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SuiteCRM: Scalable Open‑Source CRM to Drive Sales Growth

Empower your sales team with SuiteCRM’s full‑featured, multi‑currency and multi‑language platform. Ideal for founders needing a customizable, 5.8k+ GitHub stars CRM.

From the repo · “SuiteCRM - Open source CRM for the world”

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What it is

Helps you manage sales and customer relationships for free.

Real use case example

"A founder, Sarah, wants to track interactions with her customers. She sets up SuiteCRM in 30 minutes, creates custom fields for product orders, and starts organizing her contacts and leads. After a few days, she has a clear understanding of her customer base and can make informed sales decisions."

When to use it
  • •When you need a free, customizable CRM without enterprise pricing
  • •When your team wants granular sales pipeline tracking across multiple channels
  • •When you require a multi-language CRM that can scale with your business
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How SuiteCRM: Scalable Open‑Source CRM to Drive Sales Growth works
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SuiteCRM: Scalable Open‑Source CRM to Drive Sales Growth is a very large PHP project (~873k lines across 4805 code files, plus 350 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, AGPL-3.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~873k lines · 4805 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
PHP
No API keys detected
PHP 72%JavaScript 15%Smarty 5%SCSS 2%Go Template 2%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    index.php
    Where the program starts running
  3. 3
    composer.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    lib/API/core/app.php
    Inside lib/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
lib/Core code — the actual logic215 files
modules/Sub-packages / plugins3381 files
Api/Backend / API103 files
service/Backend / API46 files
themes/Themes & styling2930 files
include/Folder1434 files
Zend/Folder382 files
jssource/Folder104 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksAGPL-3.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
SuiteCRM
Language
PHP
Category
sales
Published
9/23/2013

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