atomic-crm vs twenty

Customizable CRMs compared: atomic-crm and twenty

atomic-crm and twenty are TypeScript CRM projects for organizing business records and adapting workflows. atomic-crm centers on contacts, follow-ups, notes, and a sales pipeline, while twenty emphasizes configurable data models and code-defined customizations, with both cloud and self-hosted options.

atomic-crmtwenty
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
LicenseMITNOASSERTION
Stars1.3k57.9k
Forks8349.4k
Last analyzedOct 3, 2026Oct 3, 2026

Key differences

  • atomic-crm includes contact import and export, follow-up tasks, email notes, a Kanban deal pipeline, and activity logs; twenty provides objects, fields, views, workflows, and agents.
  • atomic-crm supports customization through custom fields, themes, replaceable components, and an API; twenty lets teams define objects, fields, and views as code and publish apps to a workspace.
  • atomic-crm is available as a self-hosted app and online demo, with a local setup involving Docker-managed Supabase and Postgres; twenty offers cloud access and self-hosting through Docker Compose.
  • atomic-crm is licensed MIT; twenty reports its license as NOASSERTION, so its current licensing details should be checked before adoption.
  • atomic-crm highlights sales teams, consultants, and organizations adapting a CRM through forks; twenty is oriented toward technical teams comfortable modeling workflows and managing customizations as code.
  • Both projects use TypeScript. Their reported GitHub stars are 1.3k for atomic-crm and 57.9k for twenty.

Choose atomic-crm if you…

  • need contact management with follow-ups, notes, deal tracking, and interaction history in one app.
  • want to customize a CRM through fields, themes, components, or an API.
  • prefer an MIT-licensed project and can manage its local Supabase and Postgres setup.
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Choose twenty if you…

  • want to model CRM data and workflows with objects, fields, views, workflows, and agents.
  • prefer to define and version CRM customizations as code, then publish them to a workspace.
  • want the option of a hosted service as well as Docker Compose self-hosting.
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