Revel
Revel · Vienna, Austria
What it is
Revel is an open-source event management platform for communities, clubs, and independent venues, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting under the MIT License. Organizers can offer free or paid tickets, set ticket tiers, reserve seats, and check attendees in by QR code. Custom questionnaires can screen attendees before an event address is shown. Community features include potluck coordination, memberships, class passes, and members-only events; venues and theaters can use a seat-map designer, zone pricing, and QR door scanning. Event listings, individual events, and series can be embedded on an organizer's website. Listed integrations include Stripe payments, Google OAuth sign-in, optional OpenAI questionnaire evaluation, Telegram notifications, and Apple Wallet downloads. Self-hosting materials describe Docker deployment and a REST API with OpenAPI documentation. Revel's privacy policy says data is stored in Germany, not sold, and not tracked through analytics or tracking cookies. Payments are handled by Stripe, and Revel says it does not store card numbers or bank-account details. Self-hosting is free; hosted processing is 3% + €0.50 only when Revel processes a payment, while free events cost €0.
For and against
For
- Supports free and paid tickets with tier options.
- Includes memberships, class passes, and members-only events.
- Event listings and series can be embedded on websites.
- Self-hosting is available under the MIT License.
- Free events have €0 hosted processing fees.
Against
- Infrastructure and Stripe processing are paid separately for self-hosting.
- Hosted processing incurs 3% + €0.50 when Revel processes payment.
- Hosted fees are exclusive of VAT where applicable.
The verdict
Revel combines ticketing and venue tools with features for recurring communities, and it offers both hosted and self-hosted use. Organizers should account for infrastructure costs when self-hosting and transaction fees on eligible hosted payments.
Who it suits
Revel may suit community organizers, clubs, and independent venues, including groups such as book circles, gyms, dance schools, and choirs. Its tools also address venues that need seating plans and QR door scanning.
Plans and prices
Free events / RSVPs / offline payments
Free events · RSVPs · offline payments · no platform charge
Read 21 Oct 2026 · letsrevel.io
Self-hosted
MIT code · organizer pays infrastructure and payment-provider costs
Read 21 Oct 2026 · github.com
Hosted paid-ticket processing
Paid tickets · Stripe processing required · fixed fee per order
Read 21 Oct 2026 · letsrevel.io
Hosted platform fees
Cash or wire transfer managed in dashboard for free · fees exclusive of VAT, where applicable
Read 7 Oct 2026 · letsrevel.io
On the record
- Age requirement
- Users must be at least 16 to create an account, while organizers remain responsible for enforcing event-specific age restrictions.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Attendee screening
- Organizers can require customizable questionnaires, approve or decline applicants, and maintain invitation-only or private guest lists.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Community activities
- Revel includes potluck coordination with dietary flags and contribution tracking.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Community features
- The platform includes potluck coordination, memberships, class passes, and members-only events.letsrevel.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Let's Revel as a privately held software-development company with 2–10 employees.linkedin.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project provides MkDocs documentation, a self-hosting guide, repository READMEs and a demo environment whose data resets nightly.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Embedding
- Event listings, individual events and event series can be embedded on other websites using script, iframe or oEmbed.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Embeds
- Organizers can embed event listings, individual events, or event series on their own websites using an embed script, iframe, or oEmbed integration.letsrevel.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Eventbrite integration
- Organizers can optionally cross-list Revel events on Eventbrite.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure provider
- Hosted application, database, background jobs, monitoring and logs run on Hetzner infrastructure with data located in Germany.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The terms list Stripe payments, Google OAuth sign-in, optional OpenAI questionnaire evaluation, Telegram notifications, and Apple Wallet ticket and pass downloads.letsrevel.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site describes use by queer collectives, kink clubs, supper clubs, book circles, gyms, yoga studios, dance schools, and choirs.letsrevel.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- License
- Revel's backend, frontend and infrastructure repositories are released under the MIT License.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: deployment architecture
- Published container images are built for linux/amd64 only, so other CPU architectures require additional work.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: email dependency
- A self-hosted instance can run without SMTP, but users will not receive verification or ticket emails until mail delivery is configured.github.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: support maturity
- The project is small, with LinkedIn showing only 2–10 employees and the GitHub organization showing no public members.linkedin.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Maker and headquarters
- The legal service provider is Biagio Distefano, with a listed address in Vienna, Austria.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
- Memberships
- Clubs and studios can sell recurring monthly or annual memberships, class passes and members-only activities.letsrevel.io · read 21 Oct 2026
