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

Описание и применение

Quaesito – локальное приложение для викторин, которое запускается на ноутбуке, транслируется на телевизор, а участники отвечают со своих телефонов без внешних запросов.

Задача

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

Результат

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

Рабочий процесс

• 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.

Доказательства

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.

Источник

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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