The original Chatwoot startup shut down by the end of 2017 before the project was revived and open-sourced in 2019.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Chatwoot is an open-source, AI-powered customer support platform with cloud and self-hosted options, positioned as a privacy-focused alternative to Intercom and Zendesk.
Primary product
AI-powered open-source omnichannel customer support platform
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Open-source customer support software
Offices
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Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Head of Engineering
Lead Product Engineer
Investors
Remote-first and asynchronous; the handbook says Chatwoot prefers written communication, GitHub issues and pull requests, Notion, and Discord/public channels over frequent calls or DMs.
Work style
Remote
Pricing
Tiered per-agent pricing for cloud plans; self-hosted community edition is free; premium/enterprise self-hosted tiers are paid; AI features use included credits with overages.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$0.87M ARR (2024 estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
604.9K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
The original Chatwoot startup shut down by the end of 2017 before the project was revived and open-sourced in 2019.
SourceChatwoot Blog · Jun 2026
Announced beta voice calls for Chatwoot Cloud and self-hosted users, including regular phone calls via Twilio and WhatsApp calls via WhatsApp Calling.
Chatwoot Blog · May 2026
Released UI and help-center improvements, including a broader chatlist layout, article translation, bulk actions, and several AI/help-center updates.
Chatwoot Blog · Apr 2026
Improved the article and reply editor, added a participating conversations view, and shipped assignment and Captain AI updates.
Chatwoot Blog · Mar 2026
Released updated assignment policies and mobile search improvements, plus multiple workflow and AI-related fixes.
Chatwoot Blog · Feb 2026
Moved Captain AI directly into the reply editor and replaced the earlier OpenAI-based setup with Chatwoot’s own backend.