Best open source software for nonprofits

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admidio

User management system for websites of organizations and groups. The system has a flexible role model so that it’s possible to reflect the structure and permissions of your organization.

HR & Time TrackingDocker

485

Stands out for a published Docker image. admidio has 485 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,570 commits in the last year.

2

Galette

Membership management web application aimed towards non profit organizations.

Finance & Budgeting

73

Stands out for the longest track record (since 2013). Galette has 73 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license and had 972 commits in the last year.

3

hitobito

Manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more.

Polls, Surveys & Events

484

Stands out for its Ruby codebase. hitobito has 484 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license and had 1,422 commits in the last year.

1

Pretix

Ticket sales platform for events.

E-commerceDocker

2.6k

Stands out for the most commits in the last 12 months (1,578). Pretix has 2,552 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,578 commits in the last year.

2

Hi.Events

Event management and ticketing platform for conferences, concerts, and more. Offering customizable event pages and embeddable ticket widgets.

Booking & SchedulingDocker

4.1k

Stands out for the most GitHub stars. Hi.Events has 4,086 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 with branding terms (Section 7) license, ships a Docker image and had 346 commits in the last year.

3

gathio

Self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages.

Polls, Surveys & EventsDocker

467

gathio has 467 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 104 commits in the last year.

1

WordPress

World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.

CMS

22k

WordPress has 21,509 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-2.0 license and had 2,760 commits in the last year; it replaces WordPress.com and Webflow.

2

Ghost

Just a blogging platform.

Blogging Platforms

56k

Ghost has 55,626 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license and had 6,762 commits in the last year; it replaces Medium.

3

Listmonk

High performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard.

Newsletters & Mailing ListsDocker

24k

Listmonk has 24,011 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 463 commits in the last year; it replaces Mailchimp and Substack.

1

NextcloudFeatured

Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more from any device, on your terms.

File Sync & Storage

37k

Nextcloud has 37,321 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license and had 8,046 commits in the last year; it replaces Google Drive and Dropbox.

2

Mattermost

Platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle, can be integrated with Gitlab (alternative to Slack).

Team ChatDocker

39k

Mattermost has 39,455 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 2,155 commits in the last year; it replaces Slack.

3

Discourse

Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS.

Social & ForumsDocker

48k

Discourse has 48,023 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 7,492 commits in the last year; it replaces Reddit.

4

Loomio

Collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them.

Social & ForumsDocker

2.6k

Loomio has 2,622 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 3,117 commits in the last year.

1

Bigcapital

Financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses.

Accounting & InvoicingDocker

4.0k

Bigcapital has 3,970 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,135 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Xero.

2

hledger

Plain text double-entry accounting with command-line, terminal and web interfaces, multi-currency support and CSV import.

Accounting & InvoicingDocker

4.8k

hledger has 4,798 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 2,368 commits in the last year.

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Akaunting

Accounting software designed for small businesses and freelancers.

Source-availableAccounting & Invoicing

10k

Akaunting has 10,239 GitHub stars, is source-available under the BSL 1.1 (not an open-source license) and had 595 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Xero.