MANIFEST File

The MANIFEST file lives at the project root and controls which Odoo modules are installed and which addon paths are active. It is a Python dict literal (not JSON — comments and trailing commas are allowed).

Example

{
    "version": 17.0,

    # Modules loaded server-wide (available without database)
    "server-wide-modules": ["web"],

    # Python version for the Odoo container
    "python_version": "3.12",

    # Modules to install
    "install": [
        "sale",
        "purchase",
        "account",
        "stock",
        "my_custom_module",
    ],

    # Modules to uninstall (if present)
    "uninstall": [
        "web_tree_many2one_clickable",
    ],

    # Modules to uninstall only in DEVMODE
    "devmode_uninstall": [
        "password_security",
    ],

    # Modules to run tests for
    "tests": ["my_custom_module"],

    # Run these update steps before the main update
    "before-odoo-update": [
        ["update", "base"],
    ],

    # Where Odoo looks for modules
    "addons_paths": [
        "odoo/odoo/addons",
        "odoo/addons",
        "enterprise",          # Odoo Enterprise (if available)
        "addons_tools",        # zodoo helper modules
        # "addons_OCA/sale-workflow",
        # "addons_OCA/account-invoicing",
    ],
}

Fields

Field	Description
version	Odoo version as float: 17.0, 16.0, etc.
server-wide-modules	Loaded without a database. Always include "web".
python_version	Python version for the Odoo Docker image.
install	Modules to install/keep installed.
uninstall	Modules to force-uninstall.
devmode_uninstall	Modules to uninstall when DEVMODE=1.
tests	Modules to run tests for (used by odoo module run-tests).
before-odoo-update	Module update steps to run before main update.
addons_paths	Directories where Odoo searches for modules. Order matters.
odoo_dir	Where the Odoo source is cloned (default: odoo).
upgrade_path	Path to upgrade-utils for OpenUpgrade migrations.

OCA addons

OCA modules are managed via gimera. Add the desired OCA repo to addons_paths (uncomment in template), then run:

gimera apply
odoo reload