indico
Feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN, the place where the Web was born.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 61% of tracked projects; popularity more than 50%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.1k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.3.13 · 25 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 23 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Python |
Is indico actively maintained?
indico is under active development: 450 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 36 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v3.3.13, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 5 projects we track in Conference Management, indico ranks #2 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What indico actually does
Indico is a self-hosted event management system developed at CERN. It provides tools to organise conferences, workshops, and meetings, handling registration, abstract management, and timetable scheduling in a web interface.
Best fit: Research institutions, universities, and large organisations that need to host academic or scientific meetings with complex scheduling requirements.
Worth knowing: The software has a specific scope rooted in scientific event organisation, which may make it less adaptable for corporate marketing events or paid ticket sales compared to commercial alternatives.
Deployment notes
As a Python application, it typically requires a WSGI-compatible server behind a reverse proxy for TLS, alongside a relational database and persistent storage for uploaded files.
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