Experiment No.

4: ERP Architecture
Ayushi Desai
BE IT – 09

ERP Tool: Dolibarr ERP/CRM

Dolibarr ERP CRM is an open source, free software package for companies of any size,
foundations or freelancers. It includes different features for enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) but also other features for different
activities.

ERP Modules:

Module Entities
Prospects / Customers
Opportunities
Proposals
CRM & Sales
Sale Orders
Contracts / Subscriptions
Help Desk / Tickets
Employees
Expense Reports
Human Relationship (HR) Leave Requests
Timesheets
Recruitment
CMS / Website
CMS, Website, E-Commerce, POS E-Commerce
Point of Sale
Products, Services
Stocks
Product & Stock Purchase, Approvisionning
Shipments
Manufacturing
Billing & Payments
Finance & Billing Bank Reconciliation
Double Entry Accounting
Emailing
Marketing
Surveys
Projects, Tasks
Productivity Interventions
Agenda
API
Connectivity with external tools
Integration, Development
Import, Export
Module Builder for developers
System Architecture:

• Dolibarr is written in PHP

• It uses MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL databases
• It works with a wide choice of hosting services or servers
• Dolibarr works with all PHP configurations and does not require any additional PHP
modules
• Dolibarr can also be installed from an auto-installer file that is available for Windows,
Mac and Linux
• This is aimed at enabling users with no technical knowledge to install Dolibarr and its
prerequisites (such as Apache, MySQL and PHP)
• This version is called DoliWamp for Windows users, DoliDeb for Debian or Ubuntu
users, DoliRpm for Fedora, Redhat, Mandriva or OpenSuse users

ERP Architecture:
Products & Stocks Module:
Emerging Trends of ERP Software:
The table shows how Dolibarr has developed over the years:

Version Date PHP min. PHP max. Databse

1.0.0 2003-09-01 PHP 5
3.0.0 2011-04-23 max. MySQL 5.5

3.2.0 2012-06 min. PHP 5.x

3.9.0 2016-03-13 min MySQL 5.0.3

4.0.0 2016-08-09 PHP 7
5.0.0 2017-03-12 PHP 5.3 PHP 7.0
6.0.0 2017-09-04 PHP 5.3 PHP 7.1
7.0.0 2018-02-18 PHP 5.3 PHP 7.2
8.0.0 2018-08-14 PHP 5.4 PHP 7.2
9.0.0 2019-02-01 PHP 5.4 PHP 7.3
10.0.0 2019-06-30 PHP 5.5 PHP 7.3
11.0.0 2020-01-30 PHP 5.5 PHP 7.4
12.0.0 2020-06-22 PHP 5.6 PHP 7.4
13.0.0 2021-01-25 PHP 5.6 PHP 7.4

It is difficult to say how many users use: As any Opensource software, Dolibarr can be
downloaded from any external source. But the provide information from the main download
server is as follows:

Dolibarr supports upgrading usually without the need for any (commercial) support
(depending on if you use any commercial extensions) and supports upgrading all the way
from any version after 2.8 without breakage. This is unique in the ERP ecosystem and a
benefit our users highly appreciate!

What Dolibarr Can't do yet?

• Tasks dependencies in projects
• Payroll module
• No native embedded Webmail, but you can send email to contacts in Dolibarr with
e.g. offers, invoices, etc.