
Krayin CRM
Open-source CRM built on Laravel for managing customers, leads, and sales.krayin/laravel-crm
- Stars
- 24.1k
- Forks
- 1.7k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- PHP
- Last update
- 5 days ago
- Type
- App
What it is
Krayin CRM is a free, open-source customer relationship management system built with the Laravel PHP framework and Vue.js. It helps businesses track customers, leads, and sales across the customer lifecycle. The README describes it as aimed at small businesses and enterprises, and it includes an admin panel and dashboard.
- Track sales leads and move them through a pipeline
- Manage customer records and contacts in one admin panel
- Add custom attributes to fit your own data fields
- Receive email parsing via SendGrid as described in the README
Great for
- Small and mid-sized businesses that want a self-hosted CRM
- Teams with PHP/Laravel developers who want to customize a CRM
- Developers building CRM features on the Laravel package structure
- Organizations that want to avoid recurring per-seat SaaS fees
Not ideal for
- Non-technical users who want a hosted tool with no setup; the README points to a managed Cloud Hosting option instead, which is a paid service
- Teams without server administration skills, since it requires PHP 8.3+, Composer, a database, and a web server
- Anyone needing features beyond what the README lists; the feature list is short and points to the website for more
How to get it
- 1
Clone and build from source
You'll need: PHP 8.3 or higher · Composer 2.5 or higher · MySQL 8.0.32 or higher, or MariaDB 11.4 LTS or higher · Apache 2 or NGINX web server · RAM of 3 GB or higher
Create the project with Composer
composer create-projectRun the Krayin install command
php artisan krayin-crm:installRemove developer dependencies for production
composer install --no-devClear routes for local use
php artisan route:clear - 2
Run it
- Run composer create-project to set up the application files.
- Edit the .env file to set APP_URL and configure Mail and Database settings.
- Run php artisan krayin-crm:install.
- For local use, run php artisan serve and open the admin login page at /admin/login.
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Read the official documentation at devdocs.krayincrm.com for setup detail beyond the README
- Use the Docker installation guide linked in the README if you prefer containers
- Explore the Multi Tenant SaaS extension if you need to serve multiple businesses from one instance
- Review the WhatsApp and VoIP extensions if your sales process needs those channels
Downloads
Strengths
- MIT licensed and free to use, per the README
- Built on widely used technologies: Laravel and Vue.js
- Modular package structure that developers can extend
Trade-offs
- Self-hosting requires server setup, and the README warns to run composer install --no-dev before production
- Some integrations (multi-tenant SaaS, WhatsApp, VoIP) are listed as separate extensions, which may have their own terms or costs not described in this README
How it compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| laravel-crm (this) | 24.1k | App | intermediate | 5 days ago | Small and mid-sized businesses that want a self-hosted CRM |
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| flarum | 16.4k | App | intermediate | 28 days ago | Site owners who want a self-hosted discussion board |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.