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prefectvsPretix

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

prefectPretix
Score80/10064/100
Rank in category#4 of 32 in Workflow Automation#2 of 11 in Event Management
GitHub stars24 0982 554
Stars, last 30 days+177+32
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest release2.20.27 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

prefect scores 80/100 against 64/100 for Pretix, so it is the safer default.

prefect ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pretix.

prefect is growing faster right now (+177 stars in 30 days).

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