Feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN, the place where the Web was born.
indico is an open-source conference management project, with 2.1k GitHub stars and a health score of 87/100. It committed 460 times in the last twelve months across 12 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: MIT. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.
| Status | Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days. |
|---|---|
| Last commit | 2026-08-14 |
| Days since last commit | 3 |
| Commits, last 3 months | 82 |
| Commits, last 12 months | 460 |
| Months with activity | 12 of 12 |
| Last release | 2026-03-23 |
| Archived | No |
| Licence | MIT |
| Category | Conference Management |
Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.
This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.
indico is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.
The clearest opening in the dataset. Low open-source competition usually means either a genuinely underserved need or a market too small to attract volunteers — validate demand before assuming the former.
Actively maintained. indico recorded 460 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 12 of those months and 82 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-14. Last release: 2026-03-23. Committed within the last 45 days.
indico is published under MIT. Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.
5 open-source implementations, 4 of them actively maintained, led by indico at 2.1k stars. Saturation score 32/100 — Open. Thin or poorly maintained open-source coverage.
Conference Management
Web-based event management, including running a Call for Papers, reviewing submissions, and scheduling talks. Exports and imports for various related tools.
Conference Management
Event management tailored to free Software conferences.
Conference Management
Presentation and assembly system for managing and projecting agenda, motions and elections of an assembly.
Conference Management
Manage motions and amendments for (political) conventions.
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