CRM & Sales Tools are a crowded area because CRM, outreach, support, proposal, loyalty, and sales-adjacent operations often blur together.
The ranking is limited to open/source-visible tools and is ordered by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal for ties. That means a very popular repository can rank below a smaller one when its ToolVitals, health, or shipping signals are weaker.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frappe CRM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 91 | 92 | 2817 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | NextCRM | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 81 | 89 | 628 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | EspoCRM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 77 | 88 | 3029 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Krayin CRM | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 80 | 78 | 22845 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Odoo | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 80 | 72 | 52288 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Django-CRM | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 76 | 66 | 2308 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 7 | Customermates | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 70 | 63 | 258 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 8 | Zammad | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 74 | 69 | 5668 | 75 | 🟢 Good |
| 9 | QloApps | OSI-approved OSS | OSL-3.0 | 73 | 59 | 13515 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 10 | OpenOutreach | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 65 | 49 | 2054 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 11 | SuiteCRM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 70 | 27 | 5491 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 12 | Hanzo Suite | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 45 | 🟡 Fair |
| 13 | Marketing Dashboard | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 43 | 11 | 308 | 42 | 🟡 Fair |
| 14 | Proposit | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 41 | 14 | 4 | 42 | 🟡 Fair |
| 15 | Stampee | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 38 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 16 | PHPCRM | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 28 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 17 | Klickbee CRM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 26 | 0 | 56 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Frappe CRM ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 94, the strongest score in the set. Its health score of 91 and shipping score of 92 are both high, which makes it the most balanced top-ranked CRM option here.
NextCRM ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 88, backed by an 81 health score and an 89 shipping score. Its description points to a broader business workflow product, covering CRM plus projects, invoicing, documents, email, and AI features.
EspoCRM ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 86 and has more GitHub stars than the two tools above it, at 3029. The ranking still places it below Frappe CRM and NextCRM because ToolVitals score is the primary sort. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS under AGPL-3.0, with a 77 health score and an 88 shipping score.
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