Self-hosted alternatives
Open source alternatives to Intercom
Intercom is a hosted messenger for live chat, bots, and customer email.
Published by Intercom. The projects below are sorted by GitHub stars. Star counts and last commit dates are read from the public GitHub API. The line under each name is generated from the category, the licence, and whether the project can be self-hosted. Fetched . 2 of 4 have an OSI-approved SPDX licence, a commit in the last 12 months, and a repository GitHub has not archived.
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1Chatwoot
chatwoot/chatwoot
Customer support. Licence: MIT. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- MITOpen core
- GitHub stars
- 37,799
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Zendesk.
2Typebot
baptisteArno/typebot.io
Customer support. Licence: Source-available (FSL-1.1-ALv2). Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- Source-available (FSL-1.1-ALv2)
- GitHub stars
- 10,543
- Last commit
Does not count toward the open source minimum: Source-available (FSL-1.1-ALv2).
3FreeScout
freescout-help-desk/freescout
Customer support. Licence: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 4,596
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Zendesk.
4Chaskiq
chaskiq/chaskiq
Customer support. Licence: Source-available (Commons Clause). Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- Source-available (Commons Clause)
- GitHub stars
- 3,572
- Last commit
Does not count toward the open source minimum: Source-available (Commons Clause).