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PretixvsZulip

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

PretixZulip
Score64/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Event Management#1 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars2 55426 133
Stars, last 30 days+32+190
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—12.3 · 21 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Zulip scores 82/100 against 64/100 for Pretix, so it is the safer default.

Zulip ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pretix.

Zulip is growing faster right now (+190 stars in 30 days).

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