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MUST HAVE

Open source, active project

obvious…

REST APILDAP/OpenID

To generate service request programatically

OpenID

to integrate with KeyCloack

NICE TO HAVE

Omni channel

support via chat, ideally

  • MS Teams.

  • RocketChat

Knowledge base

Mobile app client

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Considered/ short listed

Faveo Help Desk /

community edition

PHP | Git | OSL 3.0

Documentation

Apps: web, mobile?
(Laravel framework)

Channels: Web, email???

Describe it as customizable customisable & omni-channel .

It has approval workflows, priorities & ticket types, daily reports, etc.

OPEN ID?????

FreeScout

Clone of Help Scout

PHP | Git

Channel: email, iOS, Android

lightweight help desk / shared inbox.

collection of extensions allowing you to turn it into top level support solution and satisfy most of your needs:  WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram integration, LDAP, Knowledge Base, CRM, End-User Portal with the form for submitting tickets, Kanban mode, Live Chat widget for the website, etc. Besides you

You can also create your own modules – they work just like plugins in WordPress, simple and effective.

missing is the ability to split one ticket into two

OSticket

PHP | Git

Clients: Web and email. No mobile app.

OSTicket allows to scale and streamline your customer service and as a result improve your customer’s experience. OSTicket is widely-

create tickets via your website, email or phone. A

features: custom fields, auto-responder, agent collision avoidance, SLA, customer portal and also allows to add tasks to tickets. 

OTOBO

Perl ?

Download

another OTRS community edition fork…

UVdesk

community helpdesk

PHP | Git

UVdesk is the multichannel helpdesk system for ecommerce, marketplace. UVdesk Team believes that in order to deliver the best customer service you don’t need a big or complicated help desk. Some of the

features: workflows, saved replies, tags, email integration.

could not find UVdesk mobile apps.

The positive side of this helpdesk is the ability to connect it to different CMS and eCommerce platforms: Magento, PrestaShop, WooCommerce, Odoo CRM, Amazon, Shopify, Joomla, WordPress.

Zammad

Ruby | Git

Channels; telephone, Facebook, Twitter, chat and e-mails

Zammad may work as a product / service support system, support for wholesale / retail or as IT service desk. It’s based on many years of experience with ticketing systems – it’s - created in 2016 by the developer of the OTRS.

This is the only non-PHP open source helpdesk in our review – it’s using Ruby. Installing it was a bit challenging experience. Some of the features Zammad boasts: autosave for tickets, opening multiple tickets at the same time without having to switch between browser windows, LDAP, ticket templates, etc

. It’s interface in many aspects copies Zendesk with all it’s pros and cons. Like for example when you are replying to the ticket you don’t see the customer to whom you are replying which is quite inconvenient. So usability is not the strongest side of Zammad. There are two main ticket types here: phone tickets and email tickets. It may be difficult to use Zammad for multiple businesses as all the tickets are located in one place and there is no way to isolate them from each other. There is an

Android app providing basic features , but we - could not find an iOS app.

Znuny

Perl ? | Repo

Docs

Roadmap

A fork of OTRS community edition

Channel: web, email, phone. Addons Add-ons for messenger…

Used by Wikipedia - refered referred internally as VRT (Volunteer Response team)

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The following system did not comply with the minimum requirements

itop (combodo)

created to manage shared infrastructures

Discarded

The following system did not comply with the minimum requirements

SpiceWorks help desk

Free, but not open source - cannot be installed on-premise for MoH/ other organizations

No API

OTRS

Community edition discontinued on Dec 2020. We have considered two forks: Otobo and Znuny

Features

OTOBO

freescout

Uvdesk

Translation Support (Multilingual)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unlimited Agents, Group, Team, Customers, Tickets etc

Yes

Yes

Yes

No limit on the number of Mailbox/Email integration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Saved Replies for common queries

Yes

Yes

Yes

Filter based on ticket status, Id, agent, customer, etc

Yes

Yes

Yes

Block Spam

Yes

No

Yes

Agent Activity

Yes

Yes

Yes

reCAPTCHA option

Yes

No

Yes

Standard automated workflows

Yes

No

Yes

Notes for agents

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom branding

Yes

No

Yes

Change logo

No

No

Yes

Broadcasting message

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ticket Forwarding

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prepared Response

Yes

No

Yes

Email Notification

Yes

Yes

Yes

Effective search

Yes

Yes

Yes

User Friendly Web Installer

No

No

No

Add multiple attachments

Yes

Yes

Yes

Powerful Knowledgebase/Faq (article, category & folder)

Yes

No

Yes

Ticket types, Multiple Tags

Yes

No

Yes

Email Templates

Yes

No

Yes

API-Doc

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit/delete/pinned ticket and thread

Yes

Yes

Yes

App store conection

No

No

Yes

100% Mobile-friendly.

No

Yes

No

Automatic refreshing of the conversations list without the need to reload the page.

Yes

Yes

No

Integration with other apps

Yes

No

No

Intalation via Docker

Yes

Yes

Yes

Service level Agreement