A retro space-themed Capture The Flag platform built with modern tech stack that actually Just Works™️

Experience a CTF in a sleek, dark-themed environment with real-time scoring and team collaboration.

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• 🔐 User Authentication - Individual and team registration system
• 🎯 Challenge Management - Create, edit, import/export and manage CTF challenges
• 📊 Real-time Scoring - Live leaderboard updates
• 🌙 Retro UI Theme - Space-inspired design with stunning visuals for both the categories and challenge selection screens
• 📱 Responsive Design - Works on both desktop and mobile
• 🚀 Modern Stack - Built with Next.js 15, Prisma, and Tailwind CSS
• 🏁 Multi-Flag Challenges - Supports problems with multiple flags for partial credit
• 📈 Scoreboard History - Visualize team progress with a dynamic chart
• 🔓 Unlock Conditions - Time-based and prerequisite challenge gates

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js 20.x or later
• npm or yarn
• SQLite (included with Prisma)

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/asynchronous-x/orbital-ctf.git cd orbital-ctf

2. Install dependencies

   npm install # or yarn install

3. Create a .env file

   cp .env.example .env

4. Set up the database

   npx prisma migrate reset

5. Seed initial challenges

   npm run prisma:seed # or yarn prisma:seed

6. Start development server

   npm run dev # or yarn dev

   Open http://localhost:3000 to launch the platform.

orbital-ctf/ ├── src/ │ ├── app/ # Next.js app router pages │ ├── components/ # React components │ ├── lib/ # Server-side helpers │ ├── utils/ # Client-side utilities │ ├── types/ # Shared TypeScript types │ ├── middleware.ts # Next.js middleware │ └── instrumentation.ts # Startup tasks (challenge import) ├── prisma/ │ ├── schema.prisma # Database schema │ └── migrations/ # Database migrations └── public/ # Static assets └── uploads/ # Challenge file uploads 

The platform is built on these core models:

The platform can be configured through environment variables:

DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db" NEXTAUTH_SECRET="your-secret-here" NEXTAUTH_URL="http://localhost:3000" INGEST_CHALLENGES_AT_STARTUP=true CHALLENGES_DIR="./challenges"

Set INGEST_CHALLENGES_AT_STARTUP to true if you want challenges in CHALLENGES_DIR automatically imported when the server starts.

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.

• Next.js
• Prisma
• Tailwind CSS
• NextAuth.js