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Twenty vs Krayin CRM
Pick Twenty if you want a modern TypeScript CRM and the published HubSpot/Salesforce stack. Pick Krayin CRM if the team already lives in PHP/Laravel.
Facts checked 17 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 Krayin CRM in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Twenty | Krayin CRM | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPLv3 for most of the repo; some files are Enterprise; some packages are MIT source | MIT source |
| Language | TypeScript (twentyhq/twenty) source | PHP (krayin/laravel-crm) source |
| GitHub activity | 58,439 stars, pushed 17 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source | 24,014 stars, pushed 16 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source |
| Self-host | Open-source core is free to host; catalog notes Cloud Pro at $9/user/month. | Laravel app. Catalog: customizable CRM that scales with the business. |
| Best for | A pipeline you can fork in TypeScript. | Teams that already live in PHP/Laravel. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Twenty is /stacks/twenty-crm — pipeline, companies, and people you can fork. Krayin is a Laravel CRM for leads, contacts, and activities. EspoCRM is named on the stack page but is not a listed catalog row, so it is not in this comparison.
FAQ
- Where is EspoCRM?
- Named on the Twenty stack. It is not a listed catalog row, so this page cannot compare it.
- Is Twenty fully AGPL?
- Mostly. The LICENSE in twentyhq/twenty (read 17 Oct 2026) is AGPLv3 with Enterprise-marked files and some MIT packages (CLI, SDK, UI).
- Which one is the c17 default?
- Twenty. /best/open-source-crm ranks it first; Krayin is the Laravel path.
- Are these free?
- Self-host the open-source cores. You pay hosting. Twenty's hosted Cloud Pro is a different product.
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