An open-source hackathon judging platform with offline support and real-time progress tracking. Import, assign judges fairly, and handle spotty WiFi with no issues.
Auth & Access
- Magic Link auth
- People only joining once
- Invite codes
- Hackathon hidden behind a token
- Role-based permissions (organizer, judge, viewer)
- Expiring judge links
Project Ingestion
- Direct submission on platform
- CSV/Excel upload (covers Google Forms, Airtable exports)
- Devpost scraper
- Dorahacks API
- Typeform webhook
- Generic JSON import
- Duplicate detection
- Field mapping UI
Judging Distribution
- Consistent hashing for judge assignment
- Rebalance on judge add/remove
- Ensure minimum coverage
- Handle judge categories
- Sticky sessions per project
Judging Flow
- Offline-first judging
- Custom scoring rubrics
- Conflict of interest
- Progress tracking
- Batch score submission
Live Dashboard
- Real-time SSE updates
- Judge activity feed
- Coverage visualization
- Completion percentage
- Score distribution
- Outlier alerts
Science Fair
- Table numbers
- QR codes per table
- Judge routing (TSP)
- Check-in tracking
Results
- Auto-rankings
- Judge normalization
- Export CSV/PDF
- Public results page
- Winner certificates
Core Admin
- Audit log
- Clone hackathon
- Backup data
- Bulk actions
Roadmap
Phase 1: MVP
Goal: Basic judging works end-to-end
- SQLite schema setup
- Magic link auth
- Create hackathon
- CSV project import
- Dorahacks should be covered
- Basic judge scoring
- View scores/rankings
Phase 2: Live Updates
Goal: Organizers see real-time progress
- SSE dashboard
- Judge progress tracking
- Live score updates
- Basic stats (completion %)
Phase 3: Offline Judging
Goal: Judges can score without internet
- Service worker setup
- IndexedDB queue
- Batch sync endpoint
- Offline UI indicators
Phase 4: Science Fair
Goal: Table-based judging
- Table numbers
- Consistent hashing
- Judge routing
- QR codes
Phase 5: Polish
Goal: Production ready
- Devpost import
- Score normalization
- Export functionality
- Public results page
- Invite system
Future
- Advanced analytics
- Mobile app
- Auto submission scoring? / cheating detection?
- Multiple judging modes
- Pairwise system similar to Gavel?