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Hi.Events

Open-source event management and ticket selling platform — perfect for concerts, conferences, and everything in between 🎟️ If you find this project helpful, please consider giving us a star ⭐️

From HiEventsDev·Updated June 20, 2026·View on GitHub·

Sell tickets online for conferences, nightlife events, concerts, club nights, workshops, and festivals. Self-hosted or cloud. Your events, your brand, your data. The project is written primarily in PHP, distributed under the Other license, first published in 2023. It has gained significant community traction with 3,879 stars and 663 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: attendize-alternative, door-management, event-check-in, event-management, event-registration.

Latest release: v1.9.0-beta
April 28, 2026View Changelog →
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Hi.Events

Open-source event ticketing and management platform

Sell tickets online for conferences, nightlife events, concerts, club nights, workshops, and festivals.
Self-hosted or cloud. Your events, your brand, your data.

Try Cloud → · Live Demo · Documentation · Website

License: AGPL v3
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Why Hi.Events?

Most ticketing platforms charge per-ticket fees and lock your data into their ecosystem. Hi.Events is a modern,
open-source alternative to Eventbrite, Tickettailor, Dice.fm, and other ticketing platforms
for organizers who want
full control over branding, checkout, data, and infrastructure.

Built for nightlife promoters, festival organizers, venues, community groups, and conference hosts.

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Features

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🎟️ Ticketing & Sales

  • Flexible ticket types (free, paid, donation, tiered)
  • Hidden and locked tickets behind promo codes
  • Promo codes and pre-sale access
  • Product add-ons (merch, upgrades, extras)
  • Product categories for organization
  • Full tax and fee support (VAT, service fees)
  • Capacity management and shared limits
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🎨 Branding & Customization

  • Beautiful, conversion-optimized checkout
  • Customizable PDF ticket designs
  • Branded organizer homepage
  • Drag-and-drop event page builder
  • Embeddable ticket widget
  • SEO tools (meta tags, Open Graph)
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👥 Attendee Management

  • Custom checkout questions
  • Advanced search, filtering, and export (CSV/XLSX)
  • Full and partial refunds
  • Bulk messaging by ticket type
  • QR code check-in with scan logs
  • Access-controlled check-in lists
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📊 Analytics & Growth

  • Real-time sales dashboard
  • Affiliate and referral tracking
  • Advanced reporting (sales, tax, promos)
  • Webhooks (Zapier, Make, CRMs)
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⚙️ Operations

Multi-user roles and permissions · Stripe Connect instant payouts · Offline payment methods · Offline event support ·
Automatic invoicing · Event archive · Multi-language support · Full REST API

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Compare

FeatureHi.EventsEventbriteTickettailorDice
Self-hosted option
Open source
No per-ticket fees (self-hosted)
Full custom brandingLimitedLimited
Affiliate tracking
API accessLimited
Own your data
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Quick Start

One-Click Deploy

Deploy on DigitalOcean
Deploy to Render
Deploy on Railway
Deploy on Zeabur

Docker

bash
git clone git@github.com:HiEventsDev/hi.events.git cd hi.events/docker/all-in-one # Generate keys (Linux/macOS) echo "APP_KEY=base64:$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >> .env echo "JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >> .env docker compose up -d

[!TIP]
Windows users: See ./docker/all-in-one/README.md for key generation instructions.

Open http://localhost:8123 and create your account.

📖 Full installation guide

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Hi.Events Cloud

Prefer not to self-host? Hi.Events Cloud is a fully
managed option with zero setup, automatic updates, and managed infrastructure.

Get started →

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Contributing

We welcome contributions. See the contributing guide for details.

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Support

📖 Documentation · 📧 hello@hi.events ·
🐛 GitHub Issues

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Changelog

Stay updated with new features and improvements on
the releases page.

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License

Hi.Events is licensed under AGPL-3.0 with additional terms. Commercial licensing
available. Learn more.

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Website · Documentation · *
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Contributors

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