Self-hosted support desk
Talking to customers without a per-seat subscription. Pick one of the first three rather than all of them.
- 01Shared inbox and live chatchatwoot/chatwootCustomer Support
The broadest of the three: live chat widget plus email and social channels in one inbox.
Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc.
- Stars
- 39k
- Forks
- 9.5k
- Language
- Ruby
- Last commit
- updated Nov 2026
- 02Ticketingzammad/zammadCustomer Support
Closer to a classic help desk, with stronger ticket workflow than chat.
Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system.
- Stars
- 6.1k
- Forks
- 1.1k
- Language
- Ruby
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Last commit
- updated Nov 2026
- 03Lightweight shared inboxfreescout-help-desk/freescoutCustomer Support
Runs on ordinary PHP hosting, which makes it the cheapest of the three to keep alive.
FreeScout — Free self-hosted omnichannel AI-powered helpdesk & shared mailbox
- Stars
- 4.6k
- Forks
- 744
- Language
- PHP
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Last commit
- updated Nov 2026
- 04Outbound emailknadh/listmonkMarketing & SEO
For the announcements and onboarding sequences a support tool does not cover.
High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.
- Stars
- 24.2k
- Forks
- 2.8k
- Language
- Go
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Last commit
- updated Nov 2026
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