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Search the whole programme
Browse event information, abstracts, contributions, sessions, tracks, people, attachments, and custom fields in table or card views.
The desktop companion for Indico
Your conference data, together.
Bring an Indico event's programme, contributions, abstracts, reviews, and private research notes into one fast, searchable workspace—using live data or an exported abstracts file.
Native packages forWindowsmacOSLinux
WORK MODES home · abstract · contribution · ask AI
INDICO SOURCE selected instance · event
EVENT DATA VIEW live · cached
one focused view across your Indico data
SEARCHABLE WORKSPACELIVE OR FILE-BASEDPRIVATE LOCAL NOTESOPTIONAL AI ASSISTANTNATIVE DESKTOP BUILDS
A complete conference workspace
Move through the programme without losing context.
Search the event, organise what matters, review assigned work, and analyse the bigger picture without switching tools.
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Organise your own view
Search, sort, and filter large lists, expose custom-field columns, and save private stars, tags, and notes locally.
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Review with your permissions
Complete assigned reviews, questions, priorities, proposed actions, comments, and related-abstract choices.
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Manage registrations
Browse every registration form and its fields, and mark registrations as paid or unpaid after a confirmation.
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Pair Cvent attendees
Optionally link a Cvent event to match attendees by Ref # or name and compare Cvent payments with Indico.
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Analyse the event
Explore affiliations, countries, submission trends, reviews, ratings, tracks, timelines, matrices, and word frequencies.
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Connect published proceedings
Derive and validate paper and talk-slides links for contributions from a configured proceedings site.
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Ask an optional AI assistant
Query a read-only data snapshot, generate charts, inspect linked PDFs, and retain chat sessions locally.
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Control local data
Manage cache freshness and size, keep tokens in the OS keyring, and export encrypted .idfc backups.
From source to insight
One workspace, shaped by your data.
Connect a live Indico event with an API token or load a deliberately limited abstracts export. Available records and actions follow the source, account permissions, and event configuration.
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Move through event information, abstracts, contributions, people, sessions, tracks, files, and links.
Organise & review
Filter large datasets, keep private annotations, and submit reviews when your Indico permissions allow it.
Analyse & ask
Use interactive charts or configure an optional LLM assistant for questions, charts, and linked-PDF inspection.
From download to data
Up and running in four steps.
Install the native package, configure a source, and let the local cache make later reads faster.
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Install IDF
Download the Windows installer, macOS package, or Linux archive or AppImage.
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Open data sources
Complete the Setup Wizard on first launch, or use Settings → Data Sources.
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Connect or choose a file
Add a token, base URL, and event ID for live data—or choose an abstracts export for browsing without a token.
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Open the programme
Visit Event Info, Abstracts, or Contributions and let the initial load populate the local cache.
Feedback that helps
Found a problem? Have a better idea?
GitHub is the place to report unexpected behaviour and tell us what would make IDF more useful for your conference workflow.