Hi all, I know this will be easy task for you, and I already did this and successfully run the framework with only ( web tools application ). And I would like to encourage you to do this as It will make framework developers focus more on the technology, and the business application developers in business and little bit in technology. And the framework team will compete with Spring and ( Jakarta+ ). And business applications with other ERPs.
Omar Abu-Arab Java Engineer On Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 3:39 PM Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Deepak, > > Thanks, I sometimes wondered indeed why we keep the applications in what > we call the framework. After almost 25 years, I think it could be good > decision to separate applications from the framework. Even if of course it > will be more work for contributors and committers. Because, unlike for the > plugins, often changes in one of them imply change in the other, not > always. > > My 1s thought > > Jacques > > Le 23/10/2025 à 14:02, Deepak Dixit a écrit : > > Hi Team, > > > > I would like to propose restructuring the OFBiz architecture by moving > core > > applications out of the main OFBiz framework — similar to how plugins are > > currently managed. > > > > This change would enable developers to build *custom ERP solutions* > without > > being tied to all the default applications and their associated 750+ > > database tables. By decoupling applications from the framework, we can > > provide a lighter and more modular foundation for building > domain-specific > > or microservice-based solutions. > > > > I strongly believe this approach will *significantly increase OFBiz > > adoption* and flexibility, allowing users to leverage the framework > purely > > as an enterprise-grade development platform rather than being constrained > > by bundled modules. > > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > > -- > > > > Deepak Dixit
