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Twenty vs Warpdrive
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars, 9,143 forks, 205 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Warpdrive has 72 stars, 3 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Twenty leads on adoption by 78,993% (56,947 vs 72 stars). Twenty is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Warpdrive is written in TypeScript under MIT. Twenty has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, Warpdrive 4%. Twenty was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (crm), 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 | Warpdrive | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 57K | ★ 72 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.1K | ⑂ 3 |
| 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 Warpdrive if
- You want the Warpdrive feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Warpdrive 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.
read the full Twenty overview →
About Warpdrive
Warpdrive is an open source, self hosted CRM for business development teams that reimplements the core Pipedrive pipeline and deal workflow as software you run on your own infrastructure.
read the full Warpdrive overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Twenty or Warpdrive more popular?
Twenty has 56,947 GitHub stars and Warpdrive has 72. Twenty has the larger community by that measure.
Are Twenty and Warpdrive free?
Both are open source. Twenty has no licence declared in this registry, and Warpdrive is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Twenty and Warpdrive?
Twenty is written in TypeScript and Warpdrive 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 Warpdrive?
Choose Twenty if you want the larger community (56,947 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Warpdrive if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.