Quaesito: a self-hosted app for quiz nights with friends

Description and use

Quaesito is a self‑hosted quiz app that runs on a laptop, casts to a TV, and lets friends answer from phones over a local network, offering interactive question formats and multimedia.

Problem

Friends need an engaging, local‑network quiz application that does not rely on third‑party services.

Outcome

Quaesito provides an interactive, local‑network quiz experience without external dependencies, improving engagement over static slides or PDFs.

Workflow

• Install Quaesito on a laptop (Linux tested, Windows/macOS supported).
• Connect the laptop to a TV via cast or screen‑share.
• Friends join the quiz by opening the app URL on their phones, all on the same local network.
• Answer questions of various formats and multimedia.
• Host controls the flow of the quiz.
• End the session and review results.

Evidence

It runs on your laptop, which you can cast or screen-share on to a TV. Friends then connect and answer from their phones, as long as everyone is on the same local network.

Source

I was especially careful to make it work over your local network. No requests are sent to third‑party services.

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I wanted something that made quiz nights more fun than just a slideshow or a PDF, with support for different types of question formats and multimedia.

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