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Monica: the best Open Source alternative to Clay in 2026
Monica is a personal CRM for keeping track of your relationships: contacts, birthday reminders, conversation notes and important interactions with friends and family.
Technical profile
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Category
- CRM & Support
- Replaces
- Clay
- Tech stack
- PHPLaravelMySQL
Preview
Public image provided by Monica on its own website.
Key features
- Reminders for important dates
- Conversation and interaction notes
- Gift and activity tracking
Monica vs. Clay
Pros
- Built for personal relationships, not just B2B sales
Things to consider
- Doesn't replace a B2B sales CRM with a commercial pipeline
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
monica:
image: monica/monica:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8080:80"
environment:
- DB_HOST=monica-db
- DB_DATABASE=monica
- DB_USERNAME=monica
- DB_PASSWORD=monica
- APP_KEY=base64:change-me-32-char-key
depends_on:
- monica-db
monica-db:
image: mariadb:11
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
- MYSQL_DATABASE=monica
- MYSQL_USER=monica
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=monica
volumes:
- monica_db_data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
monica_db_data: