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Products that do what Opencom, full Intercom alternative, open-source, Convex Backend does

Hi HN, I’ve been building Opencom, an open-source customer messaging platform - basically an Intercom alternative you can run yourself with minimal setup or infrastructure to manage. Repo + demo here: https://github.com/opencom-org/opencom https://opencom.dev I started working on it after years of frustration using Intercom. I love the selection of tools they offer, but not their complex and expensive pricing model or their frequent layout and UX changes. I wanted an open source alternative that was simple and cheap to run, making it accessible for projects of…

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    I built Opencom, an open-source alternative to Intercom for customer support chat, with knowledge-base and AI support, and mobile apps for push notifications etc. It includes a web widget, agent inbox, customer/company profiles, conversations, realtime messaging, AI support and a live demo. The aim is to provide a simple, self-hostable foundation for teams that want Intercom support without being locked into a large SaaS platform. Salesforce has just announced its acquisition of Fin, formerly Intercom, for around $3.6bn. Customer communication is important infrastructure, and I think…

    Jun 2026 · opencom.dev

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    A better way to connect with mobile users

    2015

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    Papercups227

    Open source Intercom Alternative

    2020

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    Display your latest product updates on Intercom Messenger

    2019

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    Chatwoot329

    Open-source alternative to Intercom & Zendesk

    2021

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    Conversations with startup practitioners

    2015

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    Closing the loop on ROI for marketers

    2015

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    Add messaging to your mobile app w/ this open source UI kit

    2015

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    Libredesk is a 100% free and open-source helpdesk, a Zendesk/Intercom alternative. Backend in Go, frontend in Vue + shadcn/ui. Unlike many "open-core" alternatives that lock essential features behind enterprise plans, Libredesk is fully open-source and will always stay that way. Last year I posted v0.1.0 here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43158166 A year later, it's omni-channel. Alongside email, you can drop a live chat widget (beta) onto your website and handle both channels in the same agent UI. The chat widget, CSAT pages, and email templates are all…

    Apr 2026 · libredesk.io

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    View, manage, and respond to customer conversations

    2016

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    Tox102

    An open source alternative to WhatsApp

    2014

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    Access all your Intercom conversations and customers

    2018

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    LibreTaxi190

    Open source alternative to Uber/Lyft for Telegram

    2017

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    Send and receive WhatsApp messages in your Intercom inbox

    2021

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    Intercom for SMBS

    2017

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    The easiest way to see and talk to your users

    2014

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    Behind every great product is a great support team

    2015

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    Connect your social communication channels to Intercom.

    2020

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    Turn Intercom into a customer success platform.

    2018

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    I’m Pranav, co-founder of Chatwoot (https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot), an open-source alternative to Intercom and Zendesk. What started as a passion project in 2019, gained a lot of momentum recently. This was possible because of all the contributions and love we got from the community. We’ve created a page (https://contributors.chatwoot.com) to showcase our contributors’ work and give them a platform to share their contributions with the world. We open-sourced this little project too. We’ve made our repo for other open-source projects to use it as a…

    2022

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    Hi friends! I've been waiting for ChatGPT Code Interpreter access for so long that I decided to just build my own. I figured maybe some of you are in the same boat so decided to do it as an Open Source project.

    2023 · ricklamers.io

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