Built for Small Businesses

8 months. 40 modules. Free forever. No $150/user fees.

The Problem We Saw

Small businesses were stuck in an impossible position: **Salesforce costs $18,000/year for 10 users. HubSpot locks you into their ecosystem. Zoho is confusing as hell. And spreadsheets don't scale.**

Meanwhile, AI was changing everything. Natural language interfaces were making software easier to use. But **small businesses couldn't access these tools** because enterprise CRMs were too expensive and building custom systems required teams of developers.

We saw web agencies trying to serve clients with inadequate tools. Freelancers juggling 5 different apps. Businesses with perfectly good servers paying monthly SaaS fees for basic features.

So we built ThinkLink CRM and made it 100% free.

ThinkLink CRM Dashboard

8

Months of Development

40

Complete Modules

188

API Endpoints

$0

Forever

What We Built

ThinkLink CRM isn't a MVP or prototype. It's a **production-ready, enterprise-grade business management system** that real businesses use every day to run operations.

Key Design Decisions

  • AI-First Architecture: Natural language interface built from the ground up, not bolted on.
  • Shared Hosting Compatible: Runs on $5/month hosting. No Docker, no Node, just PHP and MySQL.
  • Person-First Data Model: Prevents duplicate records across all modules automatically.
  • Service-Oriented Backend: Clean architecture that makes customization easy.
  • Comprehensive Documentation: Every endpoint, every module, every pattern documented.
  • MIT Licensed: Use it however you want. Modify anything. Resell it. We don't care.
ThinkLink CRM Architecture

Why Open Source?

Honestly? Because **vendor lock-in sucks.** We've seen too many businesses held hostage by SaaS providers who raise prices, change features, or shut down entirely.

When you download ThinkLink CRM, **you own it.** The code lives on your server. You control updates. You can modify anything. You're not dependent on us staying in business or maintaining servers or honoring our pricing.

This is software the way it should be: **transparent, modifiable, and yours forever.**

What Drives Us

These aren't corporate buzzwords. These are the principles that guided every design decision, every late night, and every line of code.

Small Business First

Every feature decision starts with: "Does this help a 5-person company?" If the answer is no, we don't build it.

No Secrets

Open source means you can read every line of code. No telemetry. No hidden data collection. Your data stays on your server.

Simple Deployment

If it requires Docker, Kubernetes, or a DevOps team, we failed. ThinkLink runs on the cheapest hosting imaginable.

Documentation Matters

Undocumented code is useless code. Every module, every API endpoint, every pattern is explained in detail.

Production-Ready

Not a beta. Not a prototype. Real businesses run on ThinkLink CRM right now. It works.

AI-Powered

Not AI as a gimmick. AI as a fundamental interface. Natural language commands make complex software simple.

Who We Are

Based in Chicago, we're a small team with big ambitions: make business software that doesn't suck.

We've built technology used by millions. We've worked on blockchain projects that changed industries. We've consulted for businesses trying to navigate AI. And through all of it, we saw the same problem: **small businesses couldn't access the tools they deserved.**

So we fixed it. Eight months later, ThinkLink CRM exists. And we're just getting started.

Download ThinkLink CRM

Join the community. Install it on your server. Modify it however you want. It's yours. Forever. For free.

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