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Corteza

CRM including a unified workspace, enterprise messaging and a low code environment for rapidly and securely delivering records-based management solutions.

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Still maintained? Yes: 250 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2026.9.0 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Salesforce, Retool, Mendix and OutSystems.

#7 of 9 in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

At a glance

Corteza quick facts

Health score
83/100 GOOD
Stars
2,183
Last commit
10 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
2026.9.0, Oct 2026
Licence
Apache-2.0

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "The Corteza low-code platform lets you build and iterate CRM, business process and other structured data apps fast, create intelligent business process workflows and connect with almost any data source. All with the flexibility, freedom and control you get from a 100% open-source platform written on modern technologies maintained by Planet Crust, its founder."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Corteza scores 83/100, #7 of 9 in Customer Relationship Management (CRM): 250 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2026.9.0, 11 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,183 stars add 13.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    250 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    2026.9.0 released 11 days ago

  • Stars 13.4 / 20

    2.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10

    No Docker support advertised

Commit activity

471 commits over the last 12 months
250
Last 90 days
471
Last 12 months
10 days ago
Last push

Ranked #7 of 9 tools in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) by health , between EspoCRM (#6) and Django-CRM (#8) .

Details

LicenceApache-2.0
PlatformsGo
Latest release2026.9.0 · 11 days ago
Stars2,183
Open issues8
DockerNot advertised
Repositorycortezaproject/corteza ↗

Corteza vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Corteza (Customer Relationship Management (CRM)), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Twenty 99 60k AGPL-3.0 today
Appsmith 98 41k Apache-2.0 today
Budibase 98 28k ⊘ Proprietary yesterday
ToolJet 98 41k GPL-3.0 today
SuiteCRM 85 5.8k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
Corteza (this tool) 83 2.2k Apache-2.0 10 days ago

Corteza: common questions

What does Corteza replace?

Repoly lists Corteza as an open-source alternative to Salesforce, Retool, Mendix and OutSystems. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Corteza stands against the others.

Is Corteza still maintained?

Corteza had 250 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 10 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2026.9.0, is from 11 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.