DOOMCTF '26 is the official cybersecurity competition platform developed for Cyber Defence Lab IAR, designed to host immersive offensive security events focused on real-world cyber operations and competitive hacking.
A full-scale real-time Capture The Flag competition platform engineered for offensive security events, live scoreboards, team operations, challenge orchestration, and cyber warfare-inspired gameplay.
DOOMCTF '26 is the official cybersecurity competition platform developed for Cyber Defence Lab IAR, designed to host immersive offensive security events focused on real-world cyber operations and competitive hacking.
The platform provides a complete end-to-end CTF ecosystem supporting:
live challenge deployment
timed challenge sessions
team-based gameplay
real-time scoreboards
secure flag validation
downloadable challenge artifacts
operational admin tooling
platform-wide event orchestration
Built with a tactical cyberpunk-inspired interface, the experience combines terminal aesthetics, glitch effects, operational dashboards, and high-density UI systems to create an immersive competition environment for cybersecurity enthusiasts, reverse engineers, cryptographers, and exploit developers.
The platform supports multiple challenge domains including:
web exploitation
reverse engineering
cryptography
digital forensics
OSINT
binary exploitation
DOOMCTF was designed to function not as a simple challenge board, but as a fully operational cyber competition infrastructure platform.
The system was developed using React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Supabase, PostgreSQL, and Recharts with a modular architecture optimized for scalability, competition management, and real-time gameplay workflows.
The backend infrastructure leverages Supabase for:
authentication systems
database management
secure flag validation
real-time score tracking
storage pipelines
admin operations
communication systems
Major platform systems include:
live team and player scoreboards
secure server-side flag verification
timed challenge sessions
progressive hint unlocking
encrypted challenge file distribution
admin audit logging
blacklist and moderation systems
competition-wide broadcast messaging
dynamic event control systems
A dedicated multi-tab administrative command center was developed to allow organizers to manage:
challenges
teams
communications
competition rules
platform state
moderation actions
operational analytics
The interface design combines Rajdhani, Inter, and JetBrains Mono typography with cyber-red tactical accents, scanline overlays, glitch animations, and dark command-center aesthetics inspired by modern cybersecurity operations environments.
DOOMCTF '26 was built to establish a production-grade competitive cybersecurity platform capable of supporting large-scale offensive security events while delivering an immersive and operationally authentic hacking experience.
