In simple English
This tool helps you track sales leads, talk to customers, and manage deals in one place. It replaces paid subscription software that charges per user. You can host it on your own server for free, or pay for their managed cloud hosting. Setting it up takes some technical knowledge of server administration.
What it is
Frappe CRM is an open-source customer relationship management application built on top of the Frappe framework. It features visual Kanban boards, call logging with phone service integrations, and custom views for sales pipelines.
What it is good for
Solo builders and growing teams who want a free, self-hosted system to track sales leads without paying monthly user fees.
- Unlimited user accounts with no per-user licensing fees.
- Visual drag-and-drop Kanban board for tracking deals.
- Built-in integrations for phone calls and messaging.
- Requires server management skills for self-hosting.
- Uses significant memory and system resources to run the underlying framework.
- Licensed under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, which has strict rules for network services.
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wget https://frappe.io/easy-install.py python3 ./easy-install.py deploy --project=crm_prod_setup --email=email.example.com --image=ghcr.io/frappe/crm --version=stable --app=crm --sitename subdomain.domain.tld