Open Source Intercom Alternatives

    The best open source alternative to Intercom is Chatwoot, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Intercom and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Intercom are Chaskiq (Free, Open Source), Mibew (Free, Open Source), Papercups (Freemium, Open Source) and erxes (Freemium, Open Source).

    This page was last updated May 18, 2021
    1. Open source alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Drift, Crisp, etc.
      Chatwoot vs Intercom opinions
      Almost everyone thinks Chatwoot is a great alternative to Intercom.
      Clean user interface and the code is open source
      Positive comment • over 1 year ago

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    2. Chaskiq is a 100% open source conversational marketing platform build as an alternative for Intercom, Drift, and others, currently under active development.
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      Chaskiq enable many of the features that intercom service has, segments, mailings, product tours, help center among others
      Positive comment • 11 months ago

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    4. Mibew Messenger (also known as Open Web Messenger) is an open-source live support application written in PHP and MySQL. It enables one-on-one chat assistance in real-time directly from your website.

    5. Papercups

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Self-Hosted
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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      Open source customer messaging, built for startups and enterprise alike. Chat directly with your users Convert more website visitors into customers with real-time chat. Don't lose out on prospects because of unanswered questions!
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    6. In a world where everything is shifting, especially the way we communicate, businesses need to keep up. But it doesn’t have to be so hard. Or expensive. erxes offers an all-in-one growth marketing platform for teams and individuals to take care of their customers.
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    8. Gutama

      • Free • Open Source
      • Self-Hosted
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        Gutuma was born out of the need for free mailing list / newsletter software that is geared, not towards mass-marketing companies and spammers, but web developers who need a system that can be easily integrated with an existing web site.

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        Last stable release is from 2008

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      • Tiledesk

        • Freemium • Open Source
        • Online
        • Android
        • iPhone
        • Self-Hosted
        • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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        Open source alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Drift, etc. Tiledesk is a free and open source Live Chat platform with built-in Chatbots. Build your own customer support with a multi-channel platform for Web, Android and iOS.
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      • PyLiveResponse

        • Free • Open Source
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Linux
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        PyLiveResponse is a Desktop application designer to work with Kayako LiveResponse. Until now this was only possible using the windows only Live Response client. pyliveresponse works on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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      • LCSK (LiveChat Starter Kit) is a free, open source LiveChat / LiveHelp application allowing you to offer live support to your website visitors.
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      • HelpCenter Live

        • Free • Open Source
        • Windows
        • Linux
        • Online
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        Help Center Live is an open-source, community driven live chat & support system. You may easily provide live support on your website just like large companies do with very little work.

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