Customer Support

Discover 172+ indie Customer Support tools built by independent makers. Open-source and bootstrapped alternatives with install commands and compatibility data.

Robust IRC

IRC without netsplits. Distributed IRC server, based on RobustSession protocol

Developer Tools
ircdistributedfault-tolerant
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backlite

Type-safe, persistent, embedded task queues and background job runner w/ SQLite

Background Jobs
gosqlitequeue
Visit → 139★ 2 AI recommendations
Knock

Notifications as a service. [](https://launchweek.dev)

Notifications
notificationsemailsms
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osTicket

Open source support ticket system

Customer Support
self-hostedhelpdeskticketing
Visit → 3709★
APNs2

HTTP/2 Apple Push Notification provider for Go - Send push notifications to iOS, tvOS, Safari and OSX apps

Notifications
goapnsapple
Visit → 3161★
Beaver

A real time messaging server to build a scalable in-app notifications, multiplayer games, chat apps in web and mobile apps

Notifications
goreal-timeevent
Visit → 1583★
Bus

Minimalist message bus implementation for internal communication

Message Queue
goevent-buspubsub
Visit → 360★
guble

Messaging server using push notifications (Google Firebase Cloud Messaging, Apple Push Notification services, SMS) as well as websockets, a REST API, featuring distributed operation and message-persis

Message Queue
gomessagingwebsocket
Visit → 161★
HelpRealm

Lightweight support ticket system

Customer Support
self-hostedhelpdeskticketing
Visit → 45★
Peppermint

Lightweight open-source helpdesk and ticketing system

Customer Support
helpdeskticketingself-hosted
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FreeScout

Super lightweight free open-source helpdesk and shared inbox

Customer Support
helpdeskshared-inboxemail
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Akkoma

Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility

Social Media
fediverseactivitypubmicroblogging
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