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19 self-hosted Meta Workplace alternatives

Enterprise communication platform from Meta providing team chat, Groups, news feed-style posts and knowledge sharing, plus one-to-one and group video calls, live video, integrations, single sign-on and administrative controls for organizations.

Alternatives to Meta Workplace

Rocket.Chat is an open-source communications platform for secure team messaging, channels, DMs, voice/video, integrations, and customer omnichannel support.

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45.9k stars13.8k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted messaging platform for secure team collaboration with real-time chat, audio calls, screen sharing, and integrations.

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38.6k stars8.9k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source team chat server with topic-based threading for focused, asynchronous, and real-time communication in distributed teams.

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25.6k stars10k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Element is a Matrix client for secure team messaging and collaboration, offering end-to-end encrypted chats and calls with interoperability across the Matrix network.

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13.3k stars2.7k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Spacebar is an open source, self-hostable Discord-compatible communication platform with text chat, voice, and video, designed to work with existing clients and bots.

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6.7k stars223 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Synapse is a Matrix homeserver implementation for running federated, secure real-time chat and collaboration on your own infrastructure.

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4.5k stars571 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Tailchat is an open source team chat and collaboration platform with a strong plugin system, bot integrations, multi-group workspaces, and RBAC permissions.

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3.6k stars394 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Converse.js is an open-source, client-side web XMPP/Jabber chat app that can run standalone or be embedded into sites, with group chat and OMEMO encryption.

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3.3k stars833 forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Stoat is an open-source, self-hostable chat platform for communities and teams, offering text channels, permissions, moderation tools, and a web app.

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3.2k stars369 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Movim is a federated social platform and web-based XMPP client for blogging, chat, communities, and real-time messaging with a responsive cross‑platform interface.

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2k stars279 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted, lightweight federated messenger with end-to-end encrypted threads and optional WebRTC audio/video calling across independently hosted nodes.

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1.5k stars93 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Tracim is an open-source collaboration suite offering threaded conversations, file sharing with versioning, collaborative pages, tasks and workspace organization.

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273 stars38 forkslast commit Actively maintained

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SAMA is a Node.js-based open-source chat server using uWebSockets.js, MongoDB and Redis, providing WebSocket/HTTP APIs, E2EE, clustering, and web/mobile clients.

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158 stars14 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Continuwuity is a fast, lightweight Matrix homeserver written in Rust, focused on stability, performance, and improved Matrix specification compliance for federation.

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WikiSuite is an integrated open source suite combining wiki/groupware, chat and conferencing, webmail, search, and infrastructure management for organizations.

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Prosody IM is a modern, resource-efficient XMPP (Jabber) server written in Lua, designed to be easy to configure and extend for private messaging and federation.

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Libervia is a modular XMPP-based communication suite offering chat, microblogging, file sharing, and other social features across web, desktop, and CLI interfaces.

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What replacing Meta Workplace 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. 15 of 19 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0, MPL-2.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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