OSI-licensed only · self-hostable
UserVoice is a proprietary product feedback platform: customers submit and vote on ideas, and teams track them through a roadmap. Open-source options cover feedback boards, community forums and surveys.
Every tool below is under an OSI-approved licence (AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0 or MIT), checked against its repository. Several have separate commercial or enterprise folders, noted per tool.
Licences checked against each repository on November 7, 2026.
| Tool | Best for | Licence | Runs as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fider | Simple feature request portal | AGPL-3.0 | Docker |
| LogChimp | Feedback boards and roadmaps | AGPL-3.0 | Docker |
| Discourse | Community forum with discussion and voting | GPL-2.0 | Docker |
| Formbricks | In-product feedback surveys | AGPL-3.0 | Docker |
| Chatwoot | Customer support and conversations | MIT | Docker |
Best for: Simple feature request portal
A feedback portal for feature requests and suggestions that gives customers a voice.
Best for: Feedback boards and roadmaps
Positioned as an open-source alternative to Canny, ProductBoard and UserJot for self-hosted feedback with boards and roadmaps. Files under ee directories use a separate licence.
Best for: Community forum with discussion and voting
A platform for community discussion, 100% open source, built with Ruby on Rails and Ember.js.
Best for: In-product feedback surveys
An open source survey platform for in-app, website, link and email surveys. Enterprise code in apps/web/modules/ee is under a separate licence.
Best for: Customer support and conversations
A customer support platform positioned as an open-source alternative to Intercom and Zendesk. The repository also contains an enterprise directory whose terms should be checked.
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| If you need… | Start with |
|---|---|
| A simple public feature request board | Fider |
| Boards plus roadmap | LogChimp |
| Community discussion with feedback | Discourse |
| Collecting in-product feedback | Formbricks |
| Support conversations | Chatwoot |
Quick answers to common questions
No, UserVoice is proprietary software.
Fider is the simplest feature-request portal, and LogChimp adds boards and roadmaps.
Yes. Fider and LogChimp are built for self-hosting.
Formbricks, LogChimp and Chatwoot keep enterprise folders under separate terms while the main code is open source.
Possibly via CSV export and custom scripts, but check each tool's docs.
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