HumHub

Open source intranet and community software for organizations

About HumHub

HumHub is an open-source collaboration platform that brings an organization together in a private social network or intranet. Each person gets a profile, teams collaborate in dedicated Spaces, and content such as posts, files, wikis, and surveys stays in one place. With more than eighty modules, flexible permissions, and SaaS or on-premise deployment, it adapts to companies, institutions, nonprofits, and universities.

HumHub website preview

Live preview of humhub.org via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

HumHub: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Free tier available — you can start without paying (freemium model).
Covers intranet, community, collaboration, open source — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

The full feature set sits behind a paid plan — check which limits the free tier carries on the official site before committing.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 565 tools in the Communication & Collaboration category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

HumHub pricing

Pricing model	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Free access	Yes — free tier, paid upgrades available
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	humhub.org

HumHub key facts

Category: Communication & Collaboration
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: intranet, community, collaboration, open source
Official site: humhub.org

HumHub FAQ

How much does HumHub cost?

Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (humhub.org).

What is HumHub used for?

Open source intranet and community software for organizations Its focus areas in the Communication & Collaboration category: intranet, community, collaboration, open source.

Where can I try HumHub?

On its official site, humhub.org — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

HumHub vs alternatives

	HumHub	Discourse	Elgg	Etherpad
Pricing	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	intranet, community, collaboration, open source	forums, community, open source, support	social network, community, self hosted, open source	collaboration, editor, open source
Official site	humhub.org	discourse.org	elgg.org	etherpad.org
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Communication & Collaboration category

Chat, video meetings, and messaging apps that keep teams connected. The Communication & Collaboration category on Tools Hub currently lists 565 tools. Alongside HumHub, it includes OSSN, Remark42, MiroTalk C2C, plugNmeet.

FreemiumCommunication & Collaborationintranetcommunitycollaborationopen-source

Alternatives to HumHub

Tools in the same Communication & Collaboration category that share focus areas with HumHub — worth comparing before you commit:

Communication & Collaboration

Discourse

Open-source platform for community discussions.

Freemiumforumscommunityopen-sourcesupport

Communication & Collaboration

Elgg

Open source social networking engine and framework

Freesocial-networkcommunityself-hostedopen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Etherpad

Real-time collaborative editor where multiple people write in one document simultaneously

Freecollaborationeditoropen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Flarum

Delightfully simple forum platform focused on speed and extensibility

Freeforumscommunityopen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Forem

Open-source platform behind DEV and other communities

Freecommunityopen-sourcepublishingdevto

Communication & Collaboration

Habitat

A platform for local communities

Freecommunitylocalsocial-networkopen-source

More in Communication & Collaboration

Comparing tools in the Communication & Collaboration category? These related listings are worth a look: OSSN — Open source social network software you can self-host; Remark42 — Privacy-focused lightweight commenting engine for websites; MiroTalk C2C — Open source one-to-one WebRTC video calling in the browser.