Twenty

Twenty is an open-source CRM built as a modern alternative to Salesforce and HubSpot. It gives sales teams a fast, customizable workspace for companies, contacts, deals, and pipelines — with a data model you fully own and can extend.

Market opportunity

The global CRM market is worth $90B+ and growing double digits every year, dominated by expensive incumbents: Salesforce runs $25–$300 per user/month and HubSpot's paid tiers climb into the thousands for growing teams. That pricing leaves a large gap for self-hosted, data-sovereign, and vertical CRMs — exactly where open source wins.

Technical overview

• Stack: TypeScript end to end — React + Recoil front end, NestJS + GraphQL API, PostgreSQL.
• Architecture: metadata-driven — custom objects and fields are stored as metadata, so you reshape the CRM without database migrations.
• Extensible: GraphQL + REST APIs, webhooks, and a workspace model that supports multi-tenant setups.

Who's it for

Startups that find Salesforce overkill, agencies wanting a branded CRM for clients, and developers who need a CRM they can embed and customize.

Get started

Self-host with Docker:

git clone https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty
cd twenty
cp .env.example .env   # set PG connection + APP_SECRET
docker compose up -d

Open http://localhost:3000, create your workspace, then import contacts via CSV or the GraphQL API.

Extend it: add custom objects (e.g. a 'Property' object for a real-estate CRM) under Settings → Data model, and automate with webhooks.