Abstract :

Hackathons have become an essential platform for fostering innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving among students and professionals. However, managing hackathons manually involves challenges such as inefficient registration, lack of real-time coordination, difficulty in project tracking, and delayed evaluation processes. This paper presents a hackathon management system developed using full stack technologies to automate and streamline the entire hackathon lifecycle. The proposed system provides a centralized platform for participant registration, team formation, hackathon creation, project submission, evaluation, and result management. The system is implemented using react for the frontend, node.js and express.js for backend services, and mongodb for secure and scalable data storage. The proposed solution improves efficiency, transparency, and user experience for organizers, participants, and evaluators, thereby ensuring smooth execution of hackathon events.