Chatwoot
Chat & CommunicationOpen-source customer engagement and live-chat platform
Replaces Intercom, Zendesk
Best Webhooks Chat & Communication for self-hosting
The 4 best Webhooks chat & communication you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
FreeScout
Chat & CommunicationFree self-hosted help desk and shared inbox
Replaces Help Scout, Zendesk
Nextcloud Talk
Chat & CommunicationChat, video calls and webinars integrated into Nextcloud
Replaces Slack, Zoom
Hookshot
Chat & CommunicationMatrix bridge for GitHub, GitLab, Jira and webhooks
Replaces Slack
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatwoot | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | MIT | 37,766 |
| FreeScout | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 4,596 |
| Nextcloud Talk | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 2,214 |
| Hookshot | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 458 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Chatwoot (37,766 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Hookshot (from 256 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use AGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Webhooks within the chat & communication category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.