Frontstead Kit vs The Real Estate Platform (REP)

Frontstead Kit is a free, open-source, MLS-ready development kit for building branded real-estate portals, including golf, waterfront, and other niche lifestyle markets. It combines a Next.js public portal, an Express 5 and Prisma REST API, and a separate RESO Web API synchronization worker. The portal supports property search, listing pages, inquiries, consumer accounts, and favorites. Supported MLS connector vendors listed are MLS Grid, Trestle, Bridge Interactive, and Spark API. Typesense can provide typo-tolerant search; without it, the kit uses PostgreSQL search. Node.js 22.12 and PostgreSQL are required, while Redis and Typesense are optional. Docker Compose is the documented portable deployment baseline, and Frontstead says no specific platform is assumed. MLS display controls start disabled, and unregistered MLS boards cause configuration to fail. The agent API is disabled by default. The project is community-supported through public repository issues. Agent HQ is separately licensed and adds CRM features. The free plan is free and self-hosted.

The Real Estate Platform (REP) is an enterprise platform for real estate companies managing regions, offices, and agents. Each customer gets a white-labeled instance configured for its local market and objectives. Its core areas include websites, CRM, marketing, team management, listings, and transactions. Listing tools support syndication, more than 200 fields, multilingual and customizable content, document management, quality control, and transaction support. The CRM handles leads, contact interactions, automated buyer follow-up, agendas and tasks, Google Calendar sync, contact imports, and referrals. Marketing includes customizable templates, automated drip campaigns, and sent-marketing performance statistics. Websites can be localized, multilingual, and multicurrency, with CMS, blogs, property search, Google Analytics, and SEO features. Transaction tools cover creation and tracking, payment and regional reports, approval workflows, regional settings, and notifications. The maker invites prospective customers to request a demo and does not display plan prices. REP is available on Android, iOS, and web.