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4 self-hosted tawk.to alternatives

tawk.to is a live chat and messaging SaaS that embeds chat widgets on websites and mobile apps. It offers a shared inbox, real-time visitor monitoring, canned responses, file transfer, basic analytics, a hosted knowledge base, and optional paid add-ons (managed agents).

Alternatives to tawk.to

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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46k stars13.8k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Chatwoot is an open-source customer support platform with a shared inbox for live chat, email, and messaging channels, plus automation, reporting, and a help center.

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36.2k stars8.7k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted live chat and customer support platform with website widgets, operator console, chatbots, omnichannel integrations, and optional voice/video/screensharing.

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2.2k stars738 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source conversational platform to build AI chatbots, multichannel live chat, and human-in-the-loop customer support with knowledge base and RAG capabilities.

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318 stars113 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

What replacing tawk.to 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: Apache-2.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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