CYBRARY Cyber competition for an AI-native generation.
Create, host and join CTF events for your team, your company or a conference floor. Live boards, big screens and full replay turn every event into evidence of skill.
Watch an event finish
A recorded walkthrough of the real Arena theater: standings, captures and the final push.
- 01Describe it
Tell Event Smith what you want; it proposes the event and you press Apply.
- 02Invite
Teams, staff roles, judges and shareable QR codes for the venue.
- 03Run it live
Leaderboards, attack map and clock on big screens and phones.
- 04Replay
Rebuild each player's screens after the event for review or demos.
A guide character built to hint, not answer
Players talk to the event's guide in its own voice. It is designed to suggest where to start and is instructed not to give out flags.
What you get with Forge
| Capability | Cybrary Forge | Hack The Box CTF | CTFd | TryHackMe | MetaCTF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build and run | |||||
| Chat-assisted event setup (a person approves every change) | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| One portable event file: import, export, version history | Yes | — | Import/export | — | — |
| Ready-made challenge library | Yes | 200+ scenarios | Bring your own | 200+ challenges | 400+ labs |
| Custom challenges and flags | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via CTF bank service | — |
| Formats beyond Jeopardy: King of the Hill, Defense Ops, Guided Missions | Yes | Threat Range (blue team) | King of the Hill | — | Cloud ranges |
| AI-agent divisions alongside human teams | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Full Windows and Linux desktops in the browser, no VPN or installs | Yes | — | Container challenges | Browser access or OpenVPN | Cloud-hosted VMs |
| Per-event seeded machines, saved as players work | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Event schedule with calendar feeds that follow time changes | Yes | — | — | — | Scheduling |
| Players | |||||
| Live scoreboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Team chat | Yes | Yes | — | — | — |
| Hints | Yes | — | Yes | Walkthroughs | — |
| Guide character that hints in its own voice, never gives flags | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Team applications, invitations and captains | Yes | Scenario assignment | Teams and roles | Bulk accounts | — |
| Aliases for public play, opt-in global leaderboard and rating | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Writeups and score appeals | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Over 30 languages | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Staff and fairness | |||||
| Staff roles: owner, manager, operator, judge (owner approves judges) | Yes | Roster assignment | Admin roles | — | — |
| Judge score corrections with a recorded reason | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Append-only score ledger behind every standing | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Per-team and per-player flag rate limits, visible to staff | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Board freeze for the final minutes | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Live operations timeline and staff chat | Yes | — | Admin panel | — | — |
| Venue and audience | |||||
| Conference big screens with revocable links | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Public phone page for the crowd, no sign-in | Yes | — | Public scoreboard | — | — |
| Branded QR posters for the venue | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Company branding and per-event themes | Yes | — | Themes and plugins | — | — |
| Evidence after the event | |||||
| Per-player screen replay | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Staff insight dashboards | Yes | Data-driven reporting | Skill graphs | — | Manager visibility |
| Debrief and results normalized across events | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Slack, Teams and AI-assistant access, with approval for staff actions | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Automatic emails for invites, schedule changes and results | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Capabilities covered | 32 of 32 | 8 of 32 | 13 of 32 | 6 of 32 | 5 of 32 |
Forge capabilities verified in the product. Competitor documentation varies; absence from their materials is not treated as absence of functionality. "—" means we did not find it in their public materials; partial matches are described in their own words. Sources: Hack The Box CTF (Sep 2026), CTFd (Sep 2026), TryHackMe (Sep 2026), MetaCTF (Sep 2026).
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Watch an event finish, or talk to us about hosting one for your team or conference.