Setup

Event Name The name of your CTF event/workshop

Event Description Description for the CTF

User Mode
Controls whether users join together in teams to play (Team Mode) or play as themselves (User Mode)

Team Mode

Participants register accounts and form teams
If a team member solves a challenge, the entire team receives credit

Easier to see which team member solved a challenge
May be slightly more difficult to administer

User Mode

Participants only register an individual account
Players can share accounts to form pseudo-teams

Easier to organize
Difficult to attribute solutions to individual team members

Visibility Settings
Control the visibility of different sections of CTFd

Challenge Visibility

Account Visibility

Score Visibility

Registration Visibility

Verify Emails Control whether users must confirm their email addresses before participating

Team Size Amount of users per team (Teams mode only) Optional.

Admin Username Your username for the administration account

Admin Email Your email address for the administration account

Admin Password Your password for the administration account

Subscribe email address to the CTFd LLC Newsletter for news and updates

Logo

Logo to use for the website instead of a CTF name. Used as the home page button. Optional.

Banner

Banner to use for the homepage. Optional.

Small Icon

favicon used in user's browsers. Only PNGs accepted. Must be 32x32px. Optional.

Theme CTFd Theme to use. Can be changed later.

Theme Color

Color used by theme to control aesthetics. Requires theme support. Optional.

Start Time

Date

Time

UTC Preview

Time when your CTF is scheduled to start. Optional.

End Time

Date

Time

UTC Preview

Time when your CTF is scheduled to end. Optional.

Social Shares Control whether users can share links commemorating their challenge solves

Challenge Repository

Optionally connect a GitHub or GitLab repository containing your challenges as a ctfcli project. Pushes to the repository's default branch will automatically sync challenges to this CTFd instance.

The token needs the repo and workflow scopes. The token needs the api scope.

Visit and enter the code:

Waiting for authorization…

Connected to as

Use an existing repository

Create a new repository

The repository must be a valid ctfcli project (contain a .ctf/config file). A challenge sync pipeline is added if it is missing.

Private

The repository will be scaffolded as a ctfcli project with a challenge sync pipeline.

Linked repository

The challenge sync pipeline and its access credentials will be configured when setup completes.