Free esports tournament software
Run the bracket. Fill the lobby.
Streamers and orgs spin up open tournaments in minutes. Viewers sign up with their Discord username and get a check-in alert 1 hour before the bracket goes live — check-in itself opens 3 hours ahead.
Start.gg now charges 6% on paid entries. HUDrift is free — no platform fees, no cuts, ever.
HUDrift's free tournament software covers everything you need to run a competitive event end-to-end: single elimination brackets up to 64 teams (double elimination, Swiss and group stage are on the roadmap), automated Discord signup with role checks, scheduled check-in windows and no-show handling, live match score reporting from players, and a public bracket page that updates in real time as games finish. Casters and streamers get the same bracket wired into HUDrift's broadcast overlays — scorebug, team lower thirds and upcoming match cards all update automatically when a result is confirmed, so your broadcast stays in sync without a graphics operator. No subscriptions, no entry-fee cuts, no caps on the number of tournaments you can run each month.
The workflow
How it works
Spin up an open tournament or showcase in about 60 seconds — HUDrift runs the rest over Discord, so you're never chasing players in a spreadsheet.
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Publish in ~60 seconds
Create an open tournament or showcase your community can sign up for.
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Players sign up with Discord
They connect Discord and instantly get a DM confirming exactly what they've signed up for.
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Automatic check-in
One hour before start, every signed-up player gets a DM to check in, so you know who's actually showing up.
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Matchups sent for you
As soon as you seed the bracket, each player gets a DM telling them who they're facing.
Open brackets
Tournaments
No brackets yet
Be the first to host. It takes about 60 seconds to publish a tournament your community can sign up for.