Evaluation Standards

The projects are broadly evaluated on the following criteria:

Open Source-ness of it

The project should be open-source with a friendly opensource license to it. Most go-to options would be either MIT or AGPL-3

Evaluates the technical depth and difficulty of the problem and solution.

Considers system architecture, integrations, and overall engineering effort.

Assesses the quality of user experience, interface clarity, and usability.

Focuses on intuitive flows, visual consistency, and accessibility.

Measures the real-world value and usefulness of the solution.

Looks at who benefits, how meaningful the change is, and its potential scale.

Judges originality and creativity in both idea and execution.

Rewards fresh thinking and unique approaches to problem-solving.

Evaluates how clearly the team explains the problem, solution, and impact.

Considers demo quality, storytelling, and ability to answer questions.