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# Free Self-Hosted Zendesk & Help Scout Alternative
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**FreeScout** is the super lightweight free open source help desk and shared inbox written in PHP7 (Laravel 5.5 framework) self hosted clone of HelpScout. Now you can enjoy free Zendesk & Help Scout without giving up privacy or locking yourself into a service you don't control. FreeScout has been developed from scratch and is not using any copyrighted Help Scout or Zendesk materials.
![FreeScout](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/screenshot.png)
## Table of Contents
* [Features](#features)
* [Demo](#demo)
* [Mobile Apps](#mobile-apps)
* [Requirements](#requirements)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Modules](#modules)
* [Tools & Integrations](#tools--integrations)
* [News & Updates](#news--updates)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [Screenshots](#screenshots)
## Features
* No limitations on the number of users, tickets, etc.
* 100% Mobile-friendly.
* Multilingual (English, French, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Swedish).
* Seamless email integration.
* Web installer & updater.
* Starred conversations.
* Forwarding conversations.
* Merging conversations.
* Moving conversations between mailboxes.
* Phone conversations.
* Sending new conversations to multiple recipients at once.
* Push notifications.
* Following a conversation.
* Auto reply.
* Notes.
* Pasting screenshots from the clipboard into the reply area.
* Configuring notifications on a per user basis.
* Open tracking.
* Editing threads.
* Search.
Need anything else? Suggest features [here](https://freescout.net/request-feature/).
## Demo
**[Live Demo](https://demo.freescout.net)**
## Mobile Apps
Mobile apps support the same functionality and modules as the web version of your FreeScout installation. Both support agents and administrators can use mobile apps.
<a href="https://freescout.net/android-app/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Android App" src="https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/apps/android.png" width="200px" /></a> <a href="https://freescout.net/ios-app/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="iOS App" src="https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/apps/ios.png?v=1" width="200px" /></a>
## Requirements
FreeScout is a pure PHP/MySQL application, so it can be easily deployed even on a shared hosting.
* Nginx / Apache / IIS
* PHP 7.0 - 7.4
* MySQL 5.0+ / MariaDB 5.0+ / PostgreSQL
## Installation
[Installation Guide](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/wiki/Installation-Guide)
Images & one-click installs:
* [Docker Image](http://freescout.net/docker/)
* [Softaculous](http://www.softaculous.com/apps/customersupport/FreeScout) (cPanel, Plesk, ISPmanager, H-Sphere, DirectAdmin, InterWorx)
* [Fantastico](http://ff3.netenberg.com/visitors/scripts/freescout/view) (cPanel, DirectAdmin, ISP Manager, ISP Config)
* [Cloudron](https://cloudron.io/store/net.freescout.cloudronapp.html)
* [Ubuntu](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/wiki/Installation-Guide#interactive-installation-bash-script-ubuntu-1804) (bash script)
## Modules
[Available modules](https://freescout.net/modules/)
## Tools & Integrations
* [API](https://api-docs.freescout.net/)
* [Migrate to FreeScout](http://freescout.net/migrate/) (from any help desk)
* [Zapier Integration](https://freescout.net/zapier/)
## News & Updates
If you would like to be notified about important news and updates you can subscribe [here](https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=freescout)
## Contributing
* [Support the project by leaving a feedback](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/issues/288)
* [Development Guide](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/wiki/Development-Guide)
* [Todo list](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/labels/help%20wanted)
* [Translate](https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/wiki/Translate)
## Screenshots
Dashboard:
![Dashboard](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/dashboard.png)
Conversation:
![Conversation](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/conversation.png)
Mailbox connection settings page:
![Mailbox connection settings page](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/mailbox-connection.png)
Notifications:
![Notifications](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/notifications.png)
Push notification:
![Push notification](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/push.png)
Web installer:
![Web installer](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/installer.png)
Login page:
![Login page](https://freescout-helpdesk.github.io/img/screenshots/freescout-login.png)