Overview:
Hi.Events is an open-source event ticketing and management platform designed for organizers who want to sell tickets online for conferences, concerts, festivals, nightlife events, workshops, and more. It serves as an alternative to Eventbrite, Tickettailor, and Dice.fm, providing both self-hosted and cloud options. The platform targets nightlife promoters, festival organizers, venues, community groups, and conference hosts who want full control over their event branding, checkout process, data, and infrastructure without being locked into proprietary ecosystems.
Core Features:
Flexible ticketing: Supports free, paid, donation-based, and tiered ticket types, with hidden or locked tickets behind promo codes and pre-sale access.
Branding and customization: Includes a customizable checkout, PDF ticket designs, a branded organizer homepage, a drag-and-drop event page builder, an embeddable ticket widget, and SEO tools (meta tags, Open Graph).
Attendee management: Allows custom checkout questions, advanced search and filtering, full and partial refunds, bulk messaging by ticket type, QR code check-in with scan logs, and access-controlled check-in lists.
Analytics and growth: Provides a real-time sales dashboard, affiliate and referral tracking, advanced reporting (sales, tax, promos), and webhooks for integration with tools like Zapier and Make.
Operations and deployment: Features multi-user roles and permissions, Stripe Connect instant payouts, offline payment methods, automatic invoicing, event archiving, multi-language support, and a full REST API.
Use Cases:
Nightlife promoters and festival organizers who need to sell tickets with multiple types, promo codes, and capacity management, while customizing the checkout and ticket design.
Venues and community groups that want to host events with a branded organizer homepage, embeddable ticket widgets, and detailed attendee management, including QR check-in and bulk messaging.
Self-hosters and developers who require complete data ownership, a full REST API for custom integrations, and no per-ticket fees, deploying the platform on their own infrastructure.
Event organizers using cloud services who prefer a managed solution with automatic updates, zero setup, and Stripe Connect for instant payouts, without needing DevOps capacity.
Why It Matters:
Hi.Events is positioned as an open-source alternative to major ticketing platforms, offering a self-hosted option that eliminates per-ticket fees and provides full data ownership. Its API, webhooks, and multi-user permissions support integration with existing workflows and CRMs, while the customizable branding and checkout allow organizers to maintain a consistent event experience. For teams that prioritize control over ticketing infrastructure and attendee data, Hi.Events provides a transparent, self-hostable foundation that does not lock data into a single vendor.
