Choosing Event Management Tools means sorting through projects that cover different parts of the workflow: call for papers, scheduling, speaker management, ticketing, seating, memberships, community operations, and venue-related tracking. This June 2026 ToolVitals dataset compares open/source-visible event management projects using the supplied ToolVitals score, health score, shipping score, openness label, license label, GitHub stars, and status.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only and orders them by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal. That means a smaller project can rank above a more starred one when its overall ToolVitals score is stronger; all listed tools here are labeled OSI-approved OSS, with license labels shown exactly as supplied.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretalx | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 73 | 81 | 917 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Eventyay | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 82 | 72 | 1628 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Hitobito | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 74 | 73 | 473 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 4 | Events Tracker | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 72 | 73 | 23 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 5 | Lespass | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 62 | 66 | 31 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 6 | Togather | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 59 | 66 | 3 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 7 | Open Source Event Manager | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 44 | 921 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 8 | Open Community Groups | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 54 | 51 | 55 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 9 | BYCEPS | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 41 | 23 | 110 | 48 | 🟡 Fair |
| 10 | Xypheria | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 38 | 23 | 0 | 46 | 🟡 Fair |
| 11 | EventSeats | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 46 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 🟡 Fair |
| 12 | Schedlyx | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 30 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 13 | ApplicantAtlas | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Pretalx ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 83, the highest score in this set. It is described as a conference planning tool for call for papers, scheduling, and speaker management, with a strong shipping score of 81 and a health score of 73. Its openness_label is OSI-approved OSS, its license_label is AGPL-3.0, and it has 917 GitHub stars.
Eventyay ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 81 and has the largest GitHub star count in the dataset at 1628. It is described as an open source event management, ticketing, talks, and video platform. Its health score of 82 is the highest listed, while its shipping score is 72. Its openness_label is OSI-approved OSS and its license_label is Apache-2.0.
Hitobito ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 79 and balanced underlying scores: 74 for health and 73 for shipping. It is described as a web app for managing complex group hierarchies, members, events, and more, which makes it broader than a conference-only tool. Its openness_label is OSI-approved OSS, its license_label is AGPL-3.0, and it has 473 GitHub stars.
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