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Bracket
What it is
Bracket is a free, open-source tournament system for creating events, scheduling matches, tracking scores, and publishing rankings. It supports single-elimination, round-robin, and Swiss formats, with tournaments organized into multiple stages and groups or brackets. Organizers can move matches between courts or change start times, while Swiss scheduling can generate matches based on earlier results. Teams and players can be created or updated individually, or uploaded from CSV files. Users can manage multiple clubs, each with multiple tournaments. Public dashboard pages show schedules and rankings and can include a custom logo; live scoreboards are available as well. Bracket provides a REST API powered by FastAPI, with specifications in ReDoc and Swagger UI. It runs on web, Linux, and self-hosted setups, including Docker Compose deployment. The maker says it collects no analytics data. Deployment guidance includes security settings, and the configuration documentation says registration is disabled in production while the project remains in beta.
For and against
For
- Supports single-elimination, round-robin, and Swiss formats
- Schedules Swiss matches using prior results
- Imports teams and players from CSV
- Offers public dashboards and live scoreboards
- Provides a REST API
Against
- Production user registration is disabled during beta
- Self-hosted deployment requires security configuration
The verdict
Bracket brings tournament setup, scheduling, score tracking, and public-facing rankings together, with club management and an API. Its beta status currently means production registration is disabled.
Who it suits
Bracket suits organizers who need to manage tournament formats, teams, match schedules, scores, and public rankings. It may also fit clubs that want multiple events and a self-hosted deployment.
On the record
- Analytics
- The product says it collects no analytics data.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Analytics and data
- The maker describes Bracket as collecting no analytics data and as open-source software without vendor lock-in.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- API
- Bracket provides a REST API powered by FastAPI, with public API specifications in ReDoc and Swagger UI.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Clubs
- Users can create multiple clubs, with multiple tournaments per club.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Development status
- The configuration documentation says user registration is currently disabled in production while Bracket is still in beta.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Formats
- It supports single-elimination, round-robin, and Swiss tournament formats.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Hosting
- Bracket can be self-hosted using Docker Compose, and the documentation also describes production deployment options.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integration
- Self-hosted deployments can optionally use hCaptcha challenges for new account creation.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Match scheduling
- Organizers can drag and drop matches between courts or reschedule them to another start time.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Open source
- The product describes itself as free and open-source tournament management software.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Project status
- The configuration documentation says user registration is currently disabled in production while Bracket is still in beta.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Public dashboard
- The public dashboard can show schedules and rankings, and dashboard pages can be customized with a logo.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Bracket is a tournament system for building tournaments, scheduling matches, tracking scores, and publishing rankings.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Scheduling
- Matches can be dragged between courts or rescheduled to different start times.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security configuration
- The deployment guide says to use a random JWT secret, replace default admin credentials, and set insecure HTTP SSO to false.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Self-hosting
- Bracket can be self-hosted using Docker Compose, and its documentation also describes production deployment options.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Stages
- Tournaments can have multiple stages, each with multiple groups or brackets.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
- Swiss scheduling
- Swiss tournaments can be handled dynamically, with matches scheduled automatically based on prior results.docs.bracketapp.nl · read 30 Sep 2026
