Build a Hackathon Platform for Events & Wedding

Event planners, wedding coordinators, and venue managers. A hackathon platform solves a core problem: run a hackathon from team signup through to judging, with project submissions, scored rubrics across multiple judges and a public leaderboard.

Events & Wedding professionals deal with coordinating multiple vendors and timelines and managing client communications and decisions. A purpose-built hackathon platform handles judging rubrics with per-criterion scoring, project submission with repo and demo links, team formation and teammate matching, so you can focus on the work that actually matters.

MVP features (launch in 8-16 hours):

- Participant signup and team creation

- Submission form for project links

- Simple score entry for judges

Advanced features (add later):

- Weighted rubrics per sponsor track

- Judge conflict rules so nobody scores their own team

- Score normalisation across judges

- Live leaderboard during judging

- Sponsor dashboards and prize allocation

This hackathon platform is achievable with the right tools. We recommend starting with the MVP and iterating based on real user feedback from your events & wedding clients.

Lovable: Build complete web applications by chatting with AI. Lovable handles the frontend, backend, and deployment so you can focus on your vision rather than technical details.. Free tier available: Limited generations. Difficulty: beginner. Learn more about Lovable.

Supabase: The open-source Firebase alternative with a PostgreSQL database, authentication, instant APIs, and real-time subscriptions. Build your backend in minutes, not months.. Free tier available: 500MB database, 50MB file storage, 50K monthly active users. Difficulty: intermediate. Learn more about Supabase.

Vercel: Deploy your frontend with zero configuration. Vercel provides instant global deployments, automatic SSL, and seamless integration with Git for the ultimate developer experience.. Free tier available: 100GB bandwidth, serverless functions, analytics. Difficulty: beginner. Learn more about Vercel.

Here are some ways events & wedding businesses use a hackathon platform:

- University hackathon with sponsor prizes: Adapted for events & wedding workflows and terminology.

- Internal company build day: Adapted for events & wedding workflows and terminology.

- Community AI hackathon with public voting: Adapted for events & wedding workflows and terminology.

Every hackathon platform we build is customised to the specific needs of your events & wedding business. No generic templates.

You have two paths:

Build it yourself. Join a buildAcademy cohort and build your hackathon platform in 3 weeks with expert guidance.

Have us build it. We scope your events & wedding hackathon platform project, quote a fixed price, and deliver within 8-16 hours to 2 weeks. Learn more about buildAgency.

Either way, you end up with a working hackathon platform built specifically for events & wedding professionals.