Open Source Event Manager is a Rails-based event management tool tailored to Free and Open Source Software conferences.
The tool addresses the need for conference organizers to manage all aspects of an event in a single platform. It provides functionality for handling conference scheduling, speaker management, attendee registration, and related administrative tasks specific to the workflows of open source community events. The application is built as a Rails web application, allowing deployment on standard Ruby hosting infrastructure.
Organizations running open source conferences should consider this tool if they need a dedicated platform designed around the particular requirements of community-driven events rather than commercial conference management systems. The project maintains a demo instance for prospective users to evaluate before committing to installation. Those evaluating adoption should review the installation guide and contributing guide in the repository for deployment requirements and development setup details.
The project maintains active engagement with its community through GitHub issues as the primary channel for discussing proposed changes. The team is responsive to contributions and maintains communication with developers through an IRC channel dedicated to the project. Development activity shows consistent attention to both bug fixes and feature requests from the community, with maintainers regularly reviewing and merging contributions that align with the project's focus on open source conference needs.
