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CompassDocs gives teams a self-hosted home for SOPs, technical documentation, policies, and internal knowledge. People can write in rich text or Markdown, search documents, and ask plain-English questions that return inline citations; without an AI key, search falls back to keywords. Roles, custom permissions, private spaces, and an optional review queue govern access and publishing. Teams can track acknowledgements and completion, maintain version history, or publish selected spaces as a branded public site.
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ITarian Remote Desktop
by ITarian Remote DesktopFree plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1Technicians providing remote support across desktop and mobile devices — ITarian connects technicians to customer devices for remote control, troubleshooting, file transfer, and session recording rather than managing team documentation.
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iTop
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3IT teams managing configuration items and service workflows — iTop centers on a customizable CMDB and ITSM workflows for requests, incidents, problems, changes, and service catalogs, rather than team knowledge documentation.
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Scribe
Free plan APIExtensionMac+2Teams turning captured workflows into editable process guides — Scribe captures workflows and creates step-by-step guides, with screenshot redaction and guide analytics, rather than serving as a self-hosted knowledge base.
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Tango
Free plan ExtensionMacWeb+1Teams creating browser walkthroughs and SaaS browser agents — Tango captures browser processes as walkthroughs and browser agents, with on-screen guidance, rather than organizing general team documentation.
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FreeITSM
Free plan Open source APIExtensionLinux+4IT professionals running a self-hosted service desk — FreeITSM combines 23 IT service modules, including email ticketing, asset tracking, and opt-in AI features, rather than focusing on team documentation.
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ITFlow
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1IT providers combining client records, tickets, and billing — ITFlow combines client IT documentation with ticketing, invoicing, and payments, rather than focusing on team SOPs and internal knowledge.
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GLPI
Free plan Open source AndroidAPIExtension+6 - 9
Zammad
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 10
Znuny
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 11
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Helpy
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb - 13
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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5 - 15
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osTicket
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb - 17
Tessio
Free plan Self-hostedWeb - 18
Alloy Navigator
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+5 - 19
Deskpro
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+2 - 20
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Freshservice
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1 - 23
Gfacility
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1 - 24
HaloITSM
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3
Its focus is documentation, so teams whose daily work centers on customer support, IT service workflows, or capturing procedures as guides may prefer a more specialized product. Community is free, while the Enterprise license costs $599 per year; the managed Cloud plan is coming soon at $8 per user per month. CompassDocs supports Linux, macOS, Windows, web, API, and self-hosted use. When switching, weigh whether the alternative handles the work you need, along with its deployment options, integrations, access controls, and publishing or sharing needs.
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