Pretalx
Conference management software
Conference planning tool: CfP, scheduling, speaker management
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Written in Python
- Tiny footprint — runs in 50 MB RAM
Is Pretalx secure?
No known vulnerabilities affect Pretalx's latest release (v2026.2.1). OSV.dev lists 6 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.
- Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-41426, published 2026-04-24 (173 days ago), fixed in 2026.1.0
Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.
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