A free, open-source Standup & Prosper alternative
Same async standups, run on your own infrastructure, with two more team rituals included rather than sold separately.
Add to Slack installs Morgenruf on the free hosted instance CloudDrove runs. Self-hosting is the same MIT code.
Morgenruf is a free, open-source (MIT) alternative to Standup & Prosper for Slack. Both run async standups by DM with one summary in the channel. Morgenruf is free at any team size on its hosted instance, can also run on your own servers, and adds coffee chats and kudos in the same app.
Last reviewed September 26, 2026
The short version
Standup & Prosper is a hosted Slack standup bot with a generous free tier and a simple, well made product. Morgenruf does the same job, free on its hosted instance or on your own infrastructure, and adds coffee chats and recognition. If their free tier covers you and you have no reason to move, that is a perfectly good answer, and the other comparisons will not tell you anything different.
How do Morgenruf and Standup & Prosper compare?
| Morgenruf | Standup & Prosper | |
|---|---|---|
| Async standups in Slack | Yes | Yes |
| A hosted service with a free tier | Yes, any team size | Yes |
| Runs on your own servers | Yes | No |
| Source you can read | MIT | Closed |
| Coffee chats and kudos in the same app | Yes | No, standups only |
Checked against Standup & Prosper's own site on 2026-09-27: a free plan with unlimited standups and team members, and paid plans at $1 or $4 per standup user a month.
Where Standup & Prosper wins
- Zero operations. Nothing to deploy, patch or back up.
- A free plan with no user limit. Unlimited standups and team members, so for standups alone on Slack there is no cost argument at all.
- Simplicity. It does one thing and does not ask you to think about modules, scopes or migrations.
Where this is different
- Your data. Answers, blockers and participation live in Postgres you control.
- The same day-to-day in Slack: DMs, a channel summary, slash commands and an App Home tab. What the Slack app does is the page for that.
- No seat maths. The bill does not move when you hire.
- Three rituals in one app rather than a standup tool plus two more subscriptions later.
- Extensible: signed webhooks, automation rules, an MCP server for AI assistants, and the source itself.
What you take on
Nothing, if you use the free hosted instance. Self-hosting is the trade for keeping the data in
your own database, and in practice that means one container, one database, an HTTPS URL, and
docker compose pull when there is a release. Migrations apply themselves on start.
Running it on your own servers sets out the requirements, the
upgrade path and the backups in full. If that sounds like a chore rather than a Tuesday, a hosted
option is cheaper than your time.
What the morning looks like once it is running.
Switching
- Pick a way to run it and give Slack an HTTPS URL.
- Create the app, install it, invite the bot to your channel.
- Recreate the standup, run both for a few days, then turn the old one off.
Morgenruf and Standup & Prosper
Is self-hosting worth it for a team of ten?
Not for the price: Standup & Prosper's free plan has no user limit. It becomes worth it when standup answers cannot sit with a third party, when you want to keep full history in your own database, or when you want coffee chats and recognition too.
What does it cost to run?
A small VPS and a Postgres. Many teams run it beside things they already have, in which case the marginal cost is close to nothing.
Can I keep using Slack the same way?
Yes. It is a Slack app: DMs for questions, a channel for the summary, slash commands, and an App Home tab.