| Availability |
Odoo Online
Odoo.sh
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| Community Apps Dependencies | Show |
| Lines of code | 5000 |
| Technical Name |
dx_backend_theme |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://dxreadyhub.com |
| Versions | 18.0 19.0 |
| Availability |
Odoo Online
Odoo.sh
On Premise
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| Community Apps Dependencies | Show |
| Lines of code | 5000 |
| Technical Name |
dx_backend_theme |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://dxreadyhub.com |
| Versions | 18.0 19.0 |
DXReady Backend Theme
A calm, governance-grade appearance suite for Odoo 18 Community, built from the same premium single-module codebase used for the 19.0 release: full dark mode, 11 curated color presets, 11 font choices, three layout modes, a command-palette workflow with 9 shortcuts, admin-enforced corporate appearance — and a fully translated Arabic / RTL experience. Cosmetic-only: no business models, no routes, nothing leaves your server.
One theme, both moods
Watch the 90-second walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bCRQFjE3qs
Light for the boardroom mornings, dark for the late sessions — every native screen follows: settings, lists, kanban, dialogs, wizards.
11 curated presets — every one with a dark variant
Exact shipped values: each preset's light and dark surface with its accent, plus a custom accent picker that auto-corrects any brand color to keep WCAG AA contrast.
Dark mode that respects your eyes — and the standard
Light / Dark / Auto (follows the operating system live). Each preset has a hand-tuned dark palette; 870 automated WCAG AA contrast checks pass with zero failures — including inputs inside list rows and wizards.
Three layouts, one preference away
Full sidebar (groups, filter, pinned and recent apps), mini icon rail (more canvas), or classic top navigation with no sidebar at all. Per user, switchable live.
Typography that signs the room
Eleven font choices: four safe system stacks plus seven self-hosted faces — Inter, Source Sans 3, IBM Plex Sans, Public Sans, Lora, Merriweather, and IBM Plex Sans Condensed. All bundled under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 with their license files. Zero CDN calls.
Work faster — palette, shortcuts, bookmarks
Theme actions live inside Odoo's native command palette under their own category, with nine documented shortcuts and a built-in help sheet.
App Grouping — your sidebar, your structure
Administrators create named, ordered, icon'd groups in Settings → App Groups and assign the root apps; the sidebar renders the sections for everyone. Self-contained — no extra module. Empty groups hide automatically.
Governance-grade administration
- Admin defaults — preset, accent, font, mode, density, and layout for the whole company, set once in Settings.
- Managed lock — flip one switch and users always see the corporate appearance.
- JSON export / import — preferences and bookmarks move between browsers in one click.
- AA-guarded custom accent — pick any brand color; the theme keeps WCAG AA contrast in both modes.
Arabic & RTL supported — built in, not bolted on
The theme's own interface ships fully translated to Modern Standard Arabic (i18n/ar.po, with the .pot template for more languages). RTL is validated across all three layouts, light and dark, at 390 / 1024 / 1280 px — with the navigation sidebar correctly anchored to the right in Arabic. The screenshots below show the shipped Arabic UI.
Odoo Enterprise edition — same commercial design, narrower validation scope
The theme still ships as one premium module designed for both editions from the same install. On Enterprise, a pure-CSS guard keyed on the web_enterprise home-menu class handles the two differences automatically:
- When the Enterprise home menu is active: DXNAV sidebar hides so the full-screen app launcher has the viewport to itself.
- When working inside any app: DXNAV sidebar reappears as normal — all three layouts, dark mode, and RTL work identically to Community.
No separate Enterprise build. No JS changes. No depends on web_enterprise. Installing on Community leaves the guard as a strict no-op.
What a premium backend theme should have
Frequently asked questions
Does it work on Odoo Enterprise?
The 18.0 backport keeps the same one-module architecture and the same Enterprise compatibility guard used by the 19.0 release: when the Enterprise home menu is active, DXNAV hides; when you are inside an app, it returns. The 18.0 validation pass for this release was completed on Community first, so Community is the validated scope reported below. Community is unaffected — the guard is a strict no-op when web_enterprise is absent.
Can each user have their own theme?
Yes — per-user preset, accent, font, mode, density, and layout (stored per browser/database/user). Admins set the defaults and can enforce them with the managed lock.
Will it conflict with another backend theme?
Run one backend theme at a time — uninstall other themes first. The theme is cosmetic-only: no business models, no routes.
How do I reset or move my settings?
One click resets to the admin defaults; JSON export/import moves preferences (and bookmarks) between browsers.
Is Arabic / RTL really complete?
The theme's own UI ships fully translated to Modern Standard Arabic (i18n/ar.po + .pot), and RTL layout — including the right-anchored sidebar — is validated across all layouts, modes, and breakpoints.
Does it call any external service?
No. Fonts are bundled (SIL OFL with license files); there are no CDN calls and no telemetry.
Compatibility and scope
Validated: Odoo Server 18.0 Community in an isolated clean-install, upgrade, uninstall, login-branding, command-palette, bookmarks, shortcuts, RTL (Arabic), and responsive runtime environment. The theme UI ships with a full Arabic (Modern Standard) translation. The shipped Enterprise compatibility guard remains in place, but Enterprise was not part of this 18.0 validation pass.
Dependencies: Stock Odoo modules plus the free DX Navigation Shell, which installs automatically with the theme. No other third-party addon is required.
Current limitations: Narrow-width behavior is a no-overlap fallback, not a full mobile-app claim. When the website module is installed, the website's own login layout takes precedence, so the opt-in login branding applies to web-only backends. Per-user preferences are stored per browser/database/user (export/import covers moving them).
Fonts: Bundled faces are licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and ship with their license files; the theme is fully self-hosted and makes no external CDN calls.
Install & support
One step: install DXReady Backend Theme — it pulls the free DX Navigation Shell dependency automatically. Uninstall cleanly returns the stock backend.
Support: sales@dxreadyhub.com · dxreadyhub.com
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