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salt vs Chobble Tickets
salt has 15,661 GitHub stars, 5,610 forks, 1,885 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Chobble Tickets has 32 stars, 3 forks, 104 open issues and last shipped yesterday. salt leads on adoption by 48,841% (15,661 vs 32 stars). salt is written in Python under Apache-2.0; Chobble Tickets is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. salt has attracted 36% as many forks as stars, Chobble Tickets 9%. Chobble Tickets was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (edge, event-management), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| salt | Chobble Tickets | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 16K | ★ 32 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.6K | ⑂ 3 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick salt if
- You weight community size — 16K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Chobble Tickets if
- You want the Chobble Tickets feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Chobble Tickets fits your workflow better
About salt
Salt is a Python based, event driven automation framework that deploys, configures and manages complex IT systems at scale, built for system administrators, platform and infrastructure engineers, and DevOps teams responsible for keeping many servers, virtual machines, containers, databases, web servers and network devices in a consistent desired state.
About Chobble Tickets
Chobble Tickets is an AGPL 3.0 only event ticketing and reservation system for event organisers who want private sales without per ticket platform fees, built by Chobble CIC and deployable on Bunny Edge Scripting or any Deno environment with libsql.
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Frequently asked questions
Is salt or Chobble Tickets more popular?
salt has 15,661 GitHub stars and Chobble Tickets has 32. salt has the larger community by that measure.
Are salt and Chobble Tickets free?
Both are open source. salt is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Chobble Tickets under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between salt and Chobble Tickets?
salt is written in Python and Chobble Tickets in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, salt or Chobble Tickets?
Choose salt if you want the larger community (15,661 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Chobble Tickets if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.