French open-source federated event platform originally created by Framasoft and now maintained by French non-profit Kaihuri. Organise events and groups without ads, tracking, or data exploitation. Federated via ActivityPub: host your own instance or join an existing one.

Quick facts

Headquarters Paris, France
Company Kaihuri
Founded 2020
Ownership Non-profit
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Hetzner (Germany)
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Full
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Free · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, Self-hosted
Languages
ENFRDEESITNLPT
92 · Certified European
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Why does it score 92?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
Non-profit ownership
25/25
Data sovereignty
European cloud (hetzner)
25/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR
12/15
EuroPoints total
92/100
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EuroPoints
92 Certified European
97 Certified European
60 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
Non-profit ownership25/25
Non-profit ownership25/25
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent10/25
Data sovereignty
European cloud (hetzner)25/30
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infrastructure12/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Independence bonus
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—
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Headquarters
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Paris, France
Founded
2020
2016
2020
Open source
Full
Full
No
Infrastructure
Hetzner (Germany)
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✓
✓
Pricing
Free · from Free
Free · from Free
Free · from Free
Platforms
Web, Self-hosted
Web, iOS, Android
iOS, Android
Languages
en, fr, de, es, it, nl, pt
en, de, fr, es, pt, ja, nl, pl
en, fr, de, es, it, pt, ja

What does it replace?

Facebook Meetup Eventbrite

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