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Project Gallery

Showcase hackathon projects after submissions close. Browse projects, filter by competition, and share the gallery with the community.

Your event has a project gallery where all submitted projects are showcased. By default it becomes available once submissions close, and you can choose a different moment from the Gallery button on the Submissions tab.

  • Project cards with name, description, team members, and links (demo, GitHub, etc.)
  • Competition filters to browse projects by track or challenge
  • Winner badges on projects that have been awarded prizes (only visible after you publish results)
  • Search to find specific projects by name, description, or team

Open the Gallery button on the Submissions tab and pick one of:

  • Hidden: the gallery is never public. Use this for confidential internal events.
  • As projects come in: projects appear as soon as they are submitted, so everyone can see what others are working on. This also works for events where participants submit an idea early and then keep updating the same submission with what they built before the deadline.
  • After submissions close (default): the gallery goes public automatically when submissions close.
  • When results are published: the gallery goes public when you publish results.

Until the reveal moment, visitors see a "coming soon" placeholder and the event page does not link to the gallery. With Hidden, the gallery URL does not exist at all: it returns a not-found page, and nothing links to it (not the event page, not project share pages, not the Event Links dropdown).

Once the gallery is live, its link appears under Event Links in the top-right corner, and the Gallery button offers a View public gallery page shortcut. Both need a public event; the gallery, like the rest of your public pages, is not reachable while the event is private.

Once live, the gallery is accessible to anyone with the link, making it perfect for showcasing what teams built. After the hackathon, you can share the gallery more broadly so participants can show off their work to employers, sponsors, or the wider community.

Like the event page, the project gallery is an unlisted link. It won't appear in search engines unless you choose to share it publicly.

Competitions & Prizes

Understand HackHQ competition types (Overall, Track, Challenge), configure awards, and manage prize money for your hackathon.

Submission Page

Collect and manage hackathon project submissions on HackHQ. Custom forms, team management, embeds, and project tracking.

On this page

What the gallery shows
Choosing when the gallery goes public
Sharing the gallery