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Twenty vs tutor
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars, 9,143 forks, 205 open issues and last shipped yesterday. tutor has 1,125 stars, 510 forks, 55 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Twenty leads on adoption by 4,962% (56,947 vs 1,125 stars). Twenty is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; tutor is written in Python under AGPL-3.0. Twenty has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, tutor 45%. Twenty was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | tutor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 57K | ★ 1.1K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.1K | ⑂ 510 |
| 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 tutor if
- You want the tutor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and tutor 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 tutor
Tutor is the official Docker based distribution of Open edX, built for both production deployments and local development. It lives in the Open edX ecosystem, written in Python and licensed under the AGPL 3.0, and it carries the stated goal of making Open edX easy to deploy, customise, upgrade and scale. The project packages the platform as a set of Docker images managed through Docker Compose, with support for Kubernetes, plugins and a hosted AWS image.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Twenty or tutor more popular?
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars and tutor has 1,125. Twenty has the larger community by that measure.
Are Twenty and tutor free?
Both are open source. Twenty has no licence declared in this registry, and tutor is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Twenty and tutor?
Twenty is written in TypeScript and tutor in Python. 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 tutor?
Choose Twenty if you want the larger community (56,947 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose tutor if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.