Best tips and tricks for Odoo Community.</h1>
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<p class="standfirst">Hey — you are in the right place. This is where I write down how to run the open-source
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ERP that small companies own themselves: the install that holds, the backup that restores, the module
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that already exists, and the AI that sits on top of your records instead of guessing at them.</p>
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<section class="section" id="tips" aria-labelledby="tips-title">
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<span class="initial" aria-hidden="true">T</span>
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<h2 class="section-title" id="tips-title"><span class="kicker">The latest in</span> <em>Tips & Tricks</em></h2>
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<a class="more" href="https://www.odoo.com/documentation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View all tips</a>
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<a class="card" href="https://www.odoo.com/documentation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
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<img class="card-img" src="assets/tip-install.jpg" alt="Two plain cardboard boxes stacked on a wooden table" width="1000" height="649">
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<span class="card-cat">Install</span>
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<h3>Run Odoo from Docker Compose, not from source</h3>
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<p class="card-desc">Two containers, one file, a volume you can copy. The shortest path to a server you
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understand and can move next year without a migration project.</p>
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<span class="card-meta">6 min read</span>
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<img class="card-img" src="assets/tip-backup.jpg" alt="Rows of old book spines lined up on a shelf" width="1000" height="666">
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<span class="card-cat">Backup</span>
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<h3>Dump the database nightly and restore it monthly</h3>
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<p class="card-desc">A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a backup. One pg_dump, one cron line,
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and a restore into a scratch copy that takes four minutes.</p>
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<span class="card-meta">4 min read</span>
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<a class="card" href="https://github.com/OCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
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<img class="card-img" src="assets/tip-extend.jpg" alt="Hand tools, a clamp and a hammer on a workbench" width="1000" height="666">
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<span class="card-cat">Extend</span>
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<h3>Take an OCA module before you write your own</h3>
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<p class="card-desc">Someone already solved your problem and maintains it for every series. Reading their
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code teaches you the ORM faster than any tutorial.</p>
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<span class="card-meta">8 min read</span>
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<span class="initial" aria-hidden="true">M</span>
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<h2 class="section-title" id="module-title"><span class="kicker">Featured</span> <em>Module of the month</em></h2>
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<p class="plate-kicker">Odoo Community · LGPL-3 · series 18.0</p>
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<h3 class="feature-name">Inventory, before you buy anything</h3>
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<p>One module holds what you own, where it sits and what it is worth: stock moves, reordering rules,
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lots and serial numbers, three warehouse steps if you need them, one if you do not.</p>
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<ul class="benefits">
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<li><strong>Real stock, not a spreadsheet</strong>Every receipt, delivery and adjustment is a move with a date and a person behind it.</li>
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<li><strong>Barcode-ready on day one</strong>The Community module ships the operations your scanner needs; no paid add-on.</li>
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<li><strong>Multi-warehouse without a second system</strong>Locations, routes and reordering rules live in the same database as your invoices.</li>
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<a class="btn" href="https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore module</a>
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<span class="feature-note">Free in the Community edition · installs from Apps</span>
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<section class="section oca" id="oca" aria-labelledby="oca-title">
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<span class="initial" aria-hidden="true">O</span>
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<h2 class="section-title" id="oca-title"><span class="kicker">The latest in</span> <em>OCA modules</em></h2>
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<a class="more" href="https://github.com/OCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All OCA modules</a>
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<table class="oca-table">
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<caption class="sr-only">Top OCA modules, and whether each has a branch for Odoo 19.0 and 20.0</caption>
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<th scope="col">Module</th>
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<th scope="col">Area</th>
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<th scope="col">19.0</th>
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<th scope="col">20.0</th>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/OCA/mail/tree/18.0/mail_tracking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mail Tracker</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Utilities</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/OCA/account-reconcile/tree/18.0/account_reconcile_oca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Account Reconcilation</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Accounting</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/OCA/bank-statement-import/tree/18.0/account_statement_import_base" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Account Statements</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Accounting</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/oca/currency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Currency Rate Update</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Accounting</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/OCA/account-financial-tools/tree/18.0/account_usability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enable Accounting</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Accounting</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/OCA/field-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Field Service</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">Field Service</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<td class="oca-name"><a href="https://github.com/oca/queue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Job Que</a></td>
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<td class="oca-area">System</td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark is-on" aria-hidden="true">✓</span><span class="sr-only">has a 19.0 branch</span></td>
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<td class="oca-status"><span class="mark" aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="sr-only">no 20.0 branch yet</span></td>
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<section class="section" id="community" aria-labelledby="community-title">
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<span class="initial" aria-hidden="true">C</span>
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<h2 class="section-title" id="community-title"><span class="kicker">The latest in</span> <em>Community news</em></h2>
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<a class="more" href="https://github.com/OCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View all community news</a>
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<span class="news-date"><time datetime="2026-10-23">23 Oct 2026</time></span>
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<div class="news-body">
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<h3><a href="https://github.com/OCA/rma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RMA: returns, repairs and replacements inside Odoo</a></h3>
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<p>Return Merchandise Authorization for the whole flow — the customer sends it back, you decide repair
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or credit, the stock move happens once.</p>
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<span class="news-source">github.com/OCA/rma</span>
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</li>
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<span class="news-date"><time datetime="2026-10-23">23 Oct 2026</time></span>
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<div class="news-body">
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<h3><a href="https://github.com/OCA/helpdesk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helpdesk modules that stay out of your way</a></h3>
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<p>Tickets, teams and SLAs without the enterprise edition: the OCA helpdesk repository keeps a branch
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per supported series, so an upgrade does not orphan your support desk.</p>
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<span class="news-source">github.com/OCA/helpdesk</span>
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</li>
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<span class="news-date"><time datetime="2026-10-23">23 Oct 2026</time></span>
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<div class="news-body">
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<h3><a href="https://github.com/OCA/l10n-italy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Localisation is community work: Italy's charts, kept current</a></h3>
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<p>Tax reports, e-invoicing and the country chart of accounts, maintained by the people who file with
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them. The same pattern exists for your country.</p>
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</div>
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<span class="news-source">github.com/OCA/l10n-italy</span>
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