Hacker Tracker is a conference information app used by somewhat-tech-related conferences of all sizes.
In no particular order:
- DEF CON
- NolaCon
- HackGDL
- Disobey
- CactusCon
- H2HC
- BugCon
- Ekoparty
- Hack Red Con
- SaintCon
- MOCA
- VCF Midwest
- Many BSides conferences
- and others
Hacker Tracker makes current conference information available via apps on the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store, and the web.
If you represent a conference and would like to make your conference information available in our production instance of Hacker Tracker, please reach out to aNullValue.
Important information:
- there is no charge to conferences, other than that if your conference is large -- 5,000 attendees or more -- we may ask that you reimburse us for operational expenses we incur related to your conference
- we may ask for an admission ticket or two, if core developers are interested in attending your conference
- we request in-kind sponsor recognition, if your conference has sponsors
- we never collect or sell any user data
- beyond the Hacker Tracker apps, our ConfMgr system can produce JSON exports of your conference data that you could use on your own website (if desired)
- our ConfMgr system already has integrations with Pretalx, Sessionize, and Sched, to make syncing data fast and easy; we are willing to talk about further integrations
- we can import from spreadsheets or manually enter from text documents, if you don't use one of those platforms
Please don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to help.
What if you want to release an app for your conference specifically? The Hacker Tracker client apps are currently source-available; we're working on selecting a formal open-source license. You are welcome to fork the relevant project and set up your own necessary infrastructure, but we unfortunately don't have any public documentation for how to do this. We also hope to improve on this in the future.
Yes. Our project is made up of several apps that are developed and maintained separately.
- Hacker Tracker (Android)
- Hacker Tracker (iOS)
- Hacker Tracker (Web)
- Merch Staff App (Android) (source not yet available)
- ConfMgr (Web) (source not yet available)
If you've found a security vulnerability, please go to the appropriate repo and use the "Report a vulnerability" function.
If you've found a bug or want to make a feature request, please go to the appropriate repo and open an issue. If your issue pertains to multiple repos within this project, one report is enough -- we'll make sure it's handled everywhere.
Interested in contributing to one of the apps? Reach out to any of our us, and we'll have a conversation with you. We don't yet have a formal procedure, COC, or CLA, for onboarding contributors.
You're also welcome to join our Discord.
We're a small group of friends who met at DEF CON, and recognized the need for improved attendee communication at conferences everywhere.
advice develops and maintains the Android version of Hacker Tracker.
aNullValue is the overall project manager and data wrangler. He also develops and maintains ConfMgr, the software that keeps all of the data organized and orchestrates publication.
cak develops and maintains the web version of Hacker Tracker, along with derivative web products for specific conferences.
l4wke develops and maintains the iOS version of Hacker Tracker.
Organizations and people who have been invaluable to the project, over the years:
- DEF CON is where this all started.
- The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is associated with many conferences in Germany, and open-source software made primarily for those conferences have provided significant inspiration.
- ShortStack wrote the first release of Hacker Tracker (Android) in 2012.