Best Open Source CRM for Startups 2026

Startups need a CRM that is fast to set up, free to host, and grows with the team. Here are the top open-source CRM tools built for startup speed.

๐Ÿ‘ค For startups ยท 1-50 people
Top tools ยท Ranked by BizOps Score
#1 82
Twenty
Modern open-source CRM โ€” clean Salesforce and HubSpot alternative.
Free to self-host โ˜… 16,000
#2 74
EspoCRM
Lightweight, customisable CRM for SMEs โ€” HubSpot alternative.
Free to self-host โ˜… 1,600

How we rank: BizOps Score is a composite of 9 GitHub signals โ€” stars, fork velocity, commit recency, issue response time, CI status, contributor count, PR merge rate, test coverage, and release cadence. Updated daily. Read full methodology โ†’

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