Open-source alternatives to Help Scout

Help Scout in the Customer service category. These are the open alternatives we recommend looking at.

Zammad

Helpdesk ticketing across email, chat, phone and social channels.

AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)

SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No

GitHub stars
6.0k
Deployment
Docker

FreeScout

Self-hosted help desk and shared inbox similar to Help Scout, with modules for more channels.

AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)

SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No

GitHub stars
4.6k
Deployment
Server

osTicket

Established ticketing system that collects support requests from email and web forms.

GPL-2.0Strong copyleft

SaaS: YesClosed product: No

GitHub stars
3.9k
Deployment
Server
Login/SSO
LDAP

Frappe Helpdesk

Ticketing with SLAs and a knowledge base, built on Frappe.

AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)not verified

SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No

Deployment
Docker
Login/SSO
OAuth/OIDC

UVdesk

Ticketing system for customer support with email, workflows and a knowledge base.

OSL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)

SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No

GitHub stars
19.6k
Deployment
Server

Libredesk

Lightweight customer support desk in a single binary, for tickets from email and other channels.

AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)

SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No

GitHub stars
3k
Deployment
Server
Login/SSO
OIDC

Django Helpdesk

Django app for managing tickets in an internal help desk, with email intake and queues.

BSD-3-ClausePermissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
1.7k
Deployment
Library

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