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Twenty vs nextcrm-app
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars, 9,143 forks, 205 open issues and last shipped yesterday. nextcrm-app has 696 stars, 269 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. Twenty leads on adoption by 8,082% (56,947 vs 696 stars). Twenty is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; nextcrm-app is written in TypeScript under MIT. Twenty has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, nextcrm-app 39%. Twenty was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (crm, open-source, postgresql), 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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| Twenty | nextcrm-app | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 57K | ★ 696 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.1K | ⑂ 269 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Twenty if
- You weight community size — 57K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick nextcrm-app if
- You want the nextcrm-app feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and nextcrm-app fits your workflow better
About Twenty
Twenty is an open source CRM platform built for technical teams that need to design and deploy custom customer relationship management systems without vendor lock in. It provides a framework for defining data models, views, workflows, and AI powered agents entirely as code, enabling full version control and integration into existing development pipelines. The project lives in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem and uses modern tooling including NestJS, React, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
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About nextcrm-app
NextCRM is an open source, MIT licensed customer relationship management platform written in TypeScript on Next.js 16, React 19, PostgreSQL with Prisma 7, and shadcn/ui, built for teams that want CRM, project management, invoicing, document storage, and an email client inside one self hostable application.
read the full nextcrm-app overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Twenty or nextcrm-app more popular?
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars and nextcrm-app has 696. Twenty has the larger community by that measure.
Are Twenty and nextcrm-app free?
Both are open source. Twenty has no licence declared in this registry, and nextcrm-app is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Twenty and nextcrm-app?
Twenty is written in TypeScript and nextcrm-app 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, Twenty or nextcrm-app?
Choose Twenty if you want the larger community (56,947 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose nextcrm-app if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.