Building Juryza: Hackathon Judging You Can Defend

Description and use

Juryza is a self‑hosted hackathon platform that eliminates random judging and provides mathematically defensible scores.

Problem

Hackathon judging is often a random lottery, with inconsistent scoring, cloud‑locked platforms, and opaque algorithms.

Outcome

Juryza delivers a fully offline, mathematically defensible judging workflow, eliminating bias and cloud dependencies.

Workflow

• Clone the Juryza repo
• Run docker compose up
• Open http://localhost:8080
• Use demo accounts to test organizer, judge, participant, and admin roles
• Configure rubric weighting and judge assignments
• Score projects blind or via pairwise duels
• Review results in the integrity dashboard

Evidence

We built Juryza to solve this once and for all: The self-hosted hackathon platform with judging you can mathematically defend.

Source

Open http://localhost:8080 — no cloud account, no credit card, and zero external network calls required at runtime.

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Juryza introduces three distinct, mathematically rigorous evaluation layers: Cross-Judge z-Score Normalization, Bradley–Terry pairwise duel arena, and blind rubric scoring.

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