osTicket vs Tegon

Comparing two open source alternatives to Jira. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

osTicket

GPL-2.0

Open-source help desk ticketing system. Routes emails, web forms, and phone requests into a unified agent workspace. Self-hosted, PHP, GPL-2.0.

AGPL-3.0

Dev-first open source alternative to Jira and Linear for issue tracking, sprint planning, and product development.

	osTicket	Tegon
License	GPL-2.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	3,988	1,910
Forks	1,851	125
Open Issues	1,216	53
Last Commit	Jun 17, 2026	Mar 30, 2025
First Released	Aug 12, 2013	Jan 23, 2024
Categories	Help Desk & Ticketing Software	Project Management
Tags	#help desk #customer support #ticketing #email #open-source	—

osTicket3,988

Tegon

A free and open-source Laravel CRM for SMEs and enterprises with full customer lifecycle management.

Open-source project management platform — an alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp.

Open-source design and prototyping platform with native design tokens, real CSS layouts and self-hosting — a strong Figma alternative.

Open-source CRM with native AI agent support, 30 MCP tools, REST API, and self-hosting capabilities.

Self-hostable project management for dev teams: issues, cycles, modules, pages, and analytics. Go + React alternative to Jira and Linear.

Open source CRM with unlimited users, built by the Frappe team for lead, deal and sales pipeline management.