Reusing an Open Source CRM

Question

I am looking into creating a simplified version of a CRM without having to reinvent the wheel on some of the base functionality.

Would you please recommend an open source CRM product that I could use?

NOTE: I would be interested in solutions with PHP or Java.

CRM is not the same as CMS - why is this tagged as both CRM and CMS? — Robin Green, Apr 11 '11 at 22:33
Agreed. Sorry about the confusion. I have modified the tags. — Mino, Apr 11 '11 at 22:43
this can save you some time: don't even consider to use vtiger crm, it has the worst code ever. — gpilotino, Apr 22 '11 at 09:42
Fat Free CRM looks great, if you're OK with a Ruby/Rails solution. — Suman, Aug 01 '12 at 15:42
question is similar to this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4531321/open-source-crm-software-written-in-java — atom217, May 29 '13 at 13:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '11 at 14:53

Have you looked at SugarCRM? It's pretty mature so it might not meet your "simplified" qualifier, but if I were in your shoes I'd probably consider starting there. It started life as an open-source project and there is still a "community edition".

Consider, however, that I have little familiarity with CRM in specific, so I can't comment one way or another on the quality of SugarCRM. Good luck.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '11 at 08:52

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For me VTECRM 4 is the best! It's based on sugar and vtiger crm and it's easy to use. You can download it and customize. It's based on php - mysql and it's free. dowload link: http://code.google.com/p/vtecrm/source/checkout

answered Dec 29 '11 at 08:52

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 25 '12 at 08:09

If you want a simplifed CRM, SugarCRM is NOT the place to start.

Have a look at Tine2.0. It has a demo online, it's built with PHP and ExtJS (so it feels like a desktop application) and is very easy to modify, and has a sizable community behind it (though the owner had the "vision" to split it by language, so unless you read German well, you'll have to use Google translate most of the time)

It doesn't do Gantt charts, but it does tagging.

Reusing an Open Source CRM

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