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Twenty vs EspoCRM
Pick Twenty if you want the published HubSpot / Freshsales / Close stack (TypeScript). Pick EspoCRM if you want that AGPL-3.0 PHP CRM with a long self-host track record.
Facts checked 25 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Twenty in the catalog EspoCRM in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Twenty | EspoCRM | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPLv3 for most of the repo; some files are Enterprise; some packages are MIT source | AGPL-3.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (twentyhq/twenty) source | PHP (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 59,659 stars, pushed 24 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source | 3,518 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/twenty-crm. Open-source core is free to host. | Same stack. PHP CRM plus a database. |
| Best for | The published startup CRM. | A PHP desk if Twenty is too new. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both sit on /stacks/twenty-crm. Twenty is twentyhq/twenty (AGPLv3 for most of the repo; some files are Enterprise; some packages are MIT). EspoCRM is espocrm/espocrm. Krayin is the Laravel sibling — /compare/twenty-vs-krayin-crm. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Where is Krayin?
- /compare/twenty-vs-krayin-crm.
- Is Twenty fully AGPL?
- Mostly. The LICENSE in twentyhq/twenty (read 17 Oct 2026, still AGPLv3 on 25 Oct 2026) has Enterprise-marked files and some MIT packages.
- Are these free?
- Self-host the open-source cores. You pay hosting. Twenty's hosted Cloud Pro is a different product.
- How do I deploy Twenty?
- Open /stacks/twenty-crm. Persist the database. Import one CSV.
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