{"id":10339,"date":"2025-04-16T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femprocomuns.coop\/?p=10339"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:59:04","slug":"summary-of-the-1st-dolibarr-conference-with-somnuvol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femprocomuns.coop\/en\/summary-of-the-1st-dolibarr-conference-with-somnuvol\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the 1st Dolibarr Conference with SomN\u00favol"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dolibarr conference with SomN\u00favol<\/a> “Free software for the management of organisations and companies”, -which we held within the framework of the Mobile Social Congress 2025- served to explain how CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol works and how we share tools and knowledge. It was a practical session of learning and mutual support with forty people from 12 organisations, around ERP – CRM Dolibarr<\/a> Management tool. Vira, L’Escamot and Gafarrons cooperatives generously shared their experience and knowledge in its use for accounting, budgets, invoicing, management of members, customers and stock, organisation of teams and spaces, among others.<\/h4>\n

In addition to the three mentioned organisations, there were also colleagues from Tocaterra, El Rodal, Dropcampers, La Cortera, Chronojump, En bici sense edat, Projectes 4.0, technical people and the general public also participated, that is, people interested in discovering and learning better how this Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management tool works.<\/p>\n

CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol: a cloud tools service<\/h3>\n

Regarding the context in which the Conference was organized and in which the tool is provided, we saw that CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol is a cooperative cloud tools service, made with free and techno-ethical software, which currently has about 80 member organisations and 90 individual members. It offers services for individuals<\/strong>, with a Basic Office and an email address<\/a>. Women can benefit from a scholarship for women<\/a>, which covers the fee for the first year of use of these tools, and anyone can use the tools for free, through “commonscloud taste<\/a>” service, with a reduced storage of 250Mb. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It offers services for organisations and companies<\/strong>: \"\" There are different ways to access the tools: <\/strong>Organisations that are not members of CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol,\u00a0 self-provide their tools. They have an IT team that updates and maintains their software, resolves incidents, and provides support when necessary. It is a suitable option when the organisation has the capacity and has its own requirements. Other organisations have a provider, an organisation (in the social market) that installs, updates and maintains their programs, resolves incidents and provides support. It is a suitable option when specific, tailor-made solutions are needed. Organisations that are partners and work together with CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol<\/strong> join forces with other organisations to jointly provide themselves their tools. They share resources and expenses. A technical team installs, updates and maintains their programs, resolves incidents and provides support. It is a good solution to reduce costs and complexity, accumulate knowledge, as well as for mutual learning and support.<\/p>\n

The case of Dolibarr (La Doli)<\/h3>\n

Dolibarr ERP-CRM is a modular software (only the necessary functions are activated) for business management that adapts to the size of each project (large, medium and small companies, SLs, cooperatives, associations, formal, informal groups, etc.). It was developed seeking the maximum possible simplicity, with a multi-language, multi-currency and multi-company tool. \"\"The initial version of the Dolibarr software dates back to 2002. The initial developer was Rodolphe Qui\u00e9deville, and it is said that he named the project after Dolores Ib\u00e1rruri, La Passion\u00e0ria, a communist politician and Spanish republican fighter, exiled after the Civil War. Today, Laurent Destailleur and R\u00e9gis Houssin lead the development of the project. In 2009, the “Dolibarr Foundation” was created, an association based in Olivet, in the Loire Valley, which drives the development and promotes the Dolibarr ERP-CRM software. Dolibarr development is managed by the “Dolibarr core” team and an international community of thousands of volunteers from all over the world (companies, freelancers, professionals and amateurs) who act as developers, translators, testers or designers. The software has been on GitHub since 2011.<\/p>\n

It is an Open Source project, with a GPL free software license, built by adding modules to a WAMP, MAMP or LAMP server (Apache, PHP, Mysql\/MariaDB\/PostgreSQL for all operating systems). It is in continuous development, and publishes a new version every 6 months (February\/March and August\/September), with updates being free.<\/p>\n

The standard Dolibarr modules are: Third Parties, Purchases, Sales, Products\/Services, Stocks, Production, Accounting, POS, Projects, Agenda, Import and Export of data, …<\/p>\n

Some of the external modules are Multi-Company, Numbering Series, Custom Reports, Advanced Exports…<\/p>\n

At CommonsCloud\/SomN\u00favol, we update the software regularly, and evaluate the modules we consider most useful or necessary to achieve the functionalities that our partners require. When we consider that a module is suitable for its installation and use, we acquire it and share it among all our partner users.<\/p>\n