Open-source alternatives to ServiceNow

ServiceNow 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

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

Request Tracker

Established issue tracking system for support and internal case handling, written in Perl.

GPL-2.0Strong copyleft

SaaS: YesClosed product: No

GitHub stars
1.2k
Deployment
Server
Login/SSO
LDAP

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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