🛠️ Call for FOSS Stalls - TOSSConf25

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Dear FOSS Enthusiast,

We’re excited to announce TOSSConf25, Tamil Nadu’s Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) conference, happening on July 19, 2025!

As part of the celebration of open knowledge and community collaboration, we are opening up stall registrations for developers, contributors, and organizations involved in FOSS.

Whether you’re a

• FOSS tool developer
• Maintainer of an open source project
• Indie creator of FOSS-based games
• Organization contributing to or promoting open source
• Team showcasing your open tools or ideas
• College or community group working on FOSS…

We welcome you to set up a stall!
Use this opportunity to

• Showcase your project to a live audience
• Demo your tools and get real feedback
• Build your contributor base
• Connect with fellow developers and enthusiasts
• Inspire the next wave of open source innovation

Each stall can comprise minimum of 1 member to maximum of 3 members. You can bring a standee, posters that you might need for the event.

For queries please contact,

Syed Jafer - 9176409201
Thanga Ayyanar - 9597729724

Venue:

:date: Date: July 19, 2025
:round_pushpin: Venue: Location: Off, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Kamaraj Nagar, Semmancheri, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600119
:world_map: Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8b4cEB1uKFXeBGYF6

:rocket: Want to set up a stall? Please fill in the details below
• Name:
• Email:
• Phone (optional):
• Stall Topic / Title:
• GitHub / GitLab / Any VC Repo (if any):
• Short Description (2-4 lines about your stall/project/tool):

Let’s make this celebration of Free and Open Source a memorable one.

Join the movement. Share what you build. Inspire the community.

For queries please contact,

Syed Jafer - 9176409201
Thanga Ayyanar - 9597729724

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Name : hari
Email : hari@fossunited.org
Stall : FOSS United Chennai ( Programs from FOSS United + tamilnadu.tech & wiki.tamilnadu.tech [ wip ] )
Github : FOSS United Chennai · GitHub

Description : FOSS United is a Non-profit organization to support and promote Free and open source software in India through Communities & Programs.

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Name : Keerthana Rajesh Kumar
Email : grittypuffy@riseup.net
Stall : Ente ( Ente Photos + Ente Auth + theyseeyourphotos )
Github : Ente · GitHub

Description : Ente is an end-to-end encrypted platform to securely store your data on the cloud, with 2 products leveraging this: Ente Photos (an alternative to Google Photos and Apple Photos) and Ente Auth (an alternative to Authy and Microsoft Authenticator). Apart from that, They See Your Photos’s an initiative taken to demonstrate the amount of personal information in photos that’s accessible by applications such as Google Photos and other proprietary photos applications and image processing services.

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@grittypuffy you have an scheduled talk also. So please make sure you are accompanied with other developers for help also.

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Name : Leka Shree N
Email : lekashree200@gmail.com
Stall : FOSFEM ( Community Initiatives + FOSS Made Simple (wip) + Kural + Privacy Knight )
Github : FOSFEM · GitHub
Description : FOSFEM is a FOSS community for empowering underrepresented people to contribute to the FOSS ecosystem in India. We make FOSS accessible by writeups in FOSS Made Simple, one being Self-hosting Made Simple and work on accessibility and privacy aspects of FOSS, some being Kural (multi-lingual sign language dialect dictionary engine) and Privacy Knight (privacy analyzer SDK)

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Hey there, thanks for the heads up, noted!

Has it gotten confirmed, haven’t received confirmation yet

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Name : Kalai Arasan
Email : kalaiarasanpandi@gmail.com
Stall : Open source and Linux native games
Note : I don’t bring my pc. So need a pc.

Description : Step into the exciting world of open source and Linux gaming. our stall showcases how you can play amazing games completely free on Linux platforms.

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Name : DR. Sathyaraj Thangasamy

Email : sathiyarajkkt@gmail.com.

Phone : 9600370671.

Stall Topic : Writing code for Tamil grammar rules for Tholkappiyam in python.

GitLab: TamilRulePy

Short Description : Transform linguistic grammar rules into a Python library for automated parsing, validation, or generation of text based on predefined syntactic structures.

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Name: Achanandhi M

Email: achanandhi.m@gmail.com

Phone: 9629976607

Stall Title: No-Code Open Source Testing with Keploy

Github: Keploy

Short Description: Tired of writing integration tests? We feel you! Keploy makes it easy to generate integration tests by simply recording and replaying your network calls—just like hitting play on your favorite playlist!

