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Boilerplate and custom CRUD for Hubleto CRM

shoki — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:55:16 +0000

If you are CRM or ERP developer, experienced in PHP, you should have already heard about Hubleto. It is an opensource PHP-based CRM solution with a comprehensive set of features and modules in its free community version.

Here in this post, I will show how to easily create a boilerplate code and custom CRUD in a custom app (or module, if you wish).

Simply follow these steps and in few minutes you will have working CRM with your custom code.

Create Hubleto ERP project

Run composer to install Hubleto:

composer create-project hubleto/erp-project

This will download the Hubleto's source code and all of its dependencies.

Install it

Go to the folder where you created the project and run:

php hubleto init

This will install the database and create a default configuration. You will need to answer several questions (in most cases the default values are enough).

When done, your default Hubleto will be ready to use.

Create a custom app

In Hubleto, you can create unlimited number of custom apps. In this example, we will create an app for car rental management.

Run:

php hubleto create app CarRental

Add models

Each car rental management app needs a list of cars. We create a model Car that will hold the information about each car.

Run:

php hubleto create model CarRental Car

You may repeat this process any number of times to create all models you need.

Add controllers, views and UI

Now, we have only models. Models are installed in the database but we do not have any UI to manage the data. Let's create it.

Run:

php hubleto create mvc CarRental Car

And that's it. Easy. This will create PHP controllers, TWIG views and React UI components. Now repeat the command for each model you created before.

Create UI for model Car

Compile everything together

Last step is to compile the React Javascript files and Tailwind CSS files.

Run:

npm install @hubleto/react-ui
npm run build

Done

Now you're done. You can open you Hubleto at https://localhost/hubleto/erp-project (or similar, based on your environment setup) and manage cars.

Prototyping CRMs or ERPs easy with Hubleto

shoki — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:44:37 +0000

We all know that delivering CRM or ERP solutions is almost always accompanied with the customization services. Only a small fraction of deployments is "as-is" solution, simply downloaded and installed.

Customizations make your customer happy

Simply put, customization of any CRM or ERP is a standard activity required by vast majority of customers searching for their ERP or CRM. And the reason is really simple: Each business is unique in some way. Uses unique processes, works with unique data sets and thus requires unique set of features.

Now the point: You need to showcase to your customer that you are able to deliver the right solution at the most effective way.

Rapid prototyping is the answer

But how to do that? The answer is: rapid prototyping.

With Hubleto, create an app linked with address book, calendars, orders, invoices, workflows, projects or many more, is a matter of minutes. It contains powerful prototyping agent which, e.g. can create an app by a single command:

php hubleto create app MyCustomApp

Starting from scratch: custom data tables and forms

For example, you have a customer doing business in car rental services and he is looking for a CRM to support his processes.

When you install Hubleto, you'll get all core features required in any CRM: contacts, calendars, workflows, sales, productivity, ... And then you only need to create an app with models like "Car", "Rental", or similar.

These commands will generate you app's scaffolding with data tables and forms to manage your cars:

php hubleto create app CarRental # creates an app called 'CarRental'
php hubleto create model CarRental Car # creates a model 'Car' into 'CarRental' app
php hubleto create mvc CarRental Car # generates controllers and views to manage data in 'Car' model

The same way you create data management features for rental history.

Conclusion

Within few minutes, you can build a prototype for your customer to showcase how his future custom CRM may look like.

Take the advantage of Hubleto ERP and Hubleto framework and deliver stunning customized CRM solutions to your customers.

Hubleto 0.27 installation

shoki — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000

Few days ago a new version of Hubleto ERP/CRM has been released - Hubleto 0.27. Although still in a beta version, it already contains nice set of features in its community apps. The good news is that community apps (or 'community version', if you like) are completely for free.

You can easily install and use Hubleto, even for commercial project. Here I show how to do it.

Production-ready version

The easiest option is to use Hubleto as-is - a production version without any customization.

The installation is pretty straight-forward for all who know 'composer' (a PHP package manager). Simply create any folder accessible by your webserver (e.g., /var/www/html/hubleto) and run following commands in this folder:

composer create-project hubleto/erp-project .
php hubleto init

The first command downloads the production-ready Hubleto ERP and all necessary files and folders. Then, the second command will guide you through the installation and configuration proces.

Done. It is this simple. Try it now.

Customizations

You have also an option to customize your Hubleto. The easiest and recommended way is to develop your own custom Hubleto app.

And again, its mega easy, just run this command in your Hubleto project folder:

php hubleto create app HelloWorldApp

This command creates necessary files and folders in src/apps/HelloWorldApp. You are now ready to develop a full-featured, Model-View-Controller based app.

Conclusion

We've learned how to install production-ready Hubleto ERP and how to create first custom Hubleto app. And we've shown that is is super-easy and ... Free...

Bonus: There is one additional options for real developers: to use Hubleto ReactUI to create apps with a stunning user interface. Check https://developer.hubleto.com for more information.

Building a PHP-based ERP with Hubleto in few minutes

shoki — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:33:51 +0000

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is a type of software that organizations use to manage and integrate their core business processes into a single, unified system. You may think of it as a central hub or a "single source of truth" for all of a company's data and operations.

While off-the-shelf ERP software works well for many businesses, a significant number of companies choose to invest in custom ERP solutions. This is because "one size fits all" is rarely the case in the business world.

I would like to talk about the Hubleto ERP, a PHP-based opensource package, whose benefits are primarily derived from its nature as an open-source, customizable, and developer-friendly platform.

Hubleto's key benefits

Open Source and Free: Hubleto's "Community Edition" is completely free to use.
Customizable and Flexible: Hubleto is not just a ready-to-use application but also a framework. This means it's designed to be a foundation upon which a company can build a custom ERP system.
Community-Driven Innovation: The project's philosophy is that "communities can drive innovation faster and more efficiently than large enterprises."
Developer-Friendly: Hubleto is built using popular, modern libraries like ReactJS, TailwindCSS

Install in 5 minutes

Note: You need to have a web development with PHP, MariaDB or MySQL and a webserver (Apache or Nginx) prepared.

To install Hubleto to your local environment or on you server, simply run following:

composer create-project hubleto/erp-project

Now, you have your Hubleto downloaded and you only need to install it. Run:

php hubleto init

in the folder where you created the Hubleto project.

And you're done. Follow the instructions in the terminal to sign in to your local Hubleto.

Learn more at https://developer.hubleto.com.

Conclusion

While traditional ERP solutions offer a powerful way to centralize business processes, they often fall short for companies with unique needs. The rise of open-source ERP platforms like Hubleto presents a compelling alternative. By combining the core benefits of a unified system with the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of an open-source framework, Hubleto empowers businesses to build a perfectly tailored ERP solution. Its modern, developer-friendly architecture makes it an accessible and scalable choice for companies seeking to leverage a collaborative, community-driven approach to optimize their operations.

How to get into relevant communities here?

shoki — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:58:53 +0000

I am a complete newbie to dev.to, just signed up. Sorry for potentially dumb questions below, I am looking around and trying to get oriented. I am developer and want to get familiar with dev.to.

Reddit has subs. LinkedIn has groups. Other social networks have something else.

How does it work here in dev.to? Is dev.to a blog-posting platform? Or a chat? Or a place to ask and get answers? How can I find relevant people to follow? And can I get followers here or connect with other devs?