Requirements no standard app covers
Your process is specific to your industry or your business model, and no app on the Odoo Apps Store fits it closely enough.
Odoo ERP · Development
Odoo development services for the parts your business can't buy off the shelf
Our developers work inside the Odoo framework: its ORM, its view system, its OWL frontend and its PostgreSQL database. That is how new functionality ends up feeling like part of Odoo instead of a bolt-on.
What is Odoo Development?
Odoo development services provide software engineering on the Odoo framework to build functionality that the standard apps do not include, such as new business applications, customer and vendor portals, specialized reports, background jobs and interactive frontend components. Odoo is written in Python with XML views, an OWL JavaScript frontend and a PostgreSQL database, and development means working with all of those layers. It goes further than customization, which only adjusts behavior that already exists.
Some requirements are simply outside what any ERP ships with: a rental contract engine, a lab sample tracker, a dealer portal with tiered pricing, or a production planning screen built around your floor layout. Buying a separate tool for each one fragments your data again. Building it inside Odoo keeps everything on the same customers, products and accounts, but only if the developers understand the framework well enough to build with it rather than around it.
When configuration isn't enough
Code written against the framework
Raw SQL where the ORM should be used, business logic in controllers, and JavaScript patched into templates make systems slow and fragile.
Frontend screens that feel foreign
Custom pages built outside Odoo's web client look different, ignore access rights and break when the interface changes between versions.
No in-house Odoo skills
Your IT team knows your business but not Odoo's ORM, view inheritance, OWL or its upgrade cycle, and hiring a dedicated developer is hard.
Our Odoo Development service
Custom business applications
New Odoo apps with their own models, menus, views, security groups and workflows, connected to existing partners, products and accounting.
Backend logic and automation
Python models, computed fields, constraints, scheduled actions and queue-style background processing for heavy jobs such as bulk recalculation or imports.
OWL frontend components
Custom field widgets, client actions, dashboard views and Point of Sale screen extensions built with Odoo's OWL component framework.
Portals and website features
Customer, vendor or dealer portal pages and website controllers that reuse Odoo's access control and record rules.
Reports and analytics
QWeb PDF reports, SQL-backed reporting views for large datasets, and pivot and graph views that management can filter themselves.
Dedicated development capacity
A developer or small team working through your backlog on an ongoing basis, with code reviewed and delivered through Git.
Included capabilities
- ORM-based models and inheritance
- OWL components and client actions
- QWeb reports and templates
- Scheduled actions (cron jobs)
- Portal and website controllers
- Multi-company aware logic
- Automated tests with Odoo's test framework
- Performance profiling of slow views
- Git-based code review
What Odoo Development changes for your business
One database for everything
New functionality shares customers, products and accounts with the rest of Odoo instead of syncing with yet another tool.
Consistent interface
Users learn one interface; new screens follow Odoo's look, navigation and permissions.
Maintainable code
Framework-conventional code is easier for any competent Odoo developer to read, support and port.
Build only what's missing
Development is targeted at real gaps, so the standard Odoo apps keep doing the work they already do well.
Where it makes the biggest difference
Specialized rental rules
Where Odoo's Enterprise Rental app doesn't fit your contracts, or you run Community, rental agreements, availability, deposits and recurring invoices built as an Odoo app on top of inventory and accounting.
Dealer and distributor portal
Dealers log in to place orders at their pricelist, track deliveries and download invoices, without needing a full Odoo user license for each portal account.
Shop-floor dashboard
An OWL-based screen showing live work orders by work center, designed for a tablet mounted on the production line.
Education and admissions
Student records, fee schedules and enrollment workflows modeled in Odoo and linked to invoicing.
How a development project runs
Small increments, a demo after each one, and nothing reaches production without passing review and tests.
Technical discovery
We study the requirement, the Odoo version and edition you run, and the modules already installed.
Design the data model
Models, fields and relationships to existing Odoo objects agreed before development begins.
Plan the build
Work split into small, testable increments with a demo point for each one.
Develop
Code written in a feature branch following Odoo's guidelines, with peer review before merge.
Test
Automated tests for business logic plus manual testing on a staging copy of your data.
Deploy
Release to production in an agreed window, with database backup and rollback plan.
Hand over
Technical notes and user guidance, so the feature can be supported by us or by your own team.
What it connects to
Odoo Development
- Odoo Sales, Purchase and Inventory
- Odoo Accounting
- Odoo Manufacturing
- Odoo Website and Portal
- Odoo Point of Sale
- External systems via Odoo's API
Built with
Security, quality and scale
ORM-level security
Access rights and record rules apply to new models from the start, rather than being bolted on later.
Safe controllers
Portal and website routes check authentication and access, and avoid exposing records through guessable URLs.
Query performance
Indexes, stored computed fields and batched operations planned for the data volumes you actually have.
Reviewed releases
Every change is peer reviewed in Git and tested on staging before reaching production.
What working with us looks like
Framework-first engineering
We use the ORM, inheritance and OWL the way Odoo intends, which keeps your code easier to port between versions.
Full-stack beyond Odoo
When a project also needs a mobile app, a public website or a separate API service, the same team can build it.
Tests are part of the job
Business-critical logic gets automated tests so regressions show up before your users find them.
Clear ownership of code
Once the project is paid in full, the source code is handed over in your own repository, with no lock-in to us as a vendor.
What it costs
Fixed-price packages with the scope written down, paid stage by stage. Your project goes live once it's fully paid.
Related services, technologies and industries
Sources and further reading
Official documentation and guidance if you want to read more about this topic.
Odoo Development: questions we hear most
What programming languages are used in Odoo development?
Odoo development uses Python for the backend and business logic, XML for views and data, and JavaScript with the OWL framework for the web client. Data is stored in PostgreSQL, and reports are written as QWeb templates.
Can I hire Odoo developers on an ongoing basis?
Yes, we can provide Odoo developers who work through your backlog on a continuing basis. Work is tracked as tickets, delivered through Git and reviewed before deployment, so you keep visibility of every change.
Should we build a custom Odoo app or buy one from the Odoo Apps Store?
Buy if a well-maintained app covers most of your need and its vendor supports your Odoo version; build if the requirement is core to how you operate or the available apps fit poorly. We can review a candidate app's code quality before you commit to it.
What is the difference between Odoo development and Odoo customization?
Customization adjusts existing Odoo behavior, such as adding fields or changing an approval flow, while development builds new functionality that Odoo does not have. Many projects include both, and our Odoo customization page covers the first in more detail.
Who owns the code you write?
You do, once the project is paid in full. Custom modules are then handed over in a repository you control, and you are free to have them maintained by us, your own team or another developer.
Can you develop for Odoo Community as well as Enterprise?
Yes, we develop for both editions. If a module depends on an Enterprise-only app, we state that clearly so you know it won't run on Community.
Next step
Describe what Odoo doesn't do yet
Tell us about the process or screen you're missing. We'll suggest whether to build, buy or configure it, and outline the data model.