List of free-software events

The following is a list of computer conferences and other events focused on developing and using free and open-source software (FOSS).

General free-software events

Some general-purpose free-software events have Linux in their name, often because they began as Linux-only events before broadening their focus.

North, Central and South America

• Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (FLISOL) – Latin American free software install fest held yearly in all Latin America the same day, on the last Sunday of April
• LibrePlanet – Organized yearly by the Free Software Foundation in or around Boston, Massachusetts since 2006 ^[1]
• LinuxFest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington in the spring since 2000
• SouthEast LinuxFest, held yearly in June since 2009. ^[2]
• Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles yearly since 2002

Europe

• Chaos Communication Congress, held in Germany in the week between Christmas and New Year since 1984
• Chemnitz Linux Days, held in Chemnitz, Germany since 1999
• DevConf.cz, held yearly in Brno, Czech Republic since 2009
• Fosscomm, held yearly in a different Greek city since 2008
• FOSDEM, held in Brussels, Belgium every February since 2001
• FrOSCon, held in Sankt Augustin (near Bonn), Germany since 2006
• Linux Day, held across Italy since 2001
• Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005
• SFSCON, held in Bolzano, Italy since 2004

Asia and Australia

• FOSSASIA, held yearly in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, India or China since 2009
• COSCUP, held yearly in Taiwan since 2006
• linux.conf.au, held in Australia or New Zealand in the (Southern Hemisphere) summer since 1999

International

• Open Source Summit, known before 2017 as "LinuxCon", held several times yearly on various continents since 2009
• Software Freedom Day, international observance since 2004
• Open Forum Academy Symposium, academic conference covering questions related to the social, political and economic impact of Open Source

Defunct

• Africa Source, held in 2004 and 2006
• Asia Source, held in 2005, 2007 and 2009
• August Penguin, held yearly in Israel from 2004–2018
• FOSS.IN, first known as "Linux Bangalore", from 2001–2012^{[ citation needed ]}
• Fórum Internacional Software Livre (FISL) – International Free Software Forum, held yearly in Porto Alegre, Brazil (with 7000+ visitors) from 2000–2018
• Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October from 2001–2018
• FSCONS, held every autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2007–2019
• Libre Software Meeting, French name "Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre", held every July in France or surrounding countries from 2000–2018
• Linux Bier Wanderung, informal event held in a different European country every summer from 1999–2019
• Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn from 2007–2009
• Open Source Day, conference held yearly in Warsaw, Poland from 2008–2019
• Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held yearly in various countries from 2004–2015^{[ citation needed ]}
• Solutions Linux  [ fr ], a trade show and conference with 10,000 visitors held every year in Paris from 1999–2014 ^[3]
• O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held each summer in the US from 1999–2019.
• LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, briefly also known as "OpenSource World", from 1998–2009^{[ citation needed ]}
• Wizards of OS, held in Berlin every two years from 1999–2006
• LinuxTag, held in Germany every summer from 1996–2014

Events for specific free software

Operating systems

• DebConf – conference for the Debian operating system, held yearly since 2000
• Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001

Programming languages

• PyCon – conference for the Python programming language, held several times yearly in various locations since 2003
• RubyConf – conference for the Ruby programming language, held once yearly in various locations since 2002
• Yet Another Perl Conference – conference for the Perl programming language, held several times yearly since 1999

Other

• Akademy – conference for the KDE desktop environment, held yearly in Europe since 1997
• ApacheCon – conference for the Apache HTTP Server, held once or twice yearly since 2000
• DjangoCon – conference for the Django web framework, held twice yearly (once each in Europe or the U.S.) since 2008
• DrupalCon – conference for the Drupal content management framework, held twice yearly (once each in Europe or North America) since 2007
• GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) – conference for the GNOME desktop environment, held yearly in Europe since 2000
• GNUHealthCon – conference for the GNU Health hospital management and digital health ecosystem, held yearly since 2010
• WordCamp – event for the WordPress content management system, held often around the world since 2007
• X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) and X Developers' Summit (XDS), annual events since 2005 organized by X.Org Foundation
• Libre Graphics Meeting, held yearly in May in Europe or Canada since 2006

Defunct

• BeGeistert – conference for the Haiku operating system, held yearly in Europe from 2006–2016 (originally a BeOS conference, from 1998–2005)
• Desktop Developers' Conference, from 2004–2006^{[ citation needed ]}
• GCC Summit, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2003–2010^{[ citation needed ]}
• Gelato ICE, held yearly in the US or Italy by the Gelato Federation from 2001–2007^{[ citation needed ]}
• Joomla World Conference – event for the Joomla content management system, held often around the world from 2011–2019
• Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn from 1994–2010
• Linux Symposium, held in Canada in the summer from 1999–2014
• Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice yearly (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases), alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004–2015

References

1. "Feeling generous? Open source software community gives shelter to code". JAXenter. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
2. LinuxFest to highlight open-source software GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009
3. Impressions du Salon Solutions Linux 2010

External links

• LWN.net Community Calendar – lists upcoming Linux and free/open source software conferences
• Linux Magazin events calendar – continuously updated list of Linux and Open Source conferences
• FOSS.events – upcoming and past Free and Open Source Software events in Europe
• FOSS Events in Europe