# fatfreecrm/fat_free_crm

Ruby on Rails CRM platform

Repository: https://github.com/fatfreecrm/fat_free_crm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fat_free_crm
Homepage: http://www.fatfreecrm.com
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T08:47:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6490, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 136, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3628, forks 1316 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.984954+00:00)

## What it is
Fat Free CRM is an open-source customer relationship management platform built on Ruby on Rails. It provides group collaboration, campaign and lead management, contact lists, opportunity tracking, custom fields, and an extensible plugin system.

## Use cases
- self-host a CRM for tracking leads and opportunities
- manage contact lists and accounts for a sales team
- run marketing campaigns and track their results
- customize a CRM with custom fields and tags
- extend CRM functionality with webhooks and plugins
- collaborate on tasks and deals across teams

## When to choose
- you want a free, self-hosted CRM you can fully customize in Ruby
- your team is comfortable deploying and maintaining Rails applications
- you need a lightweight CRM core that can be extended with plugins

## When to avoid
- you want a turnkey hosted CRM with no server maintenance
- you need a non-Ruby stack or a no-code configuration experience
- you require advanced enterprise CRM features out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, auth, search-engine, webhook, plugin-system
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools, hr
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: crm, customer-relationship-management, ruby-on-rails, lead-management, sales-pipeline, contact-management, web-server, docker, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- fatfreecrm/fat_free_crm (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.984954+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:54.676584+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fatfreecrm/fat_free_crm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.984954+00:00, sha e614dad96dd6)
  - homepage: http://www.fatfreecrm.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:25.894572+00:00, sha 416839ca0922)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.