Self-host Vtiger CRM

CRM

deployed & timed by usprices checked · Aug 2026

Vtiger's open-source Community Edition covers contact and deal management, a module builder, and basic marketing tools, released under a source-available license that is not OSI-approved. Vtiger publishes no official Docker image — self-hosters commonly run the community-maintained javanile/vtiger image alongside MySQL.

Key facts

CategoryCRM

LicenseVtiger Public License 1.1

StackPHP, MySQL

Min RAM1024 MB

Dockeryes

Difficulty

Our recommendation

Pick Vtiger when you want a mature, feature-rich CRM with a simple LAMP-style deploy — 2 GB RAM, difficulty 2, and sales/support/inventory modules out of the box. Its licence isn't a typical open-source one, so read it before assuming the same freedoms as the AGPL or MIT apps in this cluster.

What you need

Any VPS with at least 1024 MB of RAM
A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

# Vtiger has no official Docker image — this uses the community
# javanile/vtiger image, the most widely used option
services:
  vtiger:
    image: javanile/vtiger:7.2.0
    environment:
      - VT_SITE_URL=http://SERVER_IP:8080/
      - MYSQL_HOST=mysql
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=vtiger
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    volumes:
      - vtiger-data:/var/lib/vtiger
    depends_on:
      - mysql
  mysql:
    image: mysql:8.0
    environment:
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=vtiger
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
    volumes:
      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
  mysql-data:
  vtiger-data:
# docker compose up -d  →  http://SERVER_IP:8080/  (admin / admin)

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What you take on

Vtiger's licence is the first thing to get right, separate from anything about how it runs:

non-negotiableIt's not OSI-approved open source. The Vtiger Public License 1.1 is a source-available licence derived from the Sugar/Mozilla Public License lineage, not a standard OSI-approved licence like the AGPL or MIT apps elsewhere in this cluster — read the actual terms rather than assuming familiar open-source freedoms.

non-negotiableIt's the older codebase in this cluster. Vtiger's UI and architecture reflect an earlier generation of PHP CRM design — functional and light on resources, not modern like Twenty or Frappe CRM.

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