Event management tools vary widely: some focus on ticket sales, while others organize members, recurring events, venues, or community records. ToolVitals compares the projects using its supplied health, shipping, openness, license, and GitHub metrics for July 2026.
This ranking includes open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal when needed. The supplied scores and ordering are preserved.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitobito | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 79 | 81 | 475 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Hi Events | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 84 | 60 | 3935 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Events Tracker | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 72 | 73 | 23 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 4 | alf.io | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 72 | 34 | 1599 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 5 | Open Community Groups | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 59 | 44 | 0 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 6 | Open Source Event Manager | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 34 | 922 | 61 | 🟢 Good |
| 7 | Xypheria | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 38 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 🟡 Fair |
| 8 | EventSeats | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 32 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 9 | Schedlyx | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 30 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 10 | ApplicantAtlas | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Hitobito ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 84, an 81 shipping score, and a 79 health score. Its distinguishing feature is its support for organizations and communities with complex group hierarchies, configurable roles, members, events, courses, mailings, and communication. It is classified as OSI-approved OSS under AGPL-3.0.
Hi Events ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 80 and has the strongest health score in the top three at 84. It is positioned specifically for event ticketing and management across conferences, concerts, nightlife, workshops, and festivals, with both self-hosted and managed cloud deployment documented by the project. It is classified as OSI-approved OSS under AGPL-3.0.
Events Tracker ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 78, a 73 shipping score, and a 72 health score. Rather than centering on ticket sales, it provides a community calendar and CMS for tracking events, recurring series, promoters, artists, venues, attendees, and related entities, with filtering, tagging, forums, and iCal export. It is classified as OSI-approved OSS under MIT.
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