Galette review
A free, self-hosted membership system for organizations comfortable managing their own deployment.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
For nonprofits and associations that want to manage membership records on infrastructure they control, Galette is a free, open-source web application. It brings together member and membership records, contributions, transactions, groups, configurable forms, searches, emailings, and public member pages. Its scope suits small organizations that need core membership administration and are comfortable taking responsibility for a self-hosted system; it is a less natural fit for teams seeking a vendor-hosted service or a dedicated commercial support relationship.
Day-to-day administration covers more than a contact list. Galette supports simple, advanced, and saved member searches, calculates membership expirations, and can send due-date reminders. It also supports imports and exports using open formats, along with configurable lists and dynamic fields. Those tools make it possible to organize records and recurring membership work within one application. The product’s breadth is centered on member administration rather than treating every adjacent nonprofit workflow as a built-in function.
Payments and event bookings are plugin-based: official plugins extend Galette with PayPal payments and event and booking management, and the listed integrations include PayPal, Stripe, and HelloAsso. The application runs on PHP-compatible web servers and supports MariaDB or PostgreSQL, so deployment and ongoing maintenance belong to the organization. Documentation and community channels are the support model. Choose Galette if free, open-source software and control over hosting matter more than managed operations; consider another option if you need hosted deployment, vendor-backed support, or want payments and event management without relying on plugins.
Galette pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Tracks members, contributions, transactions, and groups in one system.
- Includes saved searches, expiration reminders, mailings, and public member pages.
- Open-format imports and exports, with payment and event plugins.
- Where it doesn't
- Requires self-hosted deployment on a PHP-compatible web server.
- PayPal payments and event bookings depend on plugins.
- Support is community- and documentation-based.
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