At our previous startups, Felix, Charles, and I each had to build our own in-house CRM from scratch—because nothing out there was customizable enough for our needs. The only real alternative was Salesforce which came with huge prices, vendor lock-in and a proprietary language (Hello APEX).
We built Twenty so you don’t have to go through that pain. That means you can avoid the headaches of building a CRM from scratch or the frustration of dealing with expensive, rigid, and closed-off enterprise solutions.
Twenty is open-source, giving you full transparency and total control—no black boxes, no hidden costs. You own your stack, your data, and your roadmap.
If you’re a builder, tinkerer, or just tired of being boxed in by your CRM, give Twenty a try.
@thomas_df I can already picture how much easier my teams would have it with a CRM that actually feels like it’s built for us, not the other way around. Kudos to you and the team for creating something that gets it!!
@maxiguilli It’s inspiring to see teams building tools that really fit user needs, just like how understanding hairs transplant cost London helps people find the right care that suits them best. When services focus on real user experience and transparency, it makes a big difference. Hope more providers follow this example to make choices easier for everyone. Great job to all working hard to create helpful solutions!
Congrats on the launch! Without a doubt, the most exciting open-source project right now!! The team building Twenty is one of the best; their execution is amazing, and they are avoiding the most common mistakes. Keep pushing 🔥
Hi @thomas_df! I've been following Twenty since @mxcrbn mentioned it to me a while back. It's been a great inspiration at all levels, great job!
I'm very curious about the custom data model. Why did you choose to go the route of creating tables for each new custom object vs jsonb data? Would you do it all over again? I'm asking because I'm working on an erp-like system and I have to handle custom data models. Thanks!
@thomas_df@mxcrbn@bernatfortet Hey Bernat, sorry for the late reply. Happy to share learnings if you want to have a call: cal.com/ifelix ; short answer is yes we would do it all over again in our case but it's a huge amount of work and I wouldn't recommend it for 99.9% of products!
So excited to see Twenty on Product Hunt today! Probably one of the best OSS products out there right now, and I know how much heart the team puts into crafting something truly exceptional!
@stephanie_joly2 thanks for setting up Twenty for Twenty! The workflows you built are impressive – it's a huge change for us to have product data right into our CRM.
Not every open-source CRM looks good and works great. Looking through the Twenty I see all basic CRM features I might need in every new project. And it's open-sourced — nice!
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Twenty
Hey everyone 👋
Thomas here, co-founder of Twenty.
At our previous startups, Felix, Charles, and I each had to build our own in-house CRM from scratch—because nothing out there was customizable enough for our needs. The only real alternative was Salesforce which came with huge prices, vendor lock-in and a proprietary language (Hello APEX).
We built Twenty so you don’t have to go through that pain. That means you can avoid the headaches of building a CRM from scratch or the frustration of dealing with expensive, rigid, and closed-off enterprise solutions.
Twenty is open-source, giving you full transparency and total control—no black boxes, no hidden costs. You own your stack, your data, and your roadmap.
If you’re a builder, tinkerer, or just tired of being boxed in by your CRM, give Twenty a try.
• 🌐 Create an Account
• ⭐ Star us on GitHub
• 💬 Join the Discord
Or just drop your questions and feedback here!
Happycapy
@thomas_df I can already picture how much easier my teams would have it with a CRM that actually feels like it’s built for us, not the other way around. Kudos to you and the team for creating something that gets it!!
Twenty
Thank you for the kind words @victoria_wu - means a lot to us!
Twenty
So glad to see Twenty on ProductHunt ! After so much work I am so happy that all the efforts we all put in Twenty is now live and public !!!
Disclaimer: I am part of the core-team. Don't hesitate to reach me if you have any questions
Twenty
@maxiguillim Thanks Guillim 🎉 If anyone has any questions about email syncing, Guillim is the best person to talk to!
Twenty
@thomas_df indeed ! ✉️ 📆
@maxiguilli It’s inspiring to see teams building tools that really fit user needs, just like how understanding hairs transplant cost London helps people find the right care that suits them best. When services focus on real user experience and transparency, it makes a big difference. Hope more providers follow this example to make choices easier for everyone. Great job to all working hard to create helpful solutions!
http://www.wmglondon.com/hair-transplant-cost-london-uk
All the best for the launch @thomas_df & team!
Twenty
@parekh_tanmay Thanks so much!
Twenty
@parekh_tanmay Thanks a lot!
Twenty
@parekh_tanmay thanks !
Strapi
Congrats on the launch! Without a doubt, the most exciting open-source project right now!! The team building Twenty is one of the best; their execution is amazing, and they are avoiding the most common mistakes. Keep pushing 🔥
Twenty
Merci @aureliengeorget ! Hope we'll fit in many stacks alongside Strapi in the future. See you soon for another OSS drink 🍻
Dashblock
Huge congrats on the launch @thomas_df, @cbo_twenty, @_felx and the whole @Twenty team 🔥🔥🔥
You guys are already the go-to OSS CRM, super excited to see what comes next 🤗
Twenty
Thank you from the heart @mxcrbn, always there to support us! ❤️
Twenty
Thank you for your early support @mxcrbn ! The upcoming year will be very exciting 🚀
Tandem
@thomas_df @cbo_twenty @_felx @mxcrbn You called it a (2 years ago?) that this was a great team. What a great product!
Twenty
Thanks @bernat_fortet We started it two years ago indeed, much more to come!
Tandem
Hi @thomas_df! I've been following Twenty since @mxcrbn mentioned it to me a while back. It's been a great inspiration at all levels, great job!
I'm very curious about the custom data model. Why did you choose to go the route of creating tables for each new custom object vs jsonb data? Would you do it all over again? I'm asking because I'm working on an erp-like system and I have to handle custom data models.
Thanks!
Twenty
@thomas_df @mxcrbn @bernatfortet Hey Bernat, sorry for the late reply. Happy to share learnings if you want to have a call: cal.com/ifelix ; short answer is yes we would do it all over again in our case but it's a huge amount of work and I wouldn't recommend it for 99.9% of products!
Specify
So excited to see Twenty on Product Hunt today! Probably one of the best OSS products out there right now, and I know how much heart the team puts into crafting something truly exceptional!
Twenty
@valentinchrt Thanks for the kind words ;)Building a CRM is challenging, but we will continue working to keep things simple and elegant!
Twenty
Being a user myself, I'm very excited about those new features!
Twenty was built for builders. With the workflows being released today, our users are empowered to build even more!
Twenty
@stephanie_joly2 thanks for setting up Twenty for Twenty! The workflows you built are impressive – it's a huge change for us to have product data right into our CRM.
todai
Not every open-source CRM looks good and works great.
Looking through the Twenty I see all basic CRM features I might need in every new project.
And it's open-sourced — nice!
Twenty
@goshatirov Thanks for the nice comment! We indeed think open source deserves a great UX!
Journable
Awesome product, congrats on the launch! 🚀 Excited to see where this goes - awesome on open sourcing it.
Twenty
@stevehoyek Thank you Steve! A lot of cool features ahead