Digest of structure

Odoo structure

All the tools serving Odoo are based on follow file system structure (flat layout):

etc
 ┗━ odoo
      ┣━ odoo.conf                   (1)(3)
      ┣━ odoo-server.conf            (2)(3)
      ┣━ odoo{majver}.conf           (1)(4)
      ┣━ odoo{majver}-server.conf    (2)(4)
      ┗━ odoo{majver}-{org}.conf     (4)

{vid}
  ┣━ addons                          (3)
  ┣━ ...                             (3)
  ┣━ odoo                            (1)(3)
  ┃    ┣━ ...                        (3)
  ┃    ┗━ addons                     (3)
  ┣━ openerp                         (2)(3)
  ┃    ┣━ ...                        (3)
  ┃    ┗━ addons                     (3)
  ┣━ server                          (5)
  ┃    ┗━ openerp
  ┃        ┣━ ...
  ┃        ┗━ addons
  ┣━ {repository}
  ┃    ┣━ {module}
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ __init__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ __manifest__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┗━ {module} ...
  ┃         ┗━ ...
  ┗━ {repository} ...
       ┗━ ...

{venv}
  ┣━ ....
  ┗━ odoo                             (link)

Notes:
(1) Odoo version >= 10.0
(2) Odoo version < 10.0
(3) Odoo standard files / directory
(4) Multi-version environment
(5) Some old 6.1 and 7.0 installations
{majver} Odoo major version, i.e. 12 for 12.0
{org} Organization, i.e. oca powerp zero
{vid} Odoo root (see about Odoo vid)
{repository} Odoo/OCA or any repository
{venv} Virtual directory

This is the hierarchical layout):

{vid}
  ┣━ odoo
  ┃   ┣━ addons                      (3)
  ┃   ┣━ ...                         (3)
  ┃   ┣━ odoo                        (1)(3)
  ┃   ┃    ┣━ ...                    (3)
  ┃   ┃    ┗━ addons                 (3)
  ┃   ┗━ openerp                     (2)(3)
  ┃        ┣━ ...                    (3)
  ┃        ┗━  addons                (3)
  ┣━ extra
  ┃    ┣━ {repository}
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ {module}
  ┃    ┃    ┃    ┣━ __init__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┃    ┣━ __manifest__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┃    ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┃    ┗━ {module} ...
  ┃    ┃         ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┗━ {repository} ...
  ┃              ┗━ ...
  ┣━ private-addons
  ┃    ┣━ {customized-addons}
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ __init__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ __manifest__.py
  ┃    ┃    ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┗━ {customized-addons} ...
  ┃         ┗━ ...
  ┣━ etc
  ┃    ┗━ *.conf                     (link)
  ┣━ powerp
  ┃    ┣━ deploy
  ┃    ┣━ generic
  ┃    ┃    ┣━ {profile-modules}
  ┃    ┃    ┃     ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┃    ┗━ {profile-modules} ...
  ┃    ┃          ┗━ ...
  ┃    ┗━ accounting
  ┃         ┣━ {powerp-modules}
  ┃         ┃     ┗━ ...
  ┃         ┗━ {powerp-modules} ...
  ┃               ┗━ ...
  ┗━ venv_odoo                       (4)

Notes:
(1) Odoo version >= 10.0
(2) Odoo version < 10.0
(3) Odoo standard files / directory
(4) Virtual directory
{vid} Odoo root (see about Odoo vid)
{repository} Odoo/OCA and other repositories
{customized-addons} Client specific custom modules
{powerp-modules} Italian Accounting modules

Last Update / Ultimo aggiornamento: 2023-11-02