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PretixvsForem Selfhost

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

PretixForem Selfhost
Score64/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Event Management#2 of 6 in Community
GitHub stars2 5541 480
Stars, last 30 days+32—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonJinja

Which one should you pick?

Pretix scores 64/100 against 51/100 for Forem Selfhost, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Pretix is easier to run; Forem Selfhost needs more configuration.

Pretix is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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