Revel
Community-focused event management and ticketing platform.
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Still maintained? Yes: 198 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.27.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Polls and Events: Eventbrite alternatives, Typeform alternatives, Doodle alternatives, Google Forms alternatives.
At a glance
Revel quick facts
- Health score
- 88/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 118
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.27.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Revel
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Revel is an open-source event management, ticketing and membership platform for communities, clubs, independent venues and independent artists."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Revel scores 88/100, #11 of 21 in Polls and Events: 198 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.27.0, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 118 stars add 8.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 11.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
198 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.27.0 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.3 / 20
118 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 198
- Last 90 days
- 630
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 21 tools in Polls and Events by health , between EventSchedule (#10) and Bracket (#12) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.27.0 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 118 |
| Open issues | 59 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | letsrevel/revel-backend ↗ |
Revel vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Revel (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 |
| ClearFlask | 91 | 450 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| gathio | 91 | 467 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Revel (this tool) | 88 | 118 | MIT | today |
| Gancio | 77 | 66 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
Revel: common questions
Is Revel still maintained?
Revel had 198 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.27.0, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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