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FreeScout

Free, self-hosted help desk.

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What is FreeScout?
FreeScout is an open-source, self-hosted help desk built on PHP and Laravel.
What does it do?
Turns support email into a shared inbox with ticket assignment, canned replies, internal notes, tags, and customer history. Add-on modules extend it with live chat, a knowledge base, and time tracking.
Who is it for?
Small support teams, agencies, and self-hosters who want ticket data on their own server and can run a PHP application.
What are the alternatives to FreeScout?
Help Scout is the hosted product whose shared-inbox model FreeScout follows, and Zendesk and Freshdesk are larger hosted suites. Chatwoot is another open-source option, weighted toward live chat.

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Alternatives to FreeScout

Tools that solve the same problem as FreeScout, including the ones it's listed against.

Zendesk website preview

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$19/seat/mo
Help Scout website preview

Shared inbox and knowledge base.

Freshdesk website preview

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Plain website preview

Modern B2B support tool.

$35/seat/mo
Chatwoot website preview

Open-source customer engagement.

$19/seat/moOSS
BoldDesk website preview

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Pylon website preview

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Front website preview

Shared inbox for teams.

Missive website preview

Team inbox built in Canada.

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