Keploy uses eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) in the backend to capture your network activity and turn it into automated tests. No code, no hassle, just solid testing.

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Name : Hariharan Umapathi
Email : smarthariharan28@gmail.com
Phone : 8807290807
Stall : Open-Tamil-PHP
Github : GitHub - HariharanUmapathi/open-tamil-php: Open Tamil is PHP Port for https://github.com/Ezhil-Language-Foundation/open-tamil/
Short Description : Open Tamil is PHP Port for GitHub - Ezhil-Language-Foundation/open-tamil: Open Source Tamil NLP Tools - தமிழ் இயற்கை மொழி பகுப்பாய்வு நிரல்தொகுப்பு

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Name: A.SATHISH
Email: sathish22600@gmail.com
Phone: 7373643923

Stall-Title: F-DROID: The Open Source App Store for Andriod.

Short-Description: F-DROID is an open-source app store for Andriod that provides free and open-source (FOSS) applications. It offers a trusted platform where users can discover,install,and update apps without relying on proprietary services like Google Play.

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• Name: Giri
• Email: shadow-foss@protonmail.com
• Stall Topic / Title: FOSS in Game Development: From Pixels to Play (feat. VoltQuest)
GitHub - VoltQuest/VoltQuest: A free and open-source educational game that helps you learn electronics and hardware in a fun and interactive way.
• Short Description:
Explore the power of free and open-source tools in game development! From engines and libraries like Godot, raylib, SFML, and Pygame to creative tools like Blender, Krita, and LMMS. discover how a full FOSS pipeline enables professional game creation. Featuring VoltQuest, a work-in-progress educational electronics game built entirely with FOSS, designed to make learning hardware concepts fun and interactive.

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• Name: Kishore
• Email: kishorekevin3289@gmail.com
• Phone (optional): 7904702577
• Stall Topic / Title: Custom Arch Distribution
• GitHub : GitHub - KISHOREkevin/.dotfiles: my dot files (config)
• Short Description :
Codex Arch is a custom Arch Linux-based distribution designed for minimalism, performance, and productivity. It features a tailored Qtile environment, optimized applications built on own for multitasking, and a preconfigured Neovim setup. Currently expanding with dedicated documentation and community support for a streamlined user experience which shows the power of combination of technologies with Linux as it comes with 6 self hosted applications in docker containers for the workflow improvement.

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Name: Seenuvasan P
Email: seenuvasan9354@gmail.com
phone: 9345670254

Stall- Title: Linux Mint OS Installation

Short-Description: Explore how to install Linux Mint OS on your system with ease.
Learn the step-by-step process and benefits of using this user-friendly Linux.

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Name: P.Mukila
Email: pm0305366@gmail.com
Phone: 6374152911

Stall-Title: DOCKER (Platform that allows you to develop, ship, and run applications in containers.)

Short-Description: Docker packages an application and all its dependencies into a container, which can run consistently across different environments. This makes it easier to develop, ship, and run applications reliably and efficiently.

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• Name: DhanushKumar K
• Email: dhanushkumarsanthi@gmail.com
• Phone : 6374030469
• Stall Topic / Title: PlatformIO: Powering Next-Gen Embedded Development
• Short Description :
PlatformIO is an open-source ecosystem for embedded development that supports 1000+ boards like Arduino, ESP32, STM32, and more.
This stall demonstrates how PlatformIO simplifies coding, debugging, and testing in embedded systems—empowering both beginners and professionals to build robust IoT and hardware projects.

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• Name: Santhosh C
• Email: csesanthosh15@gmail.com
• Stall Topic / Title: Lixa Gallery
• GitHub: GitHub - santhosh-chinnasamy/lixa-gallery: Select your favorite photos and export

• Description: After getting a pen drive full of wedding photos, I wanted a faster way to select and export the ones I liked . So, I built Lixa Gallery, a cross-platform desktop app using Tauri.

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@syedjafer or anyone who could answer this.

I haven’t put up a stall before. I’m wondering if I could put up one for the Commons Android app. Could you let me know what’s the bare minimum to set up a stall?

I don’t have the budget to get a standee / poster for it. The best I could do is print a big poster across several A4 sheets. Would that work? Or is that insufficient for putting up a stall?

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Its good to go. Please submit your details on stall here.

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