How do I self-host Odoo?

Odoo can be deployed using Docker Compose. The AltStack provides a production-ready configuration that you can deploy on your own server. Simply copy the configuration and run it on any machine with Docker installed.

Is Odoo free to self-host?

Yes, Odoo is open source under the LGPL-3.0 and free to self-host. Your only costs are the server infrastructure. A basic cloud VPS starts at around $5-10/month.

What programming language is Odoo built with?

Odoo is built with Python. It has 55,021 stars on GitHub, indicating strong community adoption and support.

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Quick Start

Create a directory

mkdir odoo-self-hosted && cd odoo-self-hosted

Create config file

Copy the content from the Config tab below into a file named docker-compose.yml

Deploy

docker compose up -d

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Metadata

License

LGPL-3.0

Language

Python

Last Updated

10/14/2026

Configuration

yaml


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# 🚀 BUILT & MAINTAINED BY THE ALTSTACK
# 🌍 https://thealtstack.com
# 💡 Open-source deployment templates for modern self-hosting.
# ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

# Docker Compose for Odoo
version: '3.8'

services:
  odoo:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    container_name: odoo
    ports:
      - "8069:8069"
    environment:
      - HOST=odoo_db
      - USER=odoo
      - PASSWORD=odoo
    depends_on:
      odoo_db:
        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
      - odoo_data:/var/lib/odoo
      - ./config:/etc/odoo
      - ./addons:/mnt/extra-addons
    networks:
      - odoo_net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8069/web/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3

  odoo_db:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    container_name: odoo-db
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=odoo
      - POSTGRES_USER=odoo
    volumes:
      - odoo_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - odoo_net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U odoo"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

networks:
  odoo_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  odoo_data:
  odoo_db_data:

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