Sales & CRM (Windows desktop app)

Timeline CRM

Free offline CRM for small businesses on Windows: lead and deal pipelines, customers, tasks, quotations, PDF invoices and sales reports, with no per-seat fee.

5 monthsTimeline Digital (in-house product)

Per-Seat Fee: $0
Contacts: Unlimited
Internet: Not required

01Timeline CRM: The Challenge

Cloud CRMs charge per user per month once a team outgrows the free tier (entry plans ran from $9 to $20 per user per month when checked on 20 October 2026), so many freelancers and small consultancies track leads in spreadsheets instead. We wanted a complete CRM that costs nothing and runs offline.

02Timeline CRM: The Solution

Built a Windows desktop CRM on local SQLite with a 7-stage lead pipeline, a 6-stage deal pipeline, customer records, tasks, a product catalogue, PDF quotations and invoices with VAT/GST, and sales reports with CSV export. Free forever, with no contact cap and no feature lockout.

03Timeline CRM: The Results

Published as a free download at timelinedigi.com/free-crm-software (about 115 MB, Windows 10 and 11, no account). The installer is not code-signed; its SHA-256 checksum is published. Teams that need several people working at once from different places, cloud access or integrations move to a custom CRM built by Timeline Digital.

Technology stack

ElectronWindowsSQLiteNode.jsTypeScript

Services on this build

Free Business Software

Product screenshotTimeline CRM dashboard

At a glance

Timeline Digital (in-house product). These are facts about the product itself, not results measured at a client.

Per-Seat Fee

Unlimited

Contacts

Not required

Internet

Why this tech stack

We pick technology based on the production load, the integration footprint and the long-term maintenance reality, not the latest framework on Hacker News. For Timeline CRM, the stack we chose:

Electron
In production use on this build.
Windows
In production use on this build.
SQLite
In production use on this build.
Node.js
In production use on this build.
TypeScript
In production use on this build.

Questions about this build

How long did the Timeline CRM build take?

5 months. We worked with short, regular updates and a working demo at each check-in, so progress stayed visible throughout the build.

What technology did Timeline Digital use to build Timeline CRM?

Electron, Windows, SQLite, Node.js, TypeScript. We pick the stack based on the production load, integration requirements and the team's long-term maintenance capacity, not the latest framework on Hacker News.

What industry was Timeline CRM built for?

Sales & CRM (Windows desktop app). The patterns we used here transfer to similar businesses with comparable scale and regulatory requirements. Reach out if you operate in this space and want a similar build.

Can Timeline Digital build something similar for our team?

Yes. We start by understanding how your team works, plan the solution around your workflow, select the right technology, and build a free pilot of your most important modules before the full project. An NDA can be signed before you share sensitive details, and the project source code is yours on full payment. Book a free first call and we will walk you through it.

More of our work

Restaurants (Windows desktop app)

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Describe what is slowing your team down. We will help you work out what to build, and how a free pilot lets you judge our work before the full project.

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What happens next

You send a short brief
The problem, the people involved and any target date. A senior engineer replies within 4 business hours.
We understand your workflow
A first call about how your business works today. An NDA can be signed before you share details.
You test a free pilot
You choose 2 to 3 key modules and we build them first, so you judge real software before the full project.