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PretixvsWriteFreely

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

PretixWriteFreely
Score64/10065/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Event Management#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars2 5545 276
Stars, last 30 days+32+19
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 64/100 for Pretix, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pretix.

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