Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Dittofeed is an open source omnichannel customer engagement platform that lets companies send targeted messages via email and SMS. Version 0.5.0 adds Twilio-based SMS messaging, allowing users to create SMS templates… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dittofeed v0.5.0 – Self-host SMS and email customer messaging launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative▲100

   Hi HN, we've released Dittofeed v0.4.0, a significant update primarily focused on facilitating self-hosting. Dittofeed is an open source (MIT licensed) alternative to platforms like customer.io, mailchimp, klaviyo, iterable etc. Self-hosting is particularly useful if you: - Want to evaluate Dittofeed without a long-term commitment - Prefer fixed, non-volume based pricing models - Aim to keep all personally identifiable information within your own infrastructure In this version, we introduced 'Dittofeed Lite,' which merges the dashboard, API, and worker services, simplifying deployment, along…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Dittofeed▲96

   Open-source customer engagement platform for devs

   2023 · dittofeed.com · its alternatives →

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   Dittofeed v0.10.0 – Transactional Messaging▲9

   Hi HN, we just released Dittofeed v0.10.0. Dittofeed is an open-source (MIT-licensed) omnichannel customer engagement platform similar to Customer.io, Braze, and Iterable. This is a big release for us which includes: - Support for transactional messaging via Event Entry journeys. This was a highly requested feature among community members. Read more here: https://docs.dittofeed.com/resources/journey-nodes/entry#event-entry - Support for new email service providers, Amazon SES, and Postmark. Amazon SES, in particular, has been a long-requested feature, given SES’s…

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Open-source low-code email editor▲148

   Hey HN, Chandler from Dittofeed (https://github.com/dittofeed/dittofeed). We just added low-code functionality to our open-source email template editor. The editor features a Notion-inspired “/” command interface for inserting new blocks. You still have the option of using MJML or HTML, but we wanted to give everyone an easier option for creating primarily text-based emails. We have a live demo of the editor which you can access here (just hit the “Create Template” button): https://demo.dittofeed.com/dashboard/templates Since this is the first…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Dittofeed▲128

   Add messaging features to your app in seconds

   2025 · docs.dittofeed.com · its alternatives →

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   Dittofeed – Embed Messaging Features in Your App▲14

   Hi HN, Chandler from Dittofeed here. We’ve made a way to embed messaging features into any application because we saw a lot of engineers reimplementing the same things like drag and drop workflow builders, user segmentation builders, and template editors. This is especially true in vertical SaaS where you may have an app for healthcare providers, for example, and you want to give them communication tools to reach out to patients. It’s a non-trivial lift to build messaging features, and it can end up taking engineering teams 6-12 months to implement. So now you can just consume any number of…

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   Customer.io▲358

   Send email based on what people do (or don't do) in your app

   2014 · customer.io · its alternatives →

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   Ditto 2.0▲299

   Single source of truth for copy from idea to design to code

   2022 · dittowords.com · its alternatives →

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   Twilio Engage▲123

   Build hyper-personalized end-to-end marketing campaigns

   2021 · twilio.com · its alternatives →

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    Ditto Insurance▲184

    Spam-free, personalized insurance advice

    2022 · joinditto.in · its alternatives →

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    ditto.site▲374

    Clone any website into clean code. Free & open source

    Jul 2026 · ditto.site · its alternatives →

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    Dixa▲91

    Support all of your customers from one platform 💕

    2019 · dixa.com · its alternatives →

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    Mailtrain▲323

    Self hosted newsletter app (Mailchimp clone)

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Alternative to Intercom, Drift, Zendesk, FreshChat▲417

    Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬 - chatwoot/chatwoot

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Laudspeaker – Open-source mobile push, SMS and email automation▲193

    Hey HN, we are sharing again, after a year of updates! Laudspeaker (https://laudspeaker.com/) is an open source customer engagement suite (also called marketing automation software). If you've used tools like Braze, One Signal, Airship, Iterable, Customer.io or some others, Laudspeaker is an alternative to these. Here is a quick demo: https://www.loom.com/share/4b309390ee274ea491981e1394e9abc4. And here is a link to sign up and try free (no cc needed): https://app.laudspeaker.com/signup. Or if you prefer to just jump in, go to…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My 2-Hour Twilio App▲57

    2010 · txt2ping.com · its alternatives →

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    Dashly.io (ex. Carrrot.io)▲300

    Turn visitors into customers with data driven conversation

    2018 · dashly.io · its alternatives →

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    Talanoa▲346

    Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

    22d ago · talanoa.email · its alternatives →

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    Chatistics – Turn Telegram, WhatsApp, Messenger Chatlogs to DataFrames▲119

    💬 Python scripts to parse Messenger, Hangouts, WhatsApp and Telegram chat logs into DataFrames.

    2020 · masterscrat.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Laudspeaker – open-source customer journey automation▲148

    Hey HN, excited to share our open source tool with the community. We wanted to build an open source omnichannel tool where you can design customer journeys with a drag and drop editor. You can use our tool for example to design an onboarding flow so that users who sign up to your site can receive a series of predetermined emails and sms. Give it a spin and let us know how we can improve it. We also made it so you can self host.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Twilio-powered interactive talk radio platform▲122

    2020 · capiche.fm · its alternatives →

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    Chatwoot▲329

    Chatwoot is an AI-powered, open-source customer support platform. Self-host or use our cloud to manage live chat, email, WhatsApp, and social conversations.

    2021 · chatwoot.com · its alternatives →

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    Twilio for Slack▲190

    Enable SMS conversations with Slack+Twilio

    2020 · clerk.chat · its alternatives →

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    Open Source alternative to services like Intercom.io and Smooch▲163

    Client library for Minimal Chat. Contribute to minimalchat/client development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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