Dolibarr

**Dolibarr**
Original author(s)	Rodolphe Quiédeville
Developer(s)	Dolibarr foundation
Initial release	September 1, 2003
Stable release	19.0.2 (May 5, 2024; 6 months ago) [±]
Preview release	none [±]
Written in	PHP, JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	Multi-lingual
Type	Enterprise resource planning software
License(s)	GNU General Public License
Website	Dolibarr.org

Dolibarr or Dolibarr ERP is a free open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) application with additional customer relationship management (CRM) features.

Product history

Dolibarr was founded by French developer Rodolphe Quiédeville, who provided the first code to the open-source project on Ohloh on April 29, 2002.^[2]^[3] The first public release arrived as version 1.0.0 on September 1, 2003.^[1]^[3] The project eventually grew in size and scope, and after picking up a few more developers, version 2.0.0 — the "Community" version, so called for being the first release featuring contributions from numerous external developers — was released February 1, 2005.^[4]

In July 2008, Quiédeville stepped down as the project lead, and AWStats developer Laurent Destailleur took the lead.^[5]^[6] At the end of that year, the "International" version 2.5.0 was released, featuring UTF8 support for translators.^[7] On April 2, 2009, the Dolibarr foundation was set up in France, the country where Dolibarr is most well-known.^[8] Dolibarr's popularity in France increased after it was freely distributed by a number of government entities (like the Conseil Régional) to people starting up new businesses.^[9]

Version 3.0.0 of Dolibarr was released on 27 April, 2011, with functionality updated throughout the software for greater international support.^[10]

Features

The main features of Dolibarr include^[11]:

products and services catalog
inventory management
bank accounts management
contacts directory
commercial proposals and actions management
order management
contracts management
invoice and payment management
shipping management
e-mail support
reporting
Data export tools
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) connectivity

Hardware/software requirements

Installer packages are available for non-experience users. Otherwise:

Apache web server
PHP 5.0+
MySQL 4.1+ or PostgreSQL

See the installation guide for more details.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Videos of Dolibarr can be found on the associated YouTube channel.
Screenshots of Dolibarr can be found here.
A demo of Dolibarr is available from the site.

Training resources

Click2eLearn

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Click2eLearn is a privately owned company offering high-quality and low-cost web-based training and tutorials for primarily open-source software platforms. The company offers more than 230 tutorials on the open-source enterprise resource planning application Dolibarr. Training plans begin at $33 per month.

Tutorials are broken down into 11 categories:

Getting Started: Concepts and Tips - These related tutorials focus on the basics of Dolibarr, including aspects like keyboard shortcuts, zooming tools, user preferences, querying, and archiving.
Getting Started: Admin Module - These related tutorials focus on setting up all the essential modules of Dolibarr as well as administrative features like backup, restore, and audit.
Operations: Third Parties - These tutorials explain the various factors involved in managing supplier, customers, and prospects in Dolibarr.
Operations: Products and Services - These tutorials explain the various factors involved in adding, tracking and shipping product inventory and managing offered services.
Operations: Commercial - This extensive section of tutorials covers a wide variety of topics, including how to use the Dolibarr tools associated with customers, orders, proposals, and interventions.
Operations: Projects - This section of tutorials deals specifically with the concept of projects within Dolibarr.
Financials: AP, AR & GL - The tutorials in this section discuss the various facets of managing invoices, payments, costing, and taxes, as well as banking functions.
Data Interchange: Tools - These tutorials focus on Dolibarr's e-mail, import, and export functions.
File Management: Documents - These related tutorials explain Dolibarr's enterprise content management (ECM) system.
Portal: Point of Sale - The tutorials in this section provide an overview of how to use point-of-sale tools.
Workgroup: Agenda - The tutorials in this section provide an overview of Dolibarr's Agenda module and how to use it.