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4 self-hosted Joan alternatives

Joan is a workplace resource management SaaS for booking rooms, desks, parking and assets, plus visitor management and digital signage. It combines a cloud dashboard and mobile apps with e‑paper and PoE displays for meeting signage, availability, check-ins and Google/Microsoft calendar integrations.

Alternatives to Joan

LibreBooking is an open-source scheduling system for managing resource reservations with calendars, waitlists, quotas, reporting, and role-based access control.

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794 stars375 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable desk sharing and room reservation platform with PWA booking UI, Admin UI, REST API backend, and PostgreSQL storage.

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311 stars97 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable room display app for tablets that shows real-time room availability, integrates with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and CalDAV, and supports on-device booking.

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294 stars16 forkslast commit Actively maintained

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Open-source PHP/MySQL application for managing and reserving shared resources (rooms, equipment) with recurring bookings, access control, and notifications.

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109 stars77 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing Joan 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. 4 of 4 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, GPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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