Openbravo ERP

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Openbravo ERP
Developer(s) Openbravo S.L.U.
Initial release April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18) (2.0)[1]
Stable release

3.0 PR19Q2.0  (May 21, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-21))

[±]
Preview release none [±]
Written in Java, JavaScript, PL/SQL
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in Multi-lingual
Type Enterprise resource planning software
License(s) Mozilla Public License 1.1
Website Openbravo.com

Openbravo ERP is a web-based open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) application for small- to medium-sized businesses. The software comes in a commercial Professional Edition and a free Community Edition.

Product history

The Openbravo open-source project began on SourceForge on March 9, 2006[2], buoyed by a three-year investment of five million euros by Spanish entity SODENA earlier in January.[3] A version 2.0 release of Openbravo ERP arrived on April 18[1], followed by numerous improvements to the software. On January 5, 2007, the company (Openbravo S.L.) announced its software had been downloaded over 200,000 times.[4] By late February the official website for the business and software went live.[5] Since then releases of both the Professional and Community editions have been steady[6], with the latest stable version (3.0MP18) released on December 14, 2012.

Features

The main features of Openbravo ERP Community Edition include[7]:

  • many aspects of user interface customizable
  • financial and accounting features
  • product costing
  • returns
  • delivery and invoice status
  • advanced pricing
  • quote management

For more on what the Community Edition can do, please consult this table and look for "Core" features.

Hardware/software requirements

Numerous deployment options exist for Openbravo ERP Community Edition. Please consult the installation guide for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

  • Videos demoing commercial and community versions of Openbravo ERP can be found on their YouTube channel.
  • A demo of the professional edition can be found here.

Training resources

Click2eLearn

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 65 tutorials on the open-source enterprise resource planning application Openbravo ERP. Training plans begin at $35 per month.

Tutorials are broken down into eight categories:

  1. Getting Started: Concepts and Tips - These related tutorials focus on the basics of Openbravo ERP, including aspects like keyboard shortcuts, zooming tools, user preferences, querying, and reporting.
  2. Operations: Value Generation (I) - These tutorials explain the various factors involved in sales and purchase management using Openbravo ERP.
  3. Operations: Value Generation (II) - These tutorials explain the various factors involved in materials and production management using Openbravo ERP.
  4. Operations: Support - These tutorials discuss the related features of relationship, customer, and asset management in Openbravo ERP.
  5. Financials: AP, AR & GL - The tutorials in this section discuss the various facets of managing Openbravo ERP's invoices, payments, and general ledger duties.
  6. Implementation: Principles & Practice - These tutorials focus on Openbravo ERP's more advanced functions and how to apply them effectively.
  7. Import: Legacy Data - These related tutorials explain Openbravo ERP's collection of importation methods.
  8. Customizing: AD Technology (I) - The tutorials in this section provide an overview of how to manage the application dictionary.

Entities using Openbravo ERP

Further reading

External links

References