---
id: trytond
version: "8.0.8"
license: GPL-3.0-or-later
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: active
---

# trytond — Tryton server

License: copyleft · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 117.8K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Trytond is the server backbone of Tryton, an open-source business software suite designed for companies of any size. It provides a modular, scalable framework for building enterprise applications with built-in support for business logic execution, data persistence, and multi-user operations. The server handles request routing, transaction management, and application state across a distributed architecture.

As a production-stable framework (Development Status 5), Trytond runs as a daemon and serves business applications through a defined interface. It depends on 12 runtime packages including XML processing (lxml, defusedxml), templating (genshi), reporting (relatorio), and database abstraction (python-sql), making it suitable for organizations building custom business software or extending existing Tryton modules. The copyleft GPL-3.0-or-later license means any modifications or distributions must remain open source.

Use it for:

- Building custom enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by extending Tryton's modular framework with domain-specific business logic.
- Deploying a multi-user business application server for small to medium-sized companies needing accounting, inventory, or sales management.
- Creating industry-specific business software (e.g., manufacturing, distribution, services) on top of Tryton's application framework.
- Running open-source business software that relies on Trytond as its server backend in a self-hosted environment.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Trytond is the server component of Tryton, an open-source business software platform that provides a modular, scalable framework for building enterprise applications with built-in support for business logic, data management, and multi-user operations.

Yes, if you are building or deploying business software on the Tryton platform or need an open-source ERP framework. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, and has low installation friction. The GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license is a significant constraint: only install if you can comply with open-source distribution requirements or are using it internally. Not suitable if you need proprietary business software.

## Install

pip install trytond
uv add trytond
poetry add trytond

## Installing trytond

Before you install: Low friction installation with a wheel distribution. Active maintenance status with a release 10 days old indicates ongoing development. Requires Python 3.10 or later.

License in practice: GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license means any derivative work or distribution must also be open source under compatible terms; suitable for internal business use but requires careful consideration if you plan to distribute or embed the software.

Quickstart:

pip install trytond==8.0.8

from trytond.pool import Pool
from trytond.transaction import Transaction

Requires Python 3.10 or later; intended as a server component typically deployed in a daemon environment rather than imported directly into other applications.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the 12 runtime dependencies (including lxml, relatorio, genshi) introduce any system-level compilation requirements beyond Python packages.
- Specific business domains or modules supported by this version of the Tryton framework.
- Whether Trytond is typically self-hosted or if managed hosting options are available.

## Package facts

- License: GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 117.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

tryton business software server, open source erp framework, modular business application platform, enterprise software framework python, scalable business logic server, erp-framework, business-software, open-source

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