Major release of the world’s most popular open source CRM – SuiteCRM 7.10

SalesAgility, the creators and maintainers of SuiteCRM, announced a new major release of the world's most popular open-source CRM – SuiteCRM 7.10, including a long list of highly anticipated new features and substantive enhancements.

What was actually new in 7.10

The 7.10 release was important because it was the first SuiteCRM major version that treated administrator and end-user experience as first-class concerns rather than afterthoughts. Headline additions included a refined SuiteP theme that brought the UI closer to the visual standards of contemporary SaaS CRMs, a new REST API v8 that finally aligned the platform with modern integration practice, a built-in Survey Management module, Confirmed Opt-In handling for compliant marketing in the run-up to GDPR, and Two-Factor Authentication for administrator accounts.

For implementation teams, the API rework was the most consequential change. Previous SuiteCRM versions had relied on the older v4.1 SOAP-style REST endpoint, which made deeper integrations awkward. The v8 API moved the platform onto a JSON:API-aligned design, making it materially easier to wire SuiteCRM into modern middleware, mobile apps, and analytics pipelines.

Why this release still matters in 2026

SuiteCRM 7.10 set the foundation that the platform has been building on ever since. The themes it introduced and the API contract it established have informed every subsequent 7.x release and, more importantly, shaped expectations for the SuiteCRM 8.x line that followed. Many of the production deployments Redian operates today still run forks of the 7.x branch hardened with patches and extensions built on top of the 7.10-era architecture.

Redian became a contributor to the SuiteCRM Store in 2019 and has since published seven extensions covering reporting, workflow, integration and security use cases. Several of those extensions trace their architectural origins to the API improvements first shipped in 7.10.

Readers running an older SuiteCRM version and weighing an upgrade — or considering SuiteCRM against alternatives like Zoho or Odoo — can talk through the options with Redian's CRM and ERP implementation team via the contact page.