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LocalDawn Hackathon 2025 Results
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LOCAL-FIRST HACKATHON 2025 RESULTS

Overall Winners

#1 Overall

EduWeb (EduWeb) - EduWeb

📊 Overall Score: 4.10/5.00
💰 Total Prize: $1100
Category Scores:
  • Impact and Innovation: 4.21/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • Technical Implementation: 4.05/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • User Experience: 4.11/5.00 (Weight: 20%)
  • Documentation and Presentation: 4.00/5.00 (Weight: 20%)
📝 Project Description:

EduWeb – Bridging the Digital Divide in Education. I embarked on this journey with a mission: to make education accessible everywhere, even in low-connectivity areas. The offline-first approach, combined with AI assistance and smart syncing, creates a thoughtful solution to this critical problem.

"EduWeb is an excellent project that could make a real difference in bridging the education gap in areas with limited internet access. The offline-first approach, combined with AI assistance and smart syncing, is a thoughtful solution to a critical problem. I would love to see more documentation on the deployment and detailed usage examples. Great work, and keep it up!"

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository
#2 Overall

MindCapture (MindCapture) - MindCapture

📊 Overall Score: 4.02/5.00
💰 Total Prize: $400
Category Scores:
  • Impact and Innovation: 3.89/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • Technical Implementation: 3.95/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • User Experience: 3.95/5.00 (Weight: 20%)
  • Documentation and Presentation: 4.37/5.00 (Weight: 20%)
📝 Project Description:

Welcome to your second brain! MindCapture is a completely local AI-powered note-taking application designed to help users capture, summarize, and categorize information efficiently.

"MindCapture is an exciting project with a strong focus on user privacy and a futuristic feel. The use of AI to help with real-time note-taking and organization is innovative and incredibly useful. The local-first approach is a huge plus for privacy-conscious users. To enhance the app further, it might be helpful to provide more insight into the underlying AI algorithms and offer more intuitive usability for new users. Overall, it's an impressive app with a lot of potential, and I'm excited to see it evolve!"

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository
#3 Overall

Sanjay (OffGrid)

📊 Overall Score: 3.98/5.00
💰 Total Prize: $200
Category Scores:
  • Impact and Innovation: 4.11/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • Technical Implementation: 4.00/5.00 (Weight: 30%)
  • User Experience: 4.05/5.00 (Weight: 20%)
  • Documentation and Presentation: 3.68/5.00 (Weight: 20%)

"The EDU Share project addresses a meaningful need in the community, especially in areas with limited connectivity. However, the website currently not loading makes it difficult to assess its full functionality. I suggest ensuring that the platform's features