I've been procrastinating on writing this blog for the longest time. A blog about Frappe Karavan. And no, it's not because I don't want to write about it or anything. There are mainly two reasons. A. I have very little context about last year's Frappeverse Middle East, and B. I genuinely believe I'm a better speaker than a writer. But recently, I came across this line in an essay that went something like, “Informal language is the athletic clothing of ideas.” And somehow, that made me realise that my writing doesn't have to be perfect. Maybe being authentic is enough. And that gave me the confidence to stop overthinking and just start writing.

Karavan is our journey through the Middle East. And while that might sound like a very simple way to describe it, I think it is exactly just that. Now, if you're part of the Frappe ecosystem, you're probably familiar with Frappeverse, our flagship event. But apart from that, we've also had Frappe Yatra, where the team travelled to different cities across India to meet people from the community.

Now, you might wonder why we organise these events in the first place?

Well, imagine a typical “corporate event”. Now completely forget it. Because at Frappe, things are a little different. And I got to experience this firsthand at Frappeverse 2026. Now, you have to understand that this was not only my first Frappe event, but also my first so-called corporate event. So naturally, I had some expectations. I was imagining extremely boring conference rooms, long presentations, people talking about their businesses and everything else that I thought happened at these events. But I was almost shocked by how different it felt.

I was meeting people who took so much pride in being part of this community. People who were genuinely excited to see each other, to talk about things they had built, to discuss what wasn't working, and even to think about what Frappe could become in the future. There was this enthusiasm that I hadn't quite expected. And I think what surprised me the most was that people didn't seem to be meeting like strangers at all. Because Frappe is not just a company building software. There's this entire community of people who believe in open source, who have built businesses around ERPNext, have created products with the Frappe Framework, and are constantly contributing to what this ecosystem is becoming. And suddenly, seeing all of them in one place made that community feel much more real to me.

Now, were there no business or sales-related conversations? Of course there were. I mean, you have a room full of founders building businesses around these products. It would be rather strange if nobody spoke about business, right? But I think the difference was that it wasn't the entire point.

There were people talking about their experiences, the challenges they were facing, things they had built, and sometimes even things they weren't particularly happy about. And I liked that. I liked that the conversations weren't just about celebrating what was going well, but also about what could be better. Because I think that is also what being part of a community should mean. You don't just show up when everything is great. You also care enough to question things, suggest changes and think about what comes next.

Now, I don't know how Frappe events have been over the years, and I don't want to pretend that I do. But if I felt this strongly about the community at my very first Frappeverse, I can only imagine how people who have been meeting every year and building together must feel when they see just how much the community has grown. And maybe that's what makes these events worth having.

Last year, we had Frappeverse Middle East in Cairo. I wasn't there, so most of what I know comes from conversations I've had with people who were. But one thing that kept coming up was how enthusiastic the community was. And I think that's such a lovely reason to want to go back. Not because we have something new to sell, but because we genuinely want to meet more people and see the community grow. And we thought, why stop at Cairo? So we're taking Frappe Karavan across three cities in the Middle East. Starting with Cairo on 21st November, followed by Dubai on 24th November, and finally Doha on 26th November. There will be talks about Frappe products, open source, businesses and everything in between. But I think the interesting part will be meeting people, hearing their experiences, and having conversations that probably wouldn't happen otherwise. And if my first Frappeverse is anything to go by, I think we're going to have a pretty good time. See you in Cairo, Dubai and Doha!

To register for the event, please click here.

Regards,

A rather excited Karavan organiser.