LibreBooking
Resource scheduling fork for rooms, equipment, and shared assets
Review status: Research backlog. Research candidate with incomplete checks; not a vetted recommendation.
Official Website · Source Code
oss-osi-approved planned guide featuredOverview
LibreBooking is an open-source resource reservation system (community continuation of Booked Scheduler concepts). Operators schedule meeting rooms, phone booths, AV kits, and event spaces with quotas and blackout dates.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Categories | booking-scheduling, event-management |
| Deployment | self-hosted |
| License class | oss-osi-approved (GPL-3.0-only) |
| Cost model | free-self-hosted |
| Implementation difficulty | moderate |
| Maintenance burden | medium |
| Maturity | stable |
| Freshness status | partially-verified (2026-07-17) |
| Completeness | partial |
| Confidence | low |
| Directory tier | research-backlog |
Cost reality
No software license fee for self-hosting; budget for hosting, updates, backups and staff administration.
Pricing and free-tier limits change frequently; re-check official pricing before budget decisions.
Tasks reduced or augmented
Software does not replace community or ops staff. It may reduce or augment:
- Room reservation without commercial workplace suites
- Equipment checkout tracking
- Blackout windows for cleaning and events
Human oversight still needed
- Conflict resolution
- No-show policy enforcement
- Access to reservation PII
Manual process this can replace
Structured task-fit review has not been completed for this tool. Treat the free-text examples above as evaluation prompts, not replacement claims.
Data held
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reservations
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resources
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users
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announcements
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Personal data: yes
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Payment data: no / not primary
Risks
| Area | Notes |
|---|---|
| Vendor lock-in | Evaluate export formats and API completeness before deep customization. |
| Security | Use 7.1.0 or later. Versions before 7.1.0 permit unauthenticated account takeover through a forged persistent-login cookie, including administrator accounts (GHSA-mvjx-72w3-wqhp). Hiding Remember Me is not a fix. Review upstream incident guidance if an older instance was exposed. |
| Compliance | Operator remains responsible for privacy and local regulatory obligations. |
| Licensing | Verify LICENSE in the active repository fork you deploy. |
| Operational | Plan backups, monitoring, and a restore drill before production use. |
Coworking fit
Roles: operations-manager, community-manager, event-coordinator
Workflows: room-booking, event-lifecycle, facility-maintenance
Problems: fill-meeting-rooms, replace-spreadsheets, improve-member-experience
Smallest useful experiment
Configure three meeting rooms with business-hour rules and run bookings for one week with staff as fake members.
Initial planning estimate (unverified): 1–3 days
Links
Implementation guide
No implementation guide is published yet.
Verification
- Status:
partially-verified - Completeness:
partial - Confidence:
low - Tier:
research-backlog - Last reviewed:
2026-07-17 - Sources:
Seed entry compiled from official project sites and repositories. Re-verify pricing, license text, and feature claims before production decisions. Star counts and free-tier numeric limits intentionally omitted unless verified at review time.