Indico is a feature-rich, open-source event management system designed for organizing conferences, meetings, workshops, and lectures, particularly in scientific and research environments.

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🚀 Overview

Indico provides a comprehensive web-based platform to handle the full lifecycle of events, from simple lectures to large international conferences, including abstract submissions, peer reviews, registrations, timetables, room bookings, and archival of materials.

It solves the problem of fragmented event management tools by offering an integrated, extensible system that scales for organizations handling thousands of events. Originally developed at CERN to manage their extensive event needs, it addresses the complexities of scientific gatherings with features tailored for collaboration and permanence.

Built for research institutions, universities, international organizations like the UN, and any team requiring robust event organization. The project was created because CERN needed a better way to organize meetings and conferences, evolving from earlier tools into a global standard used by over 900,000 events at CERN alone.

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✨ Key Features

• Hierarchical content management and workflows for calls for abstracts, paper reviewing, registrations, payments, and drag-and-drop timetables
• Room booking interface with management tools
• Permanent archival of presentations, documents, and metadata
• Badge/ticket editor with printing capabilities
• Integration with video conferencing, collaborative tools, and payment systems
• Extensible via plugins for custom functionality

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS, HTML (Webpack, Babel)
• Backend: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy
• Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Auth: Flask-Multipass / Custom
• Hosting: Self-hosted (Docker, etc.)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Research institutions organizing scientific conferences and workshops
• Universities and teams managing lectures, meetings, and room bookings
• International organizations handling large-scale global events

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://sandbox.getindico.io
• GitHub: https://github.com/indico/indico

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes — Open Source (Self-hosted and completely free under MIT license.)

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Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/indico/indico

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Can I contribute?

Yes — Review CONTRIBUTING.md on GitHub. Contributions welcome via issues, PRs, translations, usability feedback. Join the forum at https://talk.getindico.io or chat on Matrix/Libera.Chat.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://getindico.io
• GitHub: https://github.com/indico/indico
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/getindico
• Forum: https://talk.getindico.io

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