[sudo-discuss] [CCLmembers] looking for alternative to sudo humans for membership management

[Jenny Ryan]

I was actually thinking about this problem last week and did some
research...
* Tendenci <https://www.tendenci.com/> - Free & open source, actively
maintained <https://github.com/tendenci/tendenci>, runs on python
<https://tendenci.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/installation.html#required-dependencies>
and has additional features like event management, newsletters, and photo
galleries.
* Servicebot <https://servicebot.io/> - Just does subscriptions, also free
& open source (or you can pay for them to host it), runs on nodejs (the
clear popular favorite of sudoers), actively maintained
<https://github.com/service-bot/servicebot>
* Killbill <http://killbill.io/> - FOSS, actively maintained
<https://github.com/killbill/killbill>, however runs on java and mysql

I might play around with a local instance of Tendenci as I'm curious about
it generally. Mebbe someone with nodejs foo could try out Servicebot?

Jenny

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On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Seth Columbia <columbiasw1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looking at alternatives we quickly run into the question. What's a
> reasonable amount to pay for this service? And what do we value. It seems
> like a cloud based service is potentially best in terms of convenience.
>
> I get the sense a free alternative is preferred but it would have to be
> convenient. It would seem we have payed a lot of money for our current free
> services when we add up profit not made due toacking features and function
> so.
>
> Is there any budget? It seems that ~50 a month opens us up to a pretty
> wide spread of decent programs.
>
> There are free alternatives however.
>
> It appears that every option has some learning curve so I'm trying to keep
> long term vision alive alongside current restraints.
>
> Just checking in,
>
> Seth
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It might be time to look for alternatives to the sudo-humans software
>> that both CCL and sudo room depend on for signing up and tracking members.
>> Sudo-humans <https://github.com/sudoroom/sudo-humans> is still missing
>> some very basic must-have features (like notifying anyone that someone's
>> credit card is bouncing, or that a new member signed up!), and  the code
>> seems fairly unmaintainable now that the initial author has left...
>>
>> I've seen both CiviCRM <https://civicrm.org/>and Odoo
>> <https://github.com/odoo/odoo> suggested as well-developed and
>> well-maintained Open Source solutions. Several of the hackerspaces in the
>> Nation of Makers network seemed to be switching towards Odoo, for example.
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with CiviCRM, or Oboo, or want to help us
>> explore our best options? Please pitch in, and help us decide! It would be
>> great if CCL and Sudo could move together to a new platform.
>>
>> Here's some resources that may be useful:
>>
>> Nation of Makers: Software Needs Assessment
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1-3JMWx6Pny9rIGzmIAbhF2YJiVL94ppaUOMWBgNhA/edit?usp=sharing> -
>> mentions CiviCRM, Odoo, Cobot, SeltzerCRM, sudo humans, and more
>>
>> Infrastructure and Operations Value Matrix
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K2kZ2usa2HVeL3TwfenGpNCkskGR3kTKArPYpfg8jyw/edit?usp=sharing> -
>> compares features across various Odoo plugins, CiciCRM, and a few more
>>
>>
>> Patrik
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