What OCA does

The Odoo Community Association (OCA) is a Swiss non-profit organization founded in 2014 that curates and distributes open source modules for the Odoo ERP platform. Its core product is a repository of more than 20,000 Python-based modules spanning 15+ Odoo versions, covering business domains including accounting, e-commerce, document management, HR, manufacturing, point-of-sale, project management, sales, warehouse, and country-specific localizations. Modules are distributed under OSI-certified open source licenses (primarily AGPL-3 and LGPL-3) and are subject to a formal maturity classification system (Alpha, Beta, Production/Stable, Mature) enforced through peer review and CI checks. Supporting infrastructure includes OCA Runboat for module testing and OCA Weblate for continuous localization, both maintained in partnership with ACSONE and named contributors.

OCA serves Odoo developers, functional consultants, and organizations deploying Odoo ERP who require extended functionality beyond Odoo SA's commercial offering. The association explicitly positions itself as independent from Odoo SA, providing governance neutrality through its Swiss legal entity structure and Contributor License Agreement (CLA) framework. Its business model combines a four-tier corporate sponsorship program (Bronze €1,000 to Platinum €10,000 annually) with 38 sponsors, a 664-member individual membership base, training programs, merchandise sales, a crowdfunding platform for project-specific funding, and an Apps Store marketplace for module discoverability. Distribution is primarily digital via the Apps Store at apps.odoo-community.org and GitHub, with annual in-person engagement through OCA Days in Liège, Belgium. The organization reports a footprint spanning 62 countries, supported by 1,600 contributors organized into working groups, Project Steering Committees, and local associations.

Name

OCA

Legal name

Odoo Community Association

Website

https://odoo-community.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Odoo Community Association (OCA) is a Swiss non-profit that curates and distributes 20,000+ open source Odoo ERP modules to developers, consultants, and organizations across 62 countries, funded primarily through tiered corporate sponsorships, individual memberships, and training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship Programs: Four-tier sponsorship structure (Bronze €1,000, Silver €2,000, Gold €5,000, Platinum €10,000) providing logo visibility, website placement, event benefits, and blog post authoring rights. Sponsors gain recognition as supporters of open source Odoo ecosystem.
2. Membership: 664 members pay for membership providing access to exclusive content and benefits. Membership supports the organization financially while offering contributors and supporters recognized status in the community.
3. Apps Store: Distribution platform for OCA modules, apps, and addons. While modules are free/open source, the store provides a marketplace for discoverability and potential premium offerings.
4. Merchandise: OCA-branded merchandise including stickers, shirts, jackets, cups, and other items sold through the OCA merchandise shop.
5. Training: OCA offers multiple training programs for functional and technical profiles related to Odoo modules and tools.
6. Crowdfunding: Community members can contribute financially to fund specific OCA project development through crowdfunding campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

OCA is a non-profit organization that curates, develops, and distributes a library of 20,000+ open source Odoo ERP modules covering business applications such as accounting, e-commerce, document management, HR, manufacturing, POS, project management, sales, warehouse, and regional localizations. Modules are released under OSI-certified AGPL-3 and LGPL-3 licenses, distributed via the OCA Apps Store and GitHub, and supported by contributor peer review, formal maturity levels, and a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) framework.

Product overview

The Odoo Community Association (OCA) is a non-profit organization that provides a platform-and-modules architecture centered on the Odoo ecosystem. The core offering is the OCA Modules repository—over 20,000 open-source add-on modules spanning more than 15 Odoo versions and covering business domains including accounting, e-commerce, document management, HR, manufacturing, POS, project, sales, warehouse, and localizations. These modules are distributed through the Apps Store marketplace. Supporting offerings include Training programs for functional and technical profiles, the annual OCA Days event in Liège, Belgium, and a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) framework for open-source contribution governance. The association also offers a four-tier Sponsorship program (Bronze at €1,000, Silver at €2,000, Gold at €5,000, and Platinum at €10,000) that provides marketing benefits and event access. Additional revenue streams include Crowdfunding for specific projects, OCA Merchandise (stickers, shirts, jackets, cups), and eLearning resources via slides. The organization operates with 38 sponsors, 1,600 contributors, and 664 members across 62 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OCA Modules Library Over 20,000 open source Python-based modules extending the Odoo ERP platform across multiple business domains and versions, distributed under AGPL-3 and LGPL-3 licenses for use by Odoo implementers and end-user organizations.
• OCA Apps Store Searchable catalog and distribution platform for OCA modules, supporting filtering by category, Odoo version, maturity level, and sorting by downloads or name.
• OCA Training Programs Structured training programs for functional and technical profiles covering OCA modules and tools, available via RFQ to qualified sponsors.
• OCA Days Annual Event Annual community conference hosted in Liège, Belgium, where OCA members collaborate, exchange knowledge, and network with peers from around the world.
• 2026 OCA Bronze Sponsorship Entry-level annual sponsorship at €1,000 providing company listing on the OCA Bronze Sponsors page, homepage logo with nofollow link, Bronze Sponsor logo authorization, and OCA Zone access at Odoo Experience Belgium.
• 2026 OCA Silver Sponsorship Mid-tier annual sponsorship at €2,000 providing all Bronze benefits plus homepage logo with link, logo on OCA Webinars, public announcement, and OCA Days logo and link on the event page.
• 2026 OCA Gold Sponsorship Premium annual sponsorship at €5,000 providing all Silver benefits plus 3 authored blog posts/year, joint press release, logo on event badge, roll up banners, event documents/marketing materials, and sponsors slide template with post-production videos.
• 2026 OCA Platinum Sponsorship Top-tier annual sponsorship at €10,000 providing all Gold benefits plus 5 authored blog posts/year, branded marketing collateral rights, table with power and network access in the networking area, 1 sponsored talk/tutorial, and 3 complimentary conference tickets.
• OCA Crowdfunding Platform enabling community members and donors to collectively fund the development of specific OCA projects.
• OCA Merchandise Official OCA-branded physical merchandise including stickers, shirts, jackets, and cups available for online purchase.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000+ Odoo modules available across 15+ versions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Stéphane Bidoul (ACSONE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper who created Runboat - the OCA testing infrastructure allowing users to try OCA modules. Maintains OCA Weblate instance. Key technical contributor to OCA ecosystem infrastructure.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eclipse Foundation: Open-source foundation supporting development tools and frameworks. Comparable non-profit, member-driven, sponsorship-funded model; larger scale and broader scope than OCA.
• OpenJS Foundation: Linux Foundation sub-project supporting JavaScript runtimes and tooling. Comparable non-profit, corporate-sponsorship-driven governance for an open-source software ecosystem.
• Linux Foundation: The largest open-source foundation, supporting Linux and adjacent projects. Operates the same corporate-sponsorship-and-membership non-profit model OCA uses, but at vastly greater scale and scope.
• Apache Software Foundation: Large, established open-source foundation with the same non-profit, sponsor-and-member-funded governance model OCA uses. Significantly larger scale, but the closest structural analogue for how OCA operates its module repository and CLA.
• OWASP Foundation: Open-source foundation producing security tools and guidance. Comparable non-profit, sponsor-funded, volunteer-contributor model; larger and more established than OCA.

Direct peers

• Python Software Foundation: Non-profit that stewards the Python programming language — the language OCA's modules are built on. Comparable governance structure (elected board, sponsorship tiers, community contributions) and similar sponsor-funded operating model.
• Odoo SA: The commercial vendor behind the Odoo ERP that OCA's modules extend. Closely comparable as the other central actor in the Odoo ecosystem, though Odoo SA is for-profit and OCA is a community non-profit — they are interdependent but have opposing commercial incentives.
• Free Software Foundation: Non-profit advocacy organisation for free software. Directly comparable mission of preserving open-source software freedoms, but funded primarily by individual donations rather than corporate sponsorship.
• MariaDB Foundation: Non-profit foundation stewarding the MariaDB open-source database. Comparable as a small open-source foundation that depends on corporate sponsors and a volunteer community to maintain an active fork of a larger commercial open-source project.
• NumFOCUS: Small US-based non-profit that fiscally sponsors open-source scientific computing projects. Highly comparable in scale (~€1–3M revenue, sponsorship-and-membership-funded model) and in operating model to OCA.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/oca
• Xx.com/odoocommunity

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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