Koalixcrm

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A Django CRM and ERP for contacts, products, quotes, invoices, purchase orders, projects and double-entry accounting, with XSLT-generated documents.

Adopt it when

A small Swiss or European business wants a BSD-licensed Python app for quotes, invoices and project time.

Watch out

A small project with a dated admin-style interface and a complex Docker setup in a separate repo.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Self-hosted server

Built with

Python, Django, XSLT and PostgreSQL

How established

Established: started 15 years ago, latest release 1.14.0.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Koalixcrm → CPython → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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