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# Hi.Events

### Open-source event ticketing and management platform

Sell tickets online for conferences, nightlife events, concerts, club nights, workshops, and festivals.  
Self-hosted or cloud. Your events, your brand, your data.

[Try Cloud →](https://app.hi.events/auth/register?utm_source=gh-readme) · [Live Demo](https://app.hi.events/event/2/hievents-conference-2030?utm_source=gh-readme) · [Documentation](https://hi.events/docs?utm_source=gh-readme) · [Website](https://hi.events?utm_source=gh-readme)

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## Why Hi.Events?

Most ticketing platforms charge per-ticket fees and lock your data into their ecosystem. **Hi.Events is a modern,
open-source alternative to Eventbrite, Tickettailor, Dice.fm, and other ticketing platforms** for organizers who want
full control over branding, checkout, data, and infrastructure.

Trusted by thousands of event organizers worldwide — from nightlife promoters and festivals to venues, community groups,
and conference hosts. Run it yourself, or let us run it for you on Hi.Events Cloud.

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## Features

**🎟️ Ticketing & sales** — free, paid, donation and tiered tickets · recurring and multi-date events · sold-out
waitlists · promo codes, including promo-gated and hidden tickets · product add-ons and categories · tax, fee and
capacity management

**🎨 Branding & customization** — event homepage designer for cover image, colors and typography · branded organizer
homepage · customizable PDF tickets · embeddable ticket widget · SEO metadata controls

**👥 Attendee management** — custom checkout questions · advanced search, filtering and CSV/XLSX export · full and
partial refunds · bulk messaging · QR check-in with scan logs and access-controlled check-in lists

**📊 Analytics & growth** — sales dashboard · affiliate tracking · daily sales, product sales, promo code, revenue and
tax reports · outgoing webhooks

**⚙️ Operations** — multi-user roles · Stripe Connect payments · offline payment methods · automatic
invoicing · online and in-person events · multi-language support · full REST API with
[interactive OpenAPI docs](#rest-api)

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## Quick Start

Built with **Laravel 13** (PHP >=8.3) · **React 19** with SSR · **TypeScript** · **PostgreSQL** · **Redis** · **Docker**.

### One-Click Deploy

[![Deploy on DigitalOcean](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://github.com/HiEventsDev/hi.events-digitalocean)
[![Deploy to Render](https://render.com/images/deploy-to-render-button.svg)](https://github.com/HiEventsDev/hi.events-render.com)
[![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.app/button.svg)](https://railway.app/template/8CGKmu?referralCode=KvSr11)
[![Deploy on Zeabur](https://zeabur.com/button.svg)](https://zeabur.com/templates/8DIRY6)

### Docker

```bash
git clone git@github.com:HiEventsDev/hi.events.git
cd hi.events/docker/all-in-one

# Generate keys (Linux/macOS)
echo "APP_KEY=base64:$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >> .env
echo "JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >> .env

docker compose up -d
```

> [!TIP]
> **Windows users:** See `./docker/all-in-one/README.md` for key generation instructions.

Open `http://localhost:8123` and create your account.

📖 [Full installation guide](https://hi.events/docs/getting-started?utm_source=gh-readme)

### REST API

Hi.Events ships a documented REST API. Set `API_DOCS_ENABLED=true` in your `.env` to serve interactive OpenAPI
documentation at `/docs/api` on your own instance, or export the spec with:

```bash
php artisan scramble:export
```

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## Hi.Events Cloud

Prefer not to self-host? **[Hi.Events Cloud](https://app.hi.events/auth/register?utm_source=gh-readme)** is the fully
managed version of this repository — zero setup, automatic updates and managed infrastructure, run by the team that
builds Hi.Events.

[Get started →](https://app.hi.events/auth/register?utm_source=gh-readme)

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## Licensing

Hi.Events is licensed under **AGPL-3.0 with additional terms**. The additional terms require the "Powered by Hi.Events"
attribution to be retained on pages and emails generated by the software — see [LICENCE](LICENCE) for the exact wording.

**Commercial licences are available** if you'd like to remove the attribution or need terms that suit a white-labelled
deployment. [Licensing options](https://hi.events/licensing?utm_source=gh-readme) ·
[hello@hi.events](mailto:hello@hi.events)

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## Contributing

Contributions are welcome — see the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started. Please open an issue or
discussion before starting significant work so we can align on the approach. Contributors sign
a [CLA](CLA.md).

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## Security

Found a vulnerability? Please report it privately to [security@hi.events](mailto:security@hi.events) rather than opening
a public issue. See our [security policy](SECURITY.md).

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## Support

📖 [Documentation](https://hi.events/docs?utm_source=gh-readme) ·
🐛 [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/HiEventsDev/hi.events/issues) ·
💬 [Discussions](https://github.com/HiEventsDev/hi.events/discussions) ·
📧 [hello@hi.events](mailto:hello@hi.events)

New features and improvements are listed on
the [releases page](https://github.com/HiEventsDev/hi.events/releases).

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**[Website](https://hi.events)** · **[Documentation](https://hi.events/docs)** · **[Cloud](https://app.hi.events/auth/register?utm_source=gh-readme)** · **[Licensing](https://hi.events/licensing)**

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