a CRM for freelancers

Interest over time From data

Hacker News stories mentioning freelancer management invoicing (topic read as “freelancer CRM”), by year — 8 in total, currently rising.

1. 1 2021
2. 0 2022
3. 0 2023
4. 2 2024
5. 3 2025
6. 2 2026

This counts discussion on Hacker News, not global search demand. For developer tooling the two move together; for a local service business they do not.

Who is already building this From data

• Dolibarr/dolibarr has 7,467 stars and is still maintained, with a last push on 2026-08-01; it is an open-source ERP/CRM aimed at businesses, foundations, and freelancers.

  • github Dolibarr/dolibarr 2011-06-26

• DjangoCRM/django-crm has 608 stars and is still maintained, with a last push on 2026-08-01; it targets businesses and freelancers with CRM, task management, and email marketing.

  • github DjangoCRM/django-crm 2024-06-23

• mazer-dev/pejota has 162 stars and is still maintained, with a last push on 2026-07-31; it is an ERP and CRM for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs with clients, projects, contracts, tasks, and timesheets.

  • github mazer-dev/pejota 2024-05-20

• jgaa/f-crm has 34 stars and is still maintained, with a last push on 2025-10-28; it is customer relations management for freelancers and individual contractors.

  • github jgaa/f-crm 2018-03-15

• luckyshot/CRMx has 110 stars and is stale, with a last push on 2022-11-24; it is a micro-CRM for personal, freelance, and small businesses.

  • github luckyshot/CRMx 2013-03-24

• LaravelDaily/QuickAdminPanel-Freelancer-CRM has 103 stars and is stale, with a last push on 2020-09-24; it is a demo project for freelancers to manage projects and income.

  • github LaravelDaily/QuickAdminPanel-Freelancer-CRM 2019-09-15

• thorin-schiffer/freeturn has 60 stars and is stale, with a last push on 2022-12-27; it describes itself as freelance mission control.

  • github thorin-schiffer/freeturn 2018-07-20

• anishdcruz/ck-flow has 41 stars and is dead, with a last push on 2022-04-16; it is a simple CRM solution for freelancers and small business owners.

  • github anishdcruz/ck-flow 2022-04-16

What people actually say From data

• "There are <Dr Evil>one million</Dr Evil> choices when it comes to CRM's" — a Hacker News user in 2014 saying the space felt overloaded, while asking what freelancers actually use.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Which CRM for a solo-freelancer in 2014? 2014-03-14

• "I haven't found any decent threads on this for a while." — the same HN post, showing people were still searching for a clear answer in that period.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Which CRM for a solo-freelancer in 2014? 2014-03-14

• "What CRM are all the freelancers out there using?" — an explicit request for real-world recommendations from solo freelancers.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Which CRM for a solo-freelancer in 2014? 2014-03-14

• "I don't know much about running a small business, and I've run into lots problems that I hope have software solutions." — a freelancer asking for tools to help run the business side of freelancing.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Software/Resources for Freelancers 2012-03-13

• "what is your preferred stack of tools for handling Project management, CRM, time tracking, invoicing, expenses etc...?" — a freelancer-focused HN thread asking for an integrated workflow.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Freelancers – your preferred CRM and Project Management stack? 2014-02-08

People asking to be sold to From data

• "What SaaS apps do you pay for that make life as a freelancer easier?" — this is a direct buying-intent question, even though it does not name a specific CRM need.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Freelancers – are you using a CRM/any other SaaS? 2014-04-02

• "I'm about to go solo and am not sure what to go for" — a user actively comparing CRM options before starting freelance work.

  • hackernews Ask HN: Which CRM for a solo-freelancer in 2014? 2014-03-14

• "If you're not showing up in th" — a founder describing the need to track AI discovery channels for a product; this is adjacent, but not a freelancer CRM buying signal.

  • hackernews Show HN: Mentionable – Track if ChatGPT recommend your brand 2026-02-02

• The signal set contains 0 first-hand complaints, 0 unsolved questions, and 0 stated wants in the counted facts, so there are no strong explicit willingness-to-pay quotes here.

Competitor strength From data

Counted, not judged. Only projects that expose a hard number — stars, downloads, last commit — appear here, so they stop looking identical to each other. Products with no public metrics are discussed above instead of being given a row they cannot fill.

• 8 open source
• 3 active
• 4 dead
• 1 slow

Domain names From data

Checked live against the registry, built from the subject of the idea rather than the first words of the sentence. A literal check is a fact; a brandable suggestion would be noise.

• freelancercrm.com available
• freelancercrm.io available
• freelancer.com taken
• getfreelancer.com taken