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AI · August 18, 2026

Khirby

The self-hosted CRM that respects your data

What it does

Khirby is an open-source, self-hosted CRM for B2B teams who want full control over their data. Contacts, pipeline, work boards, email, and a plugin SDK — all in one Docker deploy. No SaaS fees, no vendor lock-in, your server.

Khirby is a self-hosted CRM with Ask Khirby inside the app—shaped around how you sell and work. Website forms become leads, mail sits on the deal, and the data stays on a server you run.

Ask Khirby works inside the CRM—on contacts, deals and boards—so the tool bends to how you sell, not the other way around. Ask Khirby is the assistant built into Khirby. Open it from the sidebar or the command palette: update contacts and deals, read mail, turn on Marketplace tools, or add a simple Self Build tool—on your own key. Compose drafts mail; MCP is the door for an external agent. Neither is an autopilot. Ask is part of the product, not a bolt-on chat. It uses the same key as AI Compose. A person still sends mail; Ask does not delete records. Compose drafts replies, the first mail to a lead, and newsletter bodies on any OpenAI-compatible endpoint—including a model on your own…from khirby.com

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