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Vtiger CRM is a mature open-source CRM platform — contacts, opportunities, sales pipeline, marketing automation, helpdesk, project management. PHP-based, MySQL-backed. Long-running OSS project with strong feature parity to commercial CRMs.

📝 Productivity & Business Min 1024 MB RAM Port 8080 (http) Tier pro
// What it is

A closer look.

Vtiger CRM is a mature open-source CRM platform — contacts, opportunities, sales pipeline, marketing automation, helpdesk, project management. PHP-based, MySQL-backed. Long-running OSS project with strong feature parity to commercial CRMs.

For businesses needing a CRM with broader scope than EspoCRM (sales + marketing + helpdesk) without commercial fees, Vtiger is the all-in-one choice.

// Use cases

What it's for.

Concrete scenarios where teams pick Vtiger CRM over the SaaS alternative.

Sales CRM

leads, opportunities, deals pipeline

Marketing automation

email campaigns, lead scoring

Customer support

ticket management integrated with CRM

Project management

tasks tied to CRM accounts

Inventory + invoicing

basic billing integrated

// Who it's for

Built for these teams.

If your team profile matches one of these, Vtiger CRM is a strong fit out of the box.

Profile A

Small businesses

needing CRM + marketing + support in one

Profile B

Sales teams

at 5-50 person companies

Profile C

Privacy-bound orgs

keeping customer data on-prem

Profile D

Cost-conscious orgs

moving off Salesforce / Zoho

Profile E

Multi-tenant CRM hosts

offering CRM-as-a-service

// Differentiators

Why teams pick Vtiger CRM.

When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Vtiger CRM consistently lands above the alternatives.

  • MPL-2.0 (Community) — fully open
  • Broader scope — sales + marketing + helpdesk in one
  • Mature — production-deployed for 15+ years
  • Modular — disable unused modules
  • Self-host parity — features comparable to Vtiger Cloud
  • Workflow engine — automation built-in
// Integrations

Connects to.

The stack you'll plug Vtiger CRM into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.

Email
IMAP + SMTP for inbox + outbound
Marketing
email campaigns + landing pages
VoIP
Asterisk + Twilio integration
Document management
file attachments per record
Authentication
local + LDAP
API
REST API for programmatic access
Workflow
built-in automation engine
// Adoption & deployment

Notable users & community

  • 1.5k+ GitHub stars (Vtiger 7)
  • Used by SMBs worldwide
  • Backed by Vtiger company with cloud + community editions
  • Long-running OSS project
  • Active community forums

What we ship

  • Docker compose: Vtiger + MariaDB
  • Pinned Vtiger 7.5 (LTS branch)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
  • Admin user via env config
  • Persistent volumes for MariaDB + uploads
  • SMTP + IMAP env templates
  • Backup hook covers MariaDB + uploads
// Tips & operations

Run it properly.

Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.

// PERFORMANCE
Set up email tracking
IMAP setup is critical
// SECURITY
Define pipeline stages upfront
changing later disrupts reporting
// OPERATIONS
Permissions discipline
multi-team setup needs role definitions
// RELIABILITY
MySQL tuning
Vtiger queries can be heavy; tune buffer pool
// DEPLOYMENT
Backup MySQL + uploads
both essential
// SCALING
Module discipline
enable only what you'll use
1024
// min ram (MB)
5
// min disk (GB)
8080
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
8080:80 · vtigercrm/vtigercrm-8.3.0:latest
// docker image

Project resources

Official sitevtiger.com ↗
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