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Rallly
Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle).
DockerNodejs
Polls and Events
Open source alternatives to Doodle
We track 4 open-source Doodle alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Rallly leads on health at 95/100 with 753 commits in the last 90 days; across all 4 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, CECILL-B, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 4 alternatives best health 95 ★ 6.3k combined 779 commits / 90d 3 with Docker
Top picks to replace Doodle
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Healthiest
Health 95/100: 753 commits in 90 days, latest release v4.16.3, Docker image available.
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Permissive licence
MIT, so you can fork or embed it without publishing changes; health 75/100.
Showing 4 of 4 tools
All 4 Doodle alternatives, ranked by health
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OpenSlides
Presentation and assembly system for managing and projecting agenda, motions and elections of an assembly.
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Bitpoll
Conduct polls about dates, times or general questions.
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Framadate
Online service for planning an appointment or make a decision quickly and easily: Make a poll, Define dates or subjects to choose, Send the poll link to your friends or colleagues, Discuss and make a decision.
PHP
Doodle alternatives compared
Rallly edges OpenSlides 95 to 75, and most of the difference is commit activity: 753 commits in 90 days against 16 commits in 90 days. Rallly also has the largest following, at 5.3k stars.
The most recent release is Rallly v4.16.3, published 4 days ago. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (1), PHP (1) and Python (1) are the most common. OpenSlides is permissively licensed; Rallly, Bitpoll and Framadate are copyleft. Framadate is not hosted on a forge Repoly can read, so it has no measured score yet.
3 of these 4 also appear among the Slido alternatives; Rallly is specific to Doodle.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Rallly Steady at 95 since 11 Sep | 95 | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| OpenSlides Down 1 point since 11 Sep | 75 | 661 | MIT | 10 days ago | Yes |
| Bitpoll Down 1 point since 11 Sep, no release for 5 months | 67 | 318 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago | Yes |
| Framadate | 10 | 0 | CECILL-B | unknown | No |
Doodle alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Doodle?
Rallly scores highest at 95/100, with 753 commits in the last 90 days, 5.3k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v4.16.3) published 4 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which Doodle alternatives use a permissive licence?
1 of 4 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): OpenSlides (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Doodle alternatives run in Docker?
3 of 4 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Rallly, OpenSlides, Bitpoll. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Rallly or OpenSlides the better Doodle alternative?
On measured health Rallly leads, 95 to 75. Rallly has 753 commits in 90 days, 5.3k stars and v4.16.3 from 4 days ago; OpenSlides has 16 commits in 90 days, 661 stars and 4.3.6 from 10 days ago. Pick OpenSlides if licensing matters: it is MIT, while Rallly is AGPL-3.0.
Are the Doodle alternatives still maintained?
2 of the 3 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Doodle alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Rallly. PHP: Framadate. Python: Bitpoll. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
