Best self-hosted polls and events
Software for organising [polls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll) and [events](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event).
We track 21 self-hosted polls and events projects. The median health score in this category is 65, against 6 projects rated healthy or better and 2 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Formbricks Experience Management Suite built on the largest open source survey stack worldwide. Gracefully gather feedback at every | Thriving · 89 | 13k | Nodejs, Docker | 17 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Rallly Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle). | Thriving · 87 | 5.3k | Nodejs, Docker | 21 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | OpnForm Beautiful form builder. | Healthy · 75 | 3.8k | PHP, Nodejs | 2 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | Fider Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice). | Healthy · 74 | 4.5k | Docker | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| 5 | LimeSurvey Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic. | Healthy · 70 | 3.7k | PHP | — | |
| 6 | ClearFlask Community-feedback tool for managing incoming feedback and prioritizing a public roadmap (alternative to Canny, UserVoic | Healthy · 69 | 451 | Docker | 11 Sept 2026 | |
| 7 | hitobito Manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more. | Steady · 67 | 479 | Ruby | 7 Jul 2026 | |
| 8 | Revel Community-focused event management and ticketing platform. | Steady · 66 | 109 | Python, Docker | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 9 | HeyForm Form builder that allows anyone to create engaging conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls. | Steady · 65 | 9k | Docker | 9 Sept 2026 | |
| 10 | EventSchedule Share events, sell tickets, and bring communities together. | Steady · 65 | 66 | PHP, Docker | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 11 | Claper The ultimate tool to interact with your audience (alternative to Slido, AhaSlides and Mentimeter). | Steady · 58 | 806 | Elixir, Docker | 6 Aug 2026 | |
| 12 | Bracket Flexible tournament system to build a tournament setup, add teams, schedule matches, keep track of scores and present ra | Steady · 55 | 1.7k | Docker, Nodejs | 29 Dec 2025 | |
| 13 | gathio Self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages. | Steady · 53 | 464 | Nodejs, Docker | 7 Sept 2026 | |
| 14 | docassemble System for guided interviews and document assembly, based on Python, YAML, and Markdown. | Slowing · 47 | 988 | Docker, Python | — | |
| 15 | Bitpoll Conduct polls about dates, times or general questions. | Slowing · 44 | 316 | Docker, Python | 22 May 2026 | |
| 16 | Christmas Community Create a simple place for your entire family to use to find gifts that people want, and to avoid double-gifting. | At risk · 32 | 424 | Docker, Nodejs | — | |
| 17 | Meetable Minimal events aggregator. | At risk · 29 | 170 | PHP | — | |
| 18 | Digistorm Create collaborative surveys, quizzes, brainstorms, and word clouds (documentation in French). | Unrated | — | Nodejs | — | |
| 19 | Framadate Online service for planning an appointment or make a decision quickly and easily: Make a poll, Define dates or subjects | Unrated | — | PHP | — | |
| 20 | Gancio Local community event and agenda sharing. | Unrated | — | Nodejs | — | |
| 21 | Mobilizon Federated tool that helps you find, create and organise events and groups. | Unrated | — | Elixir, Docker | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Formbricks is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 89/100. Rallly is the closest runner-up (87/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.