evermeet

A self-hosted, federated platform for publishing and discovering events — meetups, conferences, hackathons, and more.

A viable alternative to Lu.ma and Meetup.com that puts sovereignty back in the hands of organizers, without sacrificing the UX people are used to.

• Single binary — one file runs the full node with web UI included
• Self-sovereign identities — every user has an Ed25519 keypair; login with passkey or email
• Federated discovery — find events across all nodes via a DHT-based P2P network
• Cryptographically signed events — every event record is tamper-proof and verifiable
• Censorship-resistant — no platform can take down your event
• Private by default — RSVPs are encrypted; only the organizer sees who is coming
• Open protocol — any client can implement it

From binary:

./evermeet --config evermeet.toml

With Go:

go install github.com/evermeet/evermeet@latest

From source:

make setup   # install web dependencies
make build   # build web + Go binary
make run

With Docker:

docker run -p 7331:7331 -p 4001:4001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data evermeet/evermeet:latest

Build locally:

docker build -t evermeet .
docker run -p 7331:7331 -p 4001:4001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data evermeet

With Docker Compose:

docker compose up

Open http://localhost:7331 — on first run you will be prompted to create an admin account.

Copy the defaults file and edit to taste:

cp evermeet.defaults.toml evermeet.toml

Key settings:

The config can also be edited live from the admin UI at /admin/config — the server restarts automatically after saving.

A bootstrap node helps other instances discover each other via the DHT. It runs without a database or web UI — just the P2P layer.

./evermeet --bootstrap --p2p-port 4001 --data ./data

On startup it prints its multiaddr:

listen /ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooW...

Add that address to other instances' bootstrap_peers in their config.

The web UI includes an admin panel at /admin with:

• Overview — instance stats, uptime, memory usage
• Network — P2P peers, DHT routing table stats
• Objects — users, events, calendars, blobs
• Email — mail transport status and test sender
• Admins — manage admin accounts and roles
• Config — live TOML editor with restart

See docker-compose.yml for a production-ready setup including Watchtower for automatic updates.

Tagged releases are automatically built and pushed to Docker Hub:

docker pull evermeet/evermeet:latest

To cut a release:

make release

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