I Open-Sourced CloserNotes

I Open-Sourced CloserNotes: ABC — Always Be Closing, Never Be Typing

Coffee is for closers.

And CRMs?

Too many of them feel like punishment.

So I built and open-sourced CloserNotes — a voice-first CRM for people who live in conversations, not forms.

Built on Backboard.io, CloserNotes uses local Whisper + Twilio to turn calls, notes, and follow-ups into something actually usable, without making you spend half your life updating fields like a data entry intern.

The problem

Every sales tool says it helps you sell.

Then it makes your reps do this:

• log the call
• write the summary
• update the contact
• add the follow-up
• remember what mattered
• pretend this is a good use of human life

It’s nonsense.

The best salespeople want to talk, listen, move, close.

Not babysit a CRM.

What CloserNotes does

CloserNotes is built for a simpler flow:

You talk.

It captures.

It organizes.

You move.

It combines:

• local Whisper transcription
• Twilio-powered calling
• voice-first notes
• clean CRM workflows
• AI-assisted conversation capture

The idea is simple: reduce friction between the conversation and the system of record.

Less typing.

More selling.

Why I open sourced it

Because most “AI CRM” products are either:

• hand-wavy
• closed off
• overdesigned
• stuffed with features nobody asked for
• missing the one thing that matters: speed

I wanted a real OSS example of a voice-first CRM workflow that feels sharp, simple, and extensible.

Not “enterprise theater.”

An actual build.

Who it’s for

CloserNotes is for:

• sales teams
• founders doing outbound
• operators handling calls
• anyone who wants CRM updates to happen with less pain

If your workflow starts with conversations, your software shouldn’t act like the keyboard is the product.

Built on Backboard.io

CloserNotes is one of three apps I’m open-sourcing, all built on Backboard.io.

The point is to show what happens when you build practical, AI-native apps around real workflows instead of toy demos.

Repo

Take a look, fork it, improve it, ship it:

GitHub: https://github.com/Backboard-io/closernotes

A lead comes in.

You call.

You talk.

The system keeps up.

That’s the pitch.