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Papercups

Open-source live chat and shared inbox alternative to Intercom.

Papercups is an open-source customer-messaging and live-chat platform built with Elixir/Phoenix on the backend and React on the frontend, positioned as an alternative to Intercom and Drift. It provides an embeddable chat widget, a shared team inbox, email and Slack integrations, and a real-time messaging API. It is notable for its Elixir/Phoenix real-time architecture and easy self-hosting.

Repository

papercups-io/papercups

Language

Elixir

What you'd build with it

  • Embed a self-hosted live-chat widget backed by a shared support inbox
  • Bridge website conversations into Slack or email for a small support team
  • Plug an AI support agent into the messaging API to draft or auto-answer chats

Tags

live-chatsupportshared-inboxself-hosted