At the time of writing a search for “Odoo Community Association” in the Odoo App store returns 5939 apps found. And they are all free, reliable and maintained under high quality standards. Chances are that you have stumbled before one of these apps when searching for a feature.

Where do all these apps come from? Who creates and maintains them? Why are they free (both as in free beer and in free speech)? How are they boult and quality checked?

More importantly, how can you start leveraging it today for your Odoo work, and reap all these benefits? And maybe not for the faint of heart, but how can you also dive into the magic cauldron and participate in this?

This is a guided tour on the OCA’s front and back stages. Anyone involved in Odoo projects can benefit, from non technical roles such as functional specialists to developers and other technical people.