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Chatwoot vs chatwoot-mobile-app
Chatwoot has 36,913 GitHub stars, 8,958 forks, 1,377 open issues and last shipped yesterday. chatwoot-mobile-app has 1,044 stars, 533 forks, 74 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Chatwoot leads on adoption by 3,436% (36,913 vs 1,044 stars). Chatwoot is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence; chatwoot-mobile-app is written in TypeScript under MIT. Chatwoot has attracted 24% as many forks as stars, chatwoot-mobile-app 51%. Chatwoot was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (customer-support), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Chatwoot | chatwoot-mobile-app | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 1.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.0K | ⑂ 533 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Chatwoot if
- You weight community size — 37K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick chatwoot-mobile-app if
- You want the chatwoot-mobile-app feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and chatwoot-mobile-app fits your workflow better
About Chatwoot
Chatwoot is a Ruby based, open source, self hosted customer support platform that consolidates live chat, email, and social messaging into one omnichannel inbox, positioned as an open alternative to Intercom, Twilio, Zendesk, and Salesforce Service Cloud.
read the full Chatwoot overview →
About chatwoot-mobile-app
Mobile client for the Chatwoot customer support platform, built with React Native and Expo, aimed at support agents and teams who need to answer customer conversations from Android and iOS devices instead of a desktop browser.
read the full chatwoot-mobile-app overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chatwoot or chatwoot-mobile-app more popular?
Chatwoot has 36,913 GitHub stars and chatwoot-mobile-app has 1,044. Chatwoot has the larger community by that measure.
Are Chatwoot and chatwoot-mobile-app free?
Both are open source. Chatwoot has no licence declared in this registry, and chatwoot-mobile-app is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Chatwoot and chatwoot-mobile-app?
Chatwoot is written in Ruby and chatwoot-mobile-app in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Chatwoot or chatwoot-mobile-app?
Choose Chatwoot if you want the larger community (36,913 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose chatwoot-mobile-app if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.