Idea checked
a CRM for real estate agents
A generic CRM for real estate agents is crowded; the only opening is a very specific workflow wedge.
Confidence: high — There is plenty of real signal: 12 named projects, 38 first-hand complaints, 6 stated wants, 1 unsolved question, and 6 communities with matching threads. Most existing players are narrow AI add-ons or older CRM apps, so the market is visible but crowded.
- hackernews 30
- github 20
- githubissues 20
- discourse 18
- intent 6
- stackexchange 1
- registries 13
- tavily 9
- devto 10
Who is already building this From data
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prolinkinfo/RealEstateCRM is a real estate CRM with 335 stars; it was last pushed in 2025-02-27 and is now stale.
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liberusoftware/real-estate-laravel has 110 stars and was last pushed in 2026-07-28; it is still maintained and includes support for Rightmove, Zoopla, and OnTheMarket.
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zubair-trabzada/ai-realestate-claude has 137 stars and was last pushed in 2026-04-29; it is a real-estate research engine with 15 skills and 5 agents.
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charlesdove977/re-walkthrough-pro has 121 stars and was last pushed in 2026-07-23; it is a walkthrough-video tool built to sell to real estate agents.
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saminkhan1/real-estate-ai-agent has 31 stars and was last pushed in 2026-05-21; it covers lead intake, property search, Google Calendar scheduling, chat, SMS, and voice workflows.
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brightdata/real-estate-ai-agent has 150 stars and was last pushed in 2025-07-30; it extracts property data as structured JSON with AI agents.
What people actually say From data
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"My journey started in customer support at a real estate CRM company, helping agents on their worst days—when their software failed them and they lost commissions because of it." This is a founder describing direct pain from CRM failures.
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"Hi HN community, I’ve built Skurel CRM to help real estate agents manage their leads, contacts, and properties more efficiently." This shows people still ship new CRM tools for this niche.
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"I would like to suggest a feature for ChatGPT: an integrated AI workspace/CRM for real estate agencies." This is a direct request for a combined AI workspace and CRM.
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"Stop wasting hours on manual lead qualification." This complaint says lead qualification is still manual and time-heavy for real estate agents.
People asking to be sold to From data
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"If I build a CRM for home buyers to help with the home buying process, would you pay to use it?" This is explicit willingness-to-pay validation for a real-estate CRM adjacent idea.
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"I would like to suggest a feature for ChatGPT: an integrated AI workspace/CRM for real estate agencies." This is a stated need, not just a comment on the market.
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"Stop wasting hours on manual lead qualification." This is a clear purchase trigger for automation around lead screening.
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"my real estate agent client who wants a website to list the properties he's selling" shows real buyers asking for real-estate software, though it is about listings rather than CRM specifically.
Where the opening is Model estimate
The model's read of the signals below — not something anyone measured.
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The signals do not show a single product that owns the full agent workflow end to end: lead capture, follow-up, qualification, scheduling, property context, and deal tracking in one place.
- hackernews A New Tool for Real Estate Professionals 2024-07-23
- github saminkhan1/real-estate-ai-agent 2024-06-10
- hackernews AI Transforms the Real Estate 2025-12-09
- discourse [HIRING] N8N AI Automation Developer (Remote) 2026-07-01
- discourse An integrated AI CRM and property management workspace for real estate agencies 2026-07-02
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Most visible projects are point tools or AI helpers: research engines, walkthrough generators, voice agents, or property data extractors, not a full CRM built around agent daily work.
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The data also does not show strong proof of a modern mobile-first CRM specifically for solo agents with great adoption; the older mobile CRM signal is tiny and the repo is stale.
How big the market might be Model estimate
The model's read of the signals below — not something anyone measured.
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This search found 12 named open-source projects, with 5 active, 5 dead, and 2 slow.
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There are 38 first-hand complaints, 6 stated wants, and 1 unsolved question in the signal set.
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The largest tracked competitor has 4,703,169 monthly npm downloads for the generic agents package, while real-estate-specific packages are much smaller at 96, 193, and 248 downloads last month.
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Matching discussions were found in 6 communities: community.home-assistant.io, community.n8n.io, community.openai.com, discuss.elastic.co, forum.djangoproject.com, and meta.discourse.org.
- discourse [HIRING] N8N AI Automation Developer (Remote) 2026-07-01
- discourse An integrated AI CRM and property management workspace for real estate agencies 2026-07-02
- discourse [ANNOUNCEMENT] retsbeat released 2016-09-01
- discourse For read/search performance, 6 small nodes vs 3 large nodes? 2019-09-10
- discourse Seeking User-Friendly AI Chatbot Solutions for Real Estate Customization and Cost-efficiency 2023-09-07
- discourse Real Estate Agents 2022-12-27
What could go wrong Model estimate
The model's read of the signals below — not something anyone measured.
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This is a crowded space with many substitutes, including established CRM vendors and several open-source efforts already aimed at agents.
- github prolinkinfo/RealEstateCRM 2023-08-15
- github liberusoftware/real-estate-laravel 2024-02-04
- tavily Real Estate CRM Software | The Best CRM for Top Agents | Wise Agent
- tavily Best Real Estate CRM Software for Agents & Teams | RealScout
- tavily Real Estate CRM: Guide for Brokers, Agents, and Businesses | Salesforce
- tavily Close deals faster with these 15 real estate CRMs
- tavily The 9 Best Real Estate CRM for Every Budget in 2026
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A lot of the recent energy is going into AI add-ons and automation, so a plain CRM without a sharp wedge may look boring fast.
- github brightdata/real-estate-ai-agent 2025-07-30
- github zubair-trabzada/ai-realestate-claude 2026-04-29
- github charlesdove977/re-walkthrough-pro 2026-06-27
- github saminkhan1/real-estate-ai-agent 2024-06-10
- github santmun/sofia-voice-agent 2026-04-12
- github DINAKAR-S/voice-agent-starter-kit 2026-07-22
- registries npm: re-walkthrough-pro 2026-06-27
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Some competitors are stale, but that does not mean demand is weak; it may just mean the core CRM problem is hard and incumbents already cover enough of it.
What to do this week Model estimate
The model's read of the signals below — not something anyone measured.
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Build around one painful workflow, not a full CRM: manual lead qualification and follow-up seem to have the clearest complaints.
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Start with an integration wedge such as calendar, SMS, voice, and property context, since those already appear in the existing projects and complaints.
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Test with solo agents first, because the visible demand includes solo-agent language and lightweight tools, not just brokerage-wide platforms.
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Do not compete head-on with generic real-estate CRMs at launch; instead, prove that one AI workflow saves hours or prevents lost commissions.
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.
| Project | Stars | Downloads / mo | Activity |
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| prolinkinfo/RealEstateCRM | 335 | — | Dead 2025-02-27 |
| brightdata/real-estate-ai-agent | 150 | — | Dead 2025-07-30 |
| zubair-trabzada/ai-realestate-claude | 137 | — | Slow 2026-04-29 |
| charlesdove977/re-walkthrough-pro | 121 | — | Active 2026-07-23 |
| liberusoftware/real-estate-laravel | 110 | — | Active 2026-07-28 |
| ahacker-1/cre-agent-skills | 78 | — | Active 2026-06-16 |
| DanBuda11/real-estate-app archived | 74 | — | Dead 2021-03-16 |
| kamilstanuch/PL-Real-Estate-Developer-Price-Checker | 46 | — | Slow 2025-09-04 |
| hoangsonww/EstateWise-Chapel-Hill-Chatbot | 38 | — | Active 2026-07-20 |
| radwan503/Faname--RealEstate | 36 | — | Dead 2021-08-30 |
| 2sunflower33/homeai | 36 | — | Dead 2024-02-04 |
| saminkhan1/real-estate-ai-agent | 31 | — | Active 2026-05-21 |
- 12 open source
- 5 dead
- 2 slow
- 5 active
- 38 first-hand complaints
- 6 stated wants
- 6 communities discussing it
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.
- realestate.com taken
- realestate.io available
- real.com taken
- getreal.com taken
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