hitobito
Manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more.
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Still maintained? Yes: 315 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.10.0 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Polls and Events: Eventbrite alternatives, Typeform alternatives, Doodle alternatives, Google Forms alternatives.
At a glance
hitobito quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 484
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.10.0, Jul 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Hitobito is an open source web application to manage organisation and communities with complex group hierarchies with members, events, courses, mailings, communication and a lot more."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
hitobito scores 81/100, #13 of 21 in Polls and Events: 315 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.10.0, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 484 stars add 10.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
315 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.10.0 released 4 months ago
- Stars 10.7 / 20
484 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 315
- Last 90 days
- 1,408
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 21 tools in Polls and Events by health , between Bracket (#12) and Gancio (#14) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | 2.10.0 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 484 |
| Open issues | 329 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | hitobito/hitobito ↗ |
hitobito vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with hitobito (Polls and Events), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formbricks | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HeyForm | 96 | 9.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Mobilizon | 89 | 159 | AGPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| EventSchedule | 88 | 91 | AAL | 3 days ago |
| hitobito (this tool) | 81 | 484 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Meetable | 54 | 172 | MIT | 14 days ago |
hitobito: common questions
Is hitobito still maintained?
hitobito had 315 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 2.10.0, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.