Festivadget

Free, open source, AGPLv3

The festival app your visitors actually keep.

Timetable, line-up, personal schedule, offline map, news and push – installable straight from the browser. Download it, put it on your own web space, keep it. No licence fee, no participant limits.

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  • No app store
  • No participant limits
  • Works offline
  • 32 languages
  • A PHP web space is enough

Free, and free to keep

Festivadget is open source under the AGPLv3. Download the release package, upload it to a web space, done – the app is yours, including the mini CMS your team edits content with.

  • No licence fee, no per-visitor pricing, no upsell inside the app
  • Content stays yours: JSON files and a small PHP CMS on your own hosting
  • A sample festival is included, so you can click around before you fill it
  • One-click updates from the CMS – your content is never touched

Download the release View on GitHub

  1. 1

    Download

    Grab the release ZIP from GitHub.

  2. 2

    Upload

    Copy its contents onto any PHP web space via FTP – shared hosting is fine.

  3. 3

    Run the wizard

    Open /install/, set an admin password, let it check the requirements.

  4. 4

    Delete the installer

    One click on the final page. App at /, CMS at /push/cms/.

Under five minutes, with no build tools, no command line and no server administration.

What visitors get

Everything a multi-day event needs, and nothing that needs a login.

Programme

  • Timetable as stage grid and list, with day tabs
  • Line-up with artist pages
  • My plan with favourites and overlap warnings
  • Calendar export as .ics
  • Automatic reminders before a set starts

Info and orientation

  • Offline map with your own POI categories
  • Info pages and FAQ in Markdown
  • Sponsor grid and ticket shop embed
  • Search across artists, programme, info pages and POIs
  • Weather with a provider you choose

News and push

  • Editorial news: scheduled, pinned or expiring
  • Web push with categories visitors opt into
  • Automatic "on stage now" items from the programme
  • Optional live news via Telegram
  • Push to a random selection – ready for prize draws

For your team

  • Mini CMS for news, POIs and settings
  • Content from CSV, Joomla or WordPress
  • Anonymous statistics without cookies
  • Update tab with one-click releases

Platform

  • Installable PWA with install hints for iOS and Android
  • Fully offline-capable
  • Dark and light theme
  • 32 visitor languages

Hosting

  • Static app plus optional PHP backend
  • Runs on shared hosting, no dedicated server
  • Web push through PHP and MySQL
  • Your own domain and branding

Screens

From the reference installation.

Festivadget home screen
Home: what is on now and next.
Festivadget timetable
Timetable as a stage grid.
Festivadget line-up
Line-up with artist pages.
Festivadget offline map
Offline map with your own POIs.
Festivadget news feed
News feed with push categories.
Festivadget more section
Info pages, sponsors, tickets.

Hosted? Included with CrewCare

Anyone can host Festivadget themselves, free and for good. Book CrewCare and we install, brand and run your Festivadget instance at no extra cost.

  • Installation, domain and branding done for you
  • Content import from your existing programme data
  • Push notifications configured and tested
  • No surcharge: part of your CrewCare subscription

Ask about CrewCare

And the people working the event?

Your crew needs more than a timetable

Shift plans, check-in, equipment, targeted messages: CrewCare is the hosted app for everyone behind the fence.

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