Open-source event management and ticketing platforms in 2026

2 open-source projects, ranked by GitHub stars and how recently each was worked on. Alf.io leads with 1.6k stars, ahead of Eventmie. 2 had code pushed in the last three months. Most common licenses: GPL-3.0 (1) and MIT (1). Commercial event management and ticketing platforms are listed separately.

All open-source event management and ticketing platforms, ranked

1
Alf.io alfio-event
alf.io - The open source ticket reservation system for conferences, trade shows, workshops, meetups

Complete system Production-ready You run paid events and want to avoid Eventbrite fees and keep attendee data yourself.
★ 1.6k GPL-3.0 Java Active, pushed yesterday
2
Eventmie classiebit
Run your own Events business with Eventmie on your hosting & domain. Open-source self-hosted eventbrite alternative.. Use it as an event ticket selling website or event management platform on your own domain.

Complete system Usable You run events and want ticket sales on your own site without per-ticket platform fees.
★ 190 MIT PHP Active, pushed 3 months ago

Compared head to head

Cvent vs Eventbrite Eventbrite vs Ticket Tailor Alf.io vs Eventbrite Eventbrite vs Eventmie Cvent vs Ticket Tailor Alf.io vs Cvent Cvent vs Eventmie Alf.io vs Ticket Tailor Eventmie vs Ticket Tailor Alf.io vs Eventmie

Open-source licenses

Strong copyleft: 1. If you distribute the program or anything built on it, you must release the whole source under the same license.
Permissive: 1. Use it anywhere, including in closed products. You keep the copyright notice; Apache-2.0 also grants patent rights.

Languages

Java 1 and PHP 1.

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