osTicket

Open source ticketing system for customer support and help desks.

Data confidence90/100
Source coverage90/100
Publish confidence90/100
Evidence checkedSep 15, 2026
About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about osTicket

Open source ticketing system for customer support and help desks.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Commit and contributor signals indicate elevated maintenance risk.

Source-visible projectCustomer SupportOSI-approved OSSScored Intelligence
Score Breakdown

Public signal read

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The overall score reflects ToolVitals maintenance and delivery evidence. Adoption is shown as public context only and does not change the overall score.

Activity
Commit activity across recent and sustained windows, with releases as a small supporting signal.
Reliability
Maintenance posture from commit recency, continuity, and active contributors.
Adoption
Public footprint from GitHub stars and forks when available.
ToolVitals40/100Health42/100Shipping37/100Zombie Risk29/100
Overall Score40Critical
Activity37
Reliability42
Adoption75
Project provenance

Fork network

Popular active forks

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Repository

GitHub Activity

PHP
osTicket/osTicket
Stars3,913
Forks1,837
Contributors1Active in 90d · as of Sep 15, 2026
Open Issues1,205
Primary Language
PHP
Last Commit
89 days ago
Commits 30d
0
Commits 90d
29
Releases 90d
2
Default Branch
develop
License
GPL-2.0
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence90/100Strong
Source Coverage90/100Strong
Publish Confidence90/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

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Openness

License Evidence

Class
OSI-approved OSS
License
GPL-2.0

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Profile

Classification

Category
Crm
Use Case
Customer Support
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
GPL-2.0
Tool Mode
Source-visible project
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility
Scored Intelligence
Status
Critical
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Tags
helpdeskticketingcustomer-supportopen-sourceself-hosted

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