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  • AdultKing
    Raise Your Weapon
    • Jun 2003
    • 15601

    #1

    Tech Open Source Help Desk - Free Scout

    If you have a need to manage support for pay sites, software, services or anything else then there's a confusing array of options that are mostly paid.

    A brand new option is a well developed web application called Free Scout.

    Free Scout is production ready, it's not beta software. It is under active development and has a well thought out interface and workflow.

    Features include:

    100% Mobile-friendly.
    Multilingual.
    Seamless email integration.
    Web installer & updater.
    Starred conversations.
    Push notifications.
    Auto reply.
    Saved replies.
    Notes.
    Pasting screenshots from the clipboard into the reply area.
    Satisfaction Ratings.
    Configuring notifications on a per user basis.
    Open tracking.
    Tags.
    Edit / hide threads.
    LDAP integration.
    Search.

    Check out https://freescout.net





    Free Scout is entirely open source, with the source code on GitHub here:

    https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout

    Like everything I post here I am more than happy to help people install or get up and running with open source software. I am not always instantly available but will be able to help you get going.
  • Miguel T
    ♦ Web Developer ♦
    • May 2005
    • 12472

    #2
    Nice nice!!!

    Full Stack Webdeveloper: HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, AJAX, ElevatedX, NATS, MechBunny, Wordpress

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    • myleene
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2013
      • 906

      #3
      Project looks good, but there are 3 odd things about it:

      1) They got a DMCA violation warning by the CEO of the paid software they cloned:
      https://github.com/freescout-helpdes...out/issues/162

      2) They didn't want to disclose who is behind it:
      https://github.com/freescout-helpdes...out/issues/161

      3) Their main domain is whois protected:
      https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=freescout.net

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      • AdultKing
        Raise Your Weapon
        • Jun 2003
        • 15601

        #4
        Originally posted by myleene
        Project looks good, but there are 3 odd things about it:

        1) They got a DMCA violation warning by the CEO of the paid software they cloned:
        https://github.com/freescout-helpdes...out/issues/162
        If I listed the number of companies that have DMCA'd open source projects because the feel hurt that their idea has been made free then I would run out of room in this post. Companies profiting from SAAS services are regular offenders when it comes to misusing copyright law to protect their 'ideas' - if they had a patent that would be different but they didn't.

        2) They didn't want to disclose who is behind it:
        https://github.com/freescout-helpdes...out/issues/161
        Many developers of tools you use every day have pseudonyms, nothing odd about that.

        I contribute to some GNU projects under a different GitHub account because I don't want people trying to bug me for support or help.

        3) Their main domain is whois protected:
        https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=freescout.net
        This is also common.

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