Copper CRM vs Atomic-crm
Atomic CRM is a credible alternative for teams that want an MIT-licensed, self-hostable CRM they can modify in TypeScript, while retaining basic contact, task, email-capture, and deal-pipeline workflows. Choose Atomic CRM when source access, infrastructure control, API integration, or code-level customization matters most. Choose Copper CRM when deep Gmail and Google Calendar workflows, client-project delivery, built
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Atomic-crm if
- Developer-supported teams that want to modify CRM fields, pages, components, themes, or the underlying data model
- Organizations requiring an MIT-licensed CRM hosted on their own infrastructure or Supabase
- Teams needing straightforward contact management, reminders, notes, inbound email capture, and Kanban deal tracking stemming
Stay with Copper CRM if
- Gmail and Google Calendar are the center of the sales workflow; Atomic CRM documents email capture but not equivalent Google Calendar-centered opportunity management
- Closed deals must transition into structured client onboarding or service-delivery projects; equivalent project-delivery coverage is not documented for Atomic CRM
- Built-in revenue forecasting, deal-probability, customer-trend, or slipping-opportunity reports are required; comparable reporting is not documented for Atomic CRM mostly
Deployment and operations
Atomic CRM is self-hostable, written primarily in TypeScript, and licensed under MIT. Local installation requires Make, Node 22 LTS, and Docker for Supabase; startup runs a Vite frontend, local Supabase API, and Postgres database. The supplied facts confirm Docker support but not Kubernetes support. Supplied documentation also describes hosting on Supabase or an organization's own infrastructure. Operators are responsible for installation, infrastructure, database, backups, upgrades, and custom
Migration considerations
Atomic CRM supports importing and exporting contacts, but the supplied material does not document a Copper-specific importer or preservation of Copper pipelines, activities, projects, automations, reports, attachments, or Google Workspace links. A migration therefore requires field mapping and validation beyond the documented contact transfer capability.
Feature fit
What Atomic-crm covers
- Contact records
- Task and reminder tracking
- Deal-pipeline tracking
- Email communication capture
- Activity history
- API integrations
- Custom fields
What’s different or missing
- Google Calendar-centered opportunity workflows
- Closed-deal-to-project delivery
- Automated lead capture from forms, cards, or LinkedIn
- Revenue and opportunity-risk reporting
- Inactive-customer re-engagement automation
- Documented Copper-specific migration
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 1,202
- Contributors
- 22
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last commit
- Jul 27, 2026
- Latest release
- Mar 10, 2026
Categories: Marketing Automation, Customer Support, Content Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Data Platforms, Workflow Automation, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Sales Intelligence
Sources and editorial review11 linked sources
Public documentation supports this comparison. Automation assists collection and classification; editorial standards and corrections remain the responsibility of Kris.
A full-featured CRM built with React, shadcn/ui, and Supabase.
repository description · github.comOrganize Contacts: Keep all your contacts in one easily accessible place.
readme · github.comCreate Tasks & Set Reminders: Never miss a follow-up or deadline.
readme · github.comManage Deals: Visualize and track your sales pipeline in a Kanban board.
readme · github.comCapture Emails: CC Atomic CRM to automatically save communications as notes.
readme · github.comTrack Activity History: View all interactions in aggregated activity logs.
readme · github.comThis will start the Vite dev server for the frontend, the local Supabase instance for the API, and a Postgres database (thanks to Docker).
readme · github.comAtomic CRM is free and open-source.
verdict · github.comTo run this project locally, you will need the following tools installed on your computer: - Make - Node 22 LTS - Docker (required by Supabase)
deployment · github.com- 🔄 **Import & Export Data**: Easily transfer contacts in and out of the system.
migration · github.comWith full control over your database, modify the schema to include domain-specific metadata and features.
best for · marmelab.com
