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NEXUS — Source-Available Business Suite for Service Teams

Source-Available · BSL Licensed · v1.1.0

The business suite built for<br>teams that ship.

CRM, project management, invoicing, time tracking, HR, marketing automation, uptime monitoring, and workflow automation — all in one modern application. Free to self-host. No per-user pricing. No vendor lock-in.

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77<br>Data Models

50+<br>API Endpoints

10<br>Core Modules

BSL<br>Licensed

What's new in v1.1.0

Released April 2026 — the largest update yet, with framework upgrades and major new features across the board.

Laravel 13 & Angular 21

Full framework upgrade — Laravel 13 with PHP 8.3+, Angular 21 with TypeScript 5.9. Keycloak Guard 2.0, PHPUnit 12, and exceljs replace xlsx for Excel exports.

Advanced Invoicing

Undo the last invoice, combine line items into a single entry, and stage invoices as regular, support, or downpayment — giving you full control over complex billing scenarios.

Git Webhook Jobs

Four new webhook job processors — issues, notes, pipelines, and pushes — replace the old single-handler approach for richer GitLab event tracking per project.

Project Work Alerts

Automatic email alerts when a project's tracked hours approach its budget threshold. Configurable per project — no more surprise overruns.

Customer Initiatives

Assign customers to marketing initiatives directly from their profile, with a new prediction bias chart showing forecast accuracy per customer over time.

Holiday Validation

New Holiday model with German regional holiday support validated by ZIP code — ensuring accurate working day calculations across all federal states.

Everything your service business needs.<br>Nothing it doesn't.

Unlike bloated ERPs designed for every industry, NEXUS is laser-focused on what service-oriented companies actually use every day.

Customer Management

Full CRM with company profiles, contacts, relationship graphs, and geographic visualization.

Project Management

Gantt planning, milestones, tasks, team allocation, and budget tracking with forecasting.

Invoicing & Billing

PDF generation, email delivery, recurring billing, cash flow analysis, and ML predictions.

Time Tracking

Real-time tracking with focus categories, workload heatmaps, and automatic billing.

HR & People

Vacation management, sick leave, working hours, team analytics, and employee profiles.

Marketing Automation

Prospect pipelines, workflow builder, Sankey funnels, lead segmentation, and campaign tracking.

Sentinels

No-code event automation with 20+ condition operators and template interpolation.

Uptime Monitoring

HTTP health checks with email and chat alerts — no separate tool needed.

Project Debriefing

Post-project reviews with problem/solution libraries and cross-project trend analysis.

Calendar & CalDAV

Calendar management with native CalDAV & CardDAV — sync with any standard client.

Product Catalog

Service and product management with groups, statistics, and variant handling.

Integrations

GitLab, Mattermost, Slack, Local AI, Mantis — all wired in, not bolted on.

Customer Management

Your clients aren't rows in a spreadsheet.

NEXUS gives every customer a living profile — projects, invoices, support tickets, and relationships, all in one place. Visualize your business network, track revenue per client, and never lose context.

Multi-tab customer profiles with 10+ views

Contact management with individual VCards

Network graph for relationship visualization

Geographic map view of your customer base

Revenue analytics, billing history, and forecast accuracy charts

Customer initiative tracking and segmentation

Company connections — suppliers, partners, subcontractors

Project Management

From first quote to final retrospective.

Manage every phase of a project without switching tools. Gantt timelines, milestone tracking, team assignment with percentage allocation, budget vs. actual comparisons, and prediction accuracy metrics that help you quote better next time.

Gantt planning with milestone dependencies

Quote generation and installment invoicing

Team allocation with percentage-based assignments

Work threshold alerts when projects approach budget limits

Linear regression forecasting for budgets and timelines

Technology stack detection per project

GitLab, Mattermost, and Mantis plugin links

Invoicing & Billing

Invoices that write themselves.

With ML-powered line item predictions, recurring billing, one-click PDF generation, and direct email delivery — getting paid has never been easier. Bank CSV import, DATEV export, and cash flow visualization round out a complete financial toolkit.

Professional PDF invoices with your branding

ML-powered amount predictions from historical data

Standing orders for recurring / subscription billing

Downpayment and support invoice staging

Undo last invoice and combine line items

Cash flow analysis and bank CSV import

Payment reminders with automated follow-up

DATEV export for...

project management tracking billing customer business

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