What Is Confs.tech and What Can You Find on It?

Confs.tech is an open-source, crowd-sourced directory of software development conferences. It lists tech conferences for 2026 and 2027 across many topics and regions, and lets you browse by topic, location, and date. It also includes call-for-papers listings, past conferences, and a way to add a conference yourself. Use it when you want a single place to scan upcoming developer events rather than checking dozens of individual conference sites.

What the directory covers

The site describes itself as an "open-source and crowd-sourced list of conferences around software development." Its stated purpose is to help you "find your next tech conference," with named coverage of JavaScript, UX/Design, DevOps, Android, iOS, PHP, Ruby, Python, and more.

The homepage shows a count of 165 conferences for 2026, organized month by month (the visible months run October through December). Each entry follows a consistent pattern:

• Conference name
• Location and date — e.g., "Barcelona, Spain · October 28-30" or "Online · October 29"
• Format — in person, online, or both
• Topics — hashtagged, e.g., # data, # sre, # opensource, # testing, # css
• Accessibility note — where offered, interpretation into International Sign Language or closed captions
• Social handles — Twitter or Mastodon usernames
• Code of conduct link — where the organizer provides one

Browsing by topic, region, and date

The topic filters on the page show how the listings break down. The largest categories visible are:

Smaller categories include API, Leadership, PHP, Android, .NET, Product, Accessibility, GraphQL, iOS/Swift, IoT/Hardware, Kotlin, Performance, C++, CSS, Golang, Groovy, Haskell, Rust, and Content strategy.

Region filters split the list into Europe (97), Americas (30), Asia (19), and Oceania (5), with country-level filters such as Germany (38), U.S.A. (27), U.K. (14), Spain (11), Netherlands (10), India (9), Australia (5), Singapore (5), and France (4). There is also a "Show more" option for additional countries.

Format filters let you narrow to In person & Online, Online, or In person. A separate filter surfaces events that offer interpretation into International Sign Language or closed captions.

Other sections beyond the main list

The navigation headings point to more than the current-year calendar:

• Call for Papers — for finding conferences that are currently accepting speaker submissions
• Past conferences — an archive of events that have already happened
• Sponsor — information for organizations that want to support the directory
• Add a conference — the crowd-sourced submission route, which is how the list grows
• Star — a way to mark or save listings

A sample entry, to show the format

The sponsored listing for ArchConf 2026 reads: "December 7 - 10 · Clearwater, FL — Join 300+ Software Architects at the world's premier Software Architecture Conference." Non-sponsored entries are terser, for example "Wey Wey Web — Malaga, Spain & Online · October 29-30 — Topics # css # product # accessibility."

How to use it in practice

1. Start with a topic filter that matches your stack or role — for example, Testing if you want QA-focused events, or Design / UX if you work in product design.
2. Narrow by region or country if travel is a constraint; the Europe and Germany filters are the densest.
3. Check the format tag before committing — an "Online" event needs no travel, while "In person & Online" usually means a hybrid ticket.
4. Open the code of conduct link for any event you're seriously considering; its presence is a useful signal about the organizer's community standards.
5. Use Call for Papers if you want to speak rather than attend.
6. Submit a missing event via "Add a conference" — since the list is crowd-sourced, gaps are expected, especially for smaller regional meetups and newer conferences.

What to keep in mind

Because the directory is crowd-sourced, treat it as a discovery starting point rather than an authoritative schedule. Verify dates, venue, and ticket details on the conference's own site before booking travel. The topic counts and regional totals reflect what has been submitted and approved, not the total number of conferences that exist — a sparse category may simply mean fewer entries have been added, not that few events are happening.