A hackathon needs less, not more
No programme, no presenters. Announcements that land and people who find each other.
What usually goes wrong
Event tools assume a talk schedule
You spend the setup deleting tracks, sessions and presenter slots you will never use, and participants scroll past empty screens all weekend.
People who came alone stay alone
The first three hours go into finding people with the right skills. The people who came alone are the ones most likely to leave early.
A rule change reaches half the room
You shout it, put it on a whiteboard, post it in a chat. At 2am three teams still submit against the old deadline.
What you get
Set up from the first minute. Everything here is part of the free base up to the attendee cap, except where the line itself says otherwise.
- Networking Features
- People list Features
- Attendee meetings Features
- Announcements Features
Left off
Not part of this setup, so nobody has to scroll past it. You can switch any of it on later.
- Sessions
- Tracks (parallel rooms)
- Presenters
- Q&A
- Polls
- Surveys
- Check-in QR code
- Materials
- Gallery
- Exhibitors
How it runs
Set up only what a hackathon has
Sessions, tracks, presenters and Q&A are off. Participants open a screen that carries nothing they do not need.
People find each other
People who opt in to networking get suggestions with shared interests and swap contacts in one tap.
Announcements land everywhere at once
A deadline change reaches everyone who has the event open or allowed notifications, including the team that has been in a side room since midnight.
Worth adding
Paid modules and plans that fit this kind of event. The base stays free.
Close to this
Set it up in a few minutes
Create the event, pick the “Hackathon” type in the setup wizard, share one link. No app to install, for you or for anyone attending.