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Why there are almost no open source WhatsApp CRMs

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Search for a self-hosted WhatsApp CRM and you find almost nothing. Plenty of email CRMs, plenty of open source helpdesks, close to zero for the channel a huge share of the world actually sells on. That is not an accident, and the reason explains every design decision in DeskcommCRM, the most comple…

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  1. 2026-09-17 07:47 · DEV Community — AI
    Why there are almost no open source WhatsApp CRMs

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