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pretalxvsVvveb CMS

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

pretalxVvveb CMS
Score62/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Conference Management#11 of 18 in Content Management
GitHub stars9541 212
Stars, last 30 days+8+19
Stable releases, 12 months77
Latest releasev2026.2.1 · 8 Jul 20261.0.8.6 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonHTML

Which one should you pick?

pretalx scores 62/100 against 55/100 for Vvveb CMS, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Vvveb CMS is easier to run; pretalx needs more configuration.

Vvveb CMS is growing faster right now (+19 stars in 30 days).

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