Hackathon
Running fun and productive hackathons.
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Platforms
Open Source
Online platform for Democracy Lab projects.
The attendee & admin portal for DeltaHacks 10, the hackathon for change.
Hackathons for impact, based on open data and web standards. python js
An elegant backend, with ready-made GraphQL and REST endpoints.
A comprehensive WordPress plugin by Teplitsa. php
Competition Management System for the GovHack Hackathon. ruby
Hackathon Management System built on Django.
An all-in-one, plug-and-play hackathon platform, created for HackSC.
All-in-one hackathon platform for organisers, maintained by Junction.
Platform with Git-based Cloud Development Environment based on Next.js.
Inactive
Made for managing applicants, RSVPs and other communications.
A minimal registration system for a smaller, more personal hackathon.
Hackathon registration server.
Hackathon registration & logistics, compatible with MyMLH.
Early stage hackathon management platform. js
Organize hackathon ideas into a dashboard.
Organize gdoc and hackpad documents for hackathons.
A platform from HackUTD for user-friendly event management.
A fullstack suite of apps from Devtranet for hosting virtual hackathons.
Hackathon Management System for Azure by knoffhoff.
Legacy registration and staff management API for HackSU events.
Administration system designed for hackathons and similar competitions.
Hackathon managing platform.
Hackathon application system that integrates with MyMLH, Slack and more from HackTX.
A hackathon management platform, built by HackSC.
Designed to work with MyMLH for sign in.
Hackathon management tool created at Hackafor. typescript
A registration system designed especially for large hackathons, maintained by HackMIT.
Web application to manage Hackathon events.
Hackathon management system from a company.
A judging system for hackathons developed at Rutgers University.
For managing teams at large online hackathons.
Organisations
Tooling
Organizing
Take control of your Slack by creating groups, assigning tasks, and more.
Minimalistic hackathon registration and participant status monitoring.
A modular QR code management system for hackathons and other events.
As well as hubot-group, hubot-conf, hubot-shortcut by HackMIT are Hubot plugins to make organizing easier.
Promoting
A crowdsourced 'Awesome List' of companies to contact.
A list of upcoming hackathons from around the world.
A curated list of hackathons organized for high schoolers.
A daily streak system & portfolio for your projects.
This website contains a monthly calendar of events and hackathons (project is archived as of Feb 5, 2024).
Get event details of competitive programming contests, hackathons etc.
Teambuilding
Coaching
A list to inspire your coaches to motivate your teams to document their efforts ...with panache.
Queue application with interfaces for mentors and hackers to answer/submit questions, respectively.
A Slack bot to help with judging and coaching at hackathons.
A Slack bot that queues requests in a #mentors channel (unmaintained as of 2015).
Evaluating
Create a Devpost Expo table frontend.
Older guidance sourced from Hacker Earth.
A project expo judging system by HackMIT that uses fancy math to get good results.
An elaborate student project about management and evaluation of hackathons.
Guides
Community sourced guidelines from an open source project.
Collection of high quality hackathon resources. See also Etiquette and Subgroups.
(In German) Printed guide for municipalities.
A step-by-step guide by seasoned organizer Joshua Tauberer.
How to make your event a success, and avoid common pitfalls.
Theodoros Ploumis has great advice for attendees, evaluators and organizers.
Guide from Major League Hacking, popular at US schools.
For getting your open source project ready for new contributors.