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Krayin vs Erxes
Krayin has 23,890 GitHub stars, 1,630 forks, 121 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Erxes has 4,079 stars, 1,306 forks, 657 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Krayin leads on adoption by 486% (23,890 vs 4,079 stars). Krayin is written in PHP under MIT; Erxes is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Krayin has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Erxes 32%. Erxes was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (hacktoberfest), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| Krayin | Erxes | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 4.1K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.6K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Krayin if
- You weight community size — 24K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Erxes if
- You want the Erxes feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Erxes fits your workflow better
About Krayin
Krayin is a free, MIT licensed, self hosted customer relationship management framework built on Laravel and Vue.js, intended for small and medium businesses and enterprises that want to run customer, lead, and sales management on their own infrastructure.
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About Erxes
Erxes is an open source growth platform for customer centric teams, positioned as an Experience Operating System, or XOS, within the Business Software / Marketing & Customer Engagement ecosystem. It is described as a secure, self hosted, scalable, and source available experience management infrastructure for SaaS providers, digital marketing agencies, and developers.
read the full Erxes overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Krayin or Erxes more popular?
Krayin has 23,890 GitHub stars and Erxes has 4,079. Krayin has the larger community by that measure.
Are Krayin and Erxes free?
Both are open source. Krayin is licensed under MIT, and Erxes has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Krayin and Erxes?
Krayin is written in PHP and Erxes in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Krayin or Erxes?
Choose Krayin if you want the larger community (23,890 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Erxes if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.