Pretalx

An open-source conference organising tool for managing Call for Papers, reviewing submissions, communicating with speakers, and publishing schedules. Supports events from small meetups to large multi-track conferences.

What You Can Do After Deployment

1. Visit your domain — go to /orga to access the organizer backend and run pretalx init to create your admin account (see setup note below)
2. Create an event — set up your conference with dates, tracks, and submission types
3. Open your CfP — publish the Call for Papers and share the link with potential speakers
4. Review submissions — use the built-in review system with scoring and comments
5. Publish your schedule — create and share an interactive conference schedule

Initial Setup

After deployment, run the following command via Zeabur's Service > Exec to initialize the admin account:

pretalx init

This will guide you through creating your first organizer and admin user.

Key Features

• Call for Papers management
• Submission review with scoring and comments
• Speaker communication via email templates
• Interactive schedule editor with drag-and-drop
• Public schedule widget for embedding
• Multi-language support
• REST API
• Plugin system for extensions

License

Apache-2.0 — GitHub