List of free-software events

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

General free-software events
Some events with "Linux" in their name are in fact general-purpose free-software events, often because they began as Linux-only events before broadening their focus.

North, Central and South America

 * FLISOL – Latin American free software install fest held each year in all Latin America the same day, on the last Sunday of April
 * LibrePlanet – Organized annually by the Free Software Foundation in or around Boston, Massachusetts since 2006
 * LinuxFest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington in the spring since 2000
 * SouthEast LinuxFest, held annually in June since 2009.
 * Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles each year since 2002

Europe

 * Chaos Communication Congress, held in Germany in the period between Christmas and New Year since 1984
 * Chemnitz Linux Days, held in Chemnitz, Germany since 1999
 * DevConf.cz, held annually in Brno, Czech Republic since 2009
 * Fosscomm, held annually 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 Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005
 * SFSCON, held in Bolzano, Italy since 2004

Asia and Australia

 * FOSSASIA, held annually in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, India or China since 2009
 * COSCUP, held annually 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 each year in various continents since 2009
 * Software Freedom Day, international observance since 2004

Defunct

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

Operating systems

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

Programming languages

 * PyCon – conference for the Python programming language, held several times a year in different locations since 2003
 * RubyConf – conference for the Ruby programming language, held once a year in different locations since 2002
 * Yet Another Perl Conference – conference for the Perl programming language, held several times a year since 1999

Other

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

Defunct

 * BeGeistert – conference for the Haiku operating system, held annually in Europe from 2006 to 2016 (originally a BeOS conference, from 1998 to 2005)
 * Desktop Developers' Conference, held from 2004 to 2006
 * GCC Summit, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2003 to 2010
 * Gelato ICE, held each year in the US or Italy by the Gelato Federation from 2001 to 2007
 * Joomla World Conference – event for the Joomla content management system, held frequently around the from 2011 to 2019
 * Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn from 1994 to 2010
 * Linux Symposium, held in Canada in the summer from 1999 to 2014
 * Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice a year (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases), alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004 to 2015
 * Libre Graphics Meeting, held yearly in May in Europe or Canada from 2006 to 2021