Monica

CRM

Monica is a personal relationship manager covering friends, family, and professional contacts. It is not a like-for-like sales pipeline replacement.

Who it may suit

A personal relationship manager rather than a conventional sales CRM.

Replaces

Not verified: no official positioning found

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Strengths for small teams

  • Contact records with relationships between people Source

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  • Automatic birthday and custom reminders Source

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  • Notes, activities and tasks per contact Source

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License

AGPL-3.0

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Self-hosting effort

Moderate

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The official Docker setup pairs Monica with a MySQL database and requires database configuration. Operators should back up data before container migrations and manage image upgrades, which adds routine database care beyond a one-container install.

Documentation-based estimate; not hands-on tested. Official self-hosting effort evidence

Pricing

Hosted Monica is $90/year; self-hosted software is free.

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Managed cloud

Available

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Self-hosted: Available

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Repository activity

Stars: 25,557

Last push: 2026-10-28

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Repository metadata source

Docker Compose deployment

Upstream Compose preview; fetched 2026-11-02. Pinned public source file

version: "3.4"

services:
  app:
    image: monica
    depends_on:
      - db
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    environment:

First 10 lines; see source for the complete file. Review all required companion files before deploying.

Official website

Sources