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An open-source alternative to Gorgias

Chatwoot is the one project in our catalog listed as a replacement for Gorgias. It is customer communication software with 38.6K GitHub stars. Below is how it measures against the questions people usually ask first.

Chatwoot

Customer communication

One inbox for customer conversations.

Chatwoot turns conversations from customer-facing channels into a shared support workspace. Agents can route threads, collaborate through private notes, reuse responses, keep contact history, and publish help articles. Channel configuration and product edition determine which integrations and advanced service controls are available.

  • Bring website chat, email, and supported messaging channels into shared inboxes
  • Coordinate support using assignments, labels, private notes, and automation
  • Maintain contact history, help-center articles, integrations, and reports

What people use it for

Run an omnichannel support queue

Connect several customer channels to shared inboxes, assign conversations manually or automatically, apply priorities and labels, and keep replies coordinated when a customer moves between messaging, email, or social channels.

Coordinate agents around a difficult case

Use private notes, mentions, team assignments, collision awareness, canned responses, and contact history so several support specialists can contribute without exposing internal coordination to the customer.

Reduce repetitive support work

Use canned responses, business hours, auto-responders, and configured automation to handle routine work while keeping complex conversations with the appropriate team.

38.6K starsMITRubyLatest release 7 days agoWebsite ↗Full profile →

Fact checklist

The same questions the pages with more alternatives let you sort by, answered for Chatwoot.

  • Permissive licence (MIT, Apache, BSD)Licence: MIT (permissive)
  • Open-source licence (copyleft or permissive)Licence: MIT (permissive)
  • Released in the last 90 daysLatest GitHub release Oct 24, 2026 (7 days ago)
  • Gaining stars this week+493 stars in the last 7 days
  • Written in RubyMain language on GitHub
  • Recommended in a stackIn Indie software founder, E-commerce brand

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