If you get your friends to use Scuttlebutt https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ , then it has an events UI https://github.com/pietgeursen/ssb-gathering-ui

To be honest, it looks too hard to use. Not sure if somebody like a yoga teacher would be able to manage it.

I'm probably looking for a Meetup.com alternative but not so buggy and mismanaged.

For information sake, what do you think would be easier?

Web hosted I imagine?

Yes, it would be nice to have some simple hosted event board. Probably with participant accounts tied to phones, so it's easy to join.

Looks like there isn't one. Who wants to build an open source alternative? :)

Alright, I might start given I got 3 (!) upvotes :D

Any marketing tips?

Edit: https://github.com/noncototient/local-events-manager

You should Show HN when you're ready. Looking forward to it!

This is a FOSS alternative that looks decent for public events https://www.attendize.com/ but I feel like anything focused around "ticketing" will feel odd for small events. "Did you get a ticket for my birthday party next week?"

We pick up facebook events (also Eventbright and lots more) and show them on our app. Its not perfect yet but we are working on it. oh also i'ts free let us know what you think.

http://www.justgo.do/

Looks good but I haven't chance to test it yet. But what I'm looking for is an alternative place to publish events.

Sorry my misunderstanding. We are focusing on aggregating events from as many sources as we can but have no way to publish them yet. As mentioned Eventbright is good for free ticketed activities(and we show all of those as well).

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but try Eventbrite?

I would feel weird getting a ticket for my friend's birthday party or backyward BBQ, but this does seem to be a decent suggestion for more public events. This looks like a decent FOSS alternative, though I haven't tried it https://www.attendize.com/

Isn't it ticket-centered? Most of FB events are free for all or paid on-site with cash.

Yes it uses tickets for attendance but sites like eventbrite are free to use when issuing free tickets.

meetup.com

The Mess at Meetup:

https://gizmodo.com/the-mess-at-meetup-1822243738

Discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16401042

Other complaints:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5086819

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15793754

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16299755