Open-source, self-hosted messaging platform for secure team collaboration with real-time chat, audio calls, screen sharing, and integrations.
38.9k stars8.9k forkslast commit Actively maintained
7 self-hosted Gitter alternatives
Gitter is a chat and collaboration platform for developer communities providing persistent chat rooms, threaded conversations, file sharing, and integrations with GitHub/GitLab to coordinate project discussions, support, and real-time collaboration.
Alternatives to Gitter
#2
Open-source team chat server with topic-based threading for focused, asynchronous, and real-time communication in distributed teams.
25.8k stars10.1k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Tailchat is an open source team chat and collaboration platform with a strong plugin system, bot integrations, multi-group workspaces, and RBAC permissions.
3.6k stars397 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#4
Stoat is an open-source, self-hostable chat platform for communities and teams, offering text channels, permissions, moderation tools, and a web app.
3.3k stars383 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#5
Openfire is an open source XMPP (Jabber) server for real-time messaging and collaboration, with a web admin console and a plugin ecosystem.
3.1k stars1.4k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
A single-binary, low-resource Matrix homeserver in Rust; simple setup, RocksDB (default) or SQLite backends, built with axum and Ruma.
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#7
Libervia is a modular XMPP-based communication suite offering chat, microblogging, file sharing, and other social features across web, desktop, and CLI interfaces.
Activity unknown
What replacing Gitter actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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