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Open-source alternatives to Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud does 6 jobs: contacts and company accounts, deal pipeline by stage, email and calendar sync, sales workflow automation, sales reports and dashboards, sales forecasting. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.

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Facts checked 29 Oct 2026

We track 2 open-source alternatives to Salesforce Sales Cloud, but none currently has confirmed commercial use, local running and no paid services together. None of the 2 projects we track covers all 6 Salesforce Sales Cloud jobs, so most people combine two or more.

Compare Twenty, Macro with Salesforce Sales Cloud →Jobs covered, cost, GitHub activity and star growth, side by side.

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Can I use it commercially?

Checks code and model licences. Includes projects with conditions, such as share-alike or revenue limits, marked amber. Unknowns are hidden.

Paid services needed?
What hardware do you have?
Operating system

2 projects

Macro

macro-inc/macro Actively maintained: 33 people committing in the last 12 months, active 12 of the last 12 weeks.
★ 6.1k active today

Team workspace that puts a Gmail client, chat channels, markdown docs, tasks, a CRM, calls and AI agents in one app. AGPL-3.0.

Replaces Contacts and company accounts + Deal pipeline by stage + Email and calendar sync (partly) Not: sales workflow automation, sales reports and dashboards, sales forecasting
Use it instead of paying for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Personal use
Partial: Partly Runs locally only in part: Self-hosting is allowed under the AGPL but is not a focus yet; the only documented route…
For a business
Partial: Partly
Runs locally
Partial: Partly
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · AGPL-3.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Hard
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked 4d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Twenty

twentyhq/twenty #1 TRENDING Healthy growth: Stars rising (+724 in 10 days) with 181+ people committing in the last 12 months, active 12 of the last 12 weeks.
★ 60k active today

Open-source CRM with people, companies, opportunity pipelines, Gmail/Outlook sync, workflows and dashboards; AGPL-3.0 with some enterprise-licensed files.

Replaces Contacts and company accounts + Deal pipeline by stage + Email and calendar sync + Sales workflow automation + Sales reports and dashboards (partly) Not: sales forecasting
Use it instead of paying for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Personal use
Confirmed: Yes
For a business
Partial: Partly Commercial use with conditions: AGPL-3.0 parts can be used commercially (modified versions served over a network must sha…
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0-only
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Partial: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 7d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Salesforce Sales Cloud alternatives compared

All 2 projects, best ranked first, whatever the filters above. Unknown means we found no source, never a yes. Each project page links the source for every fact.

ProjectRuns locallyCommercial usePaid servicesSetupPlatformsStars
TwentyOpen-source CRM with people, companies, opportunity pipelines, Gmail/Outlook sync, workflows and dashboards; AGPL-3.0 with some enterprise-licensed files. Confirmed: Yes Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0-only Partial: Optional only Confirmed: Medium Not confirmed ★ 60k
MacroTeam workspace that puts a Gmail client, chat channels, markdown docs, tasks, a CRM, calls and AI agents in one app. AGPL-3.0. Partial: Partly Confirmed: Yes · AGPL-3.0 Partial: Optional only Confirmed: Hard macOS, Linux ★ 6.1k

Common questions about Salesforce Sales Cloud alternatives

Is there a free, open-source alternative to Salesforce Sales Cloud?

Yes. Twenty and Macro are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. Each covers only part of what Salesforce Sales Cloud does, so check which job you need.

Can I do contacts and company accounts locally without a Salesforce Sales Cloud subscription?

Yes, with Twenty (AGPL-3.0-only) and Macro (AGPL-3.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I do deal pipeline by stage locally without a Salesforce Sales Cloud subscription?

Yes, with Twenty (AGPL-3.0-only) and Macro (AGPL-3.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I self-host a Salesforce Sales Cloud alternative?

Yes. 1 of the 2 can run on your own server: Twenty. It documents a Docker setup.

What hardware do I need to run a Salesforce Sales Cloud alternative?

Memory stated in their docs: 2 GB for Twenty. The others give no single figure. Each project page quotes the source and says whether a figure is a minimum or a recommendation.

Which Salesforce Sales Cloud alternatives run on Windows, macOS or Linux?

macOS: Macro. Linux: Macro. The rest are web apps or servers, or their docs don't say which systems they support.

Which Salesforce Sales Cloud alternatives can I use commercially?

Confirmed: Macro. With conditions: Twenty. This is not legal advice; read each licence.

Does any open-source project replace all of Salesforce Sales Cloud?

Not as of 2026-10-29. Contacts and company accounts, deal pipeline by stage, email and calendar sync, sales workflow automation, sales reports and dashboards and sales forecasting are covered by different projects.

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