Features - HackPulse | Complete Hackathon Management Platform

Core Features

Built for Serious Hackathon Events

Professional-grade tools that scale from small workshops to global competitions.

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Complete Event Management

Registration, teams, submissions, communication - all in one place. No more juggling multiple tools or spreadsheets.

02

Beautiful Landing Pages

Visual page builder or templates, custom domains, full branding control. Make your event stand out from the crowd.

03

Smart Team Formation

Team creation, join requests, skill matching, and size limits. Help participants find their perfect collaborators.

04

Multi-Track Competitions

Main track plus sponsor categories. Projects can win multiple prizes across different tracks simultaneously.

05

Advanced Judging System

Weighted criteria, judge assignments, recusals, quality flags, and optional finals rounds for ultimate fairness.

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AI-Powered Analysis

AI scoring assistant, automated code analysis, and plagiarism detection. Let AI augment your judges' capabilities.

Advanced Judging

Professional-Grade Judging That Competitors Can't Match

While other platforms treat judging as an afterthought, HackPulse was built from the ground up with fairness and transparency at its core.

Weighted Criteria Scoring

Define custom criteria with weights. Innovation might be 40%, Technical Execution 30%, etc.

Smart Judge Assignments

Automatically distribute projects to judges. Ensure every project gets fair coverage.

Conflict of Interest Management

Judges can recuse themselves from projects they have connections to.

Quality Flags

Flag projects for review: incomplete, plagiarism suspected, off-topic, or other concerns.

Scoring Methods

Multiple Scoring Algorithms

Choose the scoring method that best fits your hackathon's needs.

Simple Average

Straightforward average of all judge scores. Best for smaller events with trusted judges.

Normalized

Adjusts for judge bias by normalizing scores across each judge's distribution.

Median

Uses median instead of mean to reduce impact of outlier scores.

Trimmed Average

Removes highest and lowest scores before averaging for more robust results.

AI-Powered

Let AI Augment Your Judging Process

HackPulse integrates cutting-edge AI to help judges work faster and catch issues that humans might miss.

Automated Code Analysis

AI reviews code quality, architecture patterns, and security vulnerabilities.

Plagiarism Detection

Detect copied code, forked repos with minimal changes, and boilerplate abuse.

Scoring Suggestions

AI provides scoring recommendations based on project analysis. Judges make final decisions.

Compliance Checking

Verify commits happened during the hackathon period. Flag pre-built projects.

More Features

Everything Else You Need

HackPulse is packed with features to make your hackathon a success.

Finals Round

Optional finals phase for top projects. Perfect for demo days and live presentations.

Real-Time Analytics

Track registration, submissions, and judging progress with live dashboards.

Live Leaderboards

Public or private leaderboards. Show scores as judging progresses or reveal all at once.

Mention Voting

Community choice awards, best UI, most innovative - let judges vote on special mentions.

Multi-Organization

Manage multiple organizations and hackathons from a single account.

Role-Based Access

Admins, judges, and participants each see exactly what they need.

Discord Integration

Sign in with Discord. Sync roles and channels with your hackathon community.

Data Export

Export all data at any time. CSV, JSON, or API access for custom integrations.

Full Audit Trail

Every score, every change, every decision is logged and auditable.

Everything You Need to Run World-Class Hackathons