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Let me know when your friendly neighborhood FOSS developer creates a CRM or accounting software that doesn't cost me more in time to get running and figure out how to use than the paid options.
CRM: https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty
Accounting: https://github.com/bigcapitalhq/bigcapital
Yeah I didn't say "when they exist".
These are also not "free as in beer".
Also your Big Capital has a .Claude file at the top of it and likewise Twenty has .cursor so LOLOLOL no thanks
I'm not saying these are plug and play, but they are quite literally free as in beer.
AI is definitely problematic. But if you think your paid for software doesn't use AI in it in the present day, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.
Weird. Most free things don't have a "pricing" page, in my experience.
There is an option to pay for their storage, hosting, and support. But both have options to run the code yourself absolutely free. Not an uncommon way for FOSS developers to get the financial support they need. And awesome that it looks like all features are available FOSS. Just managed hosting is paid for.
Yeah, our IT department will definitely replace our CRM and Accounting software with some random GitHub projects.
Thanks!
Stop shifting the goal post
This seems nice https://civicrm.com/
Your IT department likely just selects some random vendor that doesn't really give a shit and puts all your data beyond some bullshit cloud service anyways. That they probably cobbled together from github anyways.
Did you not read? Those are established for-profit companies who also happen to release open-source versions of their stack. They also have hosted cloud versions.
You're just backing away because you've been pointed out to be wrong in your sarcastic bullshit, buddy. Just walk away.
Wow. That’s a lot of hostility for me making a sarcastic but truthful comment.
Any large company will pay for corporate level software. To deny this shows you’ve never worked in this environment and that’s ok.
Have a nice day.
The majority of people cannot easily turn a few hours of their time on a whim into money because most of their working life is pre-scheduled. Others especially those most likely to be able to pick up a shift aren't paid all that much. I find that ANY new software requires spending time learning in addition to any cost up front. Furthermore most of the paid software would require me to use a worse OS and pay for the privilege so its an awfully hard sell to bother.
As far as accounting software I who simply manage my wages haven't ever needed anything more complicated than a spreadsheet. What software I've seen is kind of obnoxious and terrible so maybe this is an opportunity for someone.
Yes, thank you for elaborating on my point.