Open Source Collaboration & Feedback Software
Collaboration & Feedback tools provide structured environments for collecting user input and managing public product roadmaps. These apps allow website owners to embed comment sections into articles or host dedicated boards for feature requests and changelogs. This type of software is for product managers and publishers who need to organize community suggestions without relying on external platforms. Self-hosting these tools ensures that discussion threads and voter identities remain on private servers. You can manage moderation and update logs according to your own privacy standards.
This page lists 5 open source tools in the Collaboration & Feedback category. The most popular are Remark42, Isso and Coral. Most use the Apache-2.0 or MIT license, and 5 offer an official Docker image.
Remark42
A self-hosted, privacy-focused comment engine for embedding discussions into blogs, articles, and other websites.
Isso
A lightweight commenting server that allows website owners to host their own comment sections using SQLite.
Coral
An open-source commenting platform designed to improve moderation and conversation quality for digital publications.
ClearFlask
Collect and manage customer feedback and feature requests to inform product development and roadmap planning.
ShipShipShip
A self-hosted platform for managing product roadmaps and changelogs with community voting and automated newsletters.
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