Open-source alternatives to Salesforce
4 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Salesforce itself when the data says so.
About Salesforce: Proprietary SaaS; per-seat cost and implementation weight send small teams looking for lighter CRMs. It is closed-source, so the same public maintenance signals do not exist for it — we score only the alternatives below.
The alternatives
Twenty
Modern open-source CRM with a Notion-like feel.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | today | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
SuiteCRM
Long-running full-featured CRM, the SugarCRM community successor.
How this 87/100 was computed
| Last commit | yesterday | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 35 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 87/100 |
EspoCRM
Lightweight self-hosted CRM covering the classic salesforce workflow.
How this 84/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | yesterday | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 9/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 84/100 |
Odoo
Business suite whose CRM module is one app among ERP, invoicing, inventory.
How this 65/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 17.6 years ago | 0/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 65/100 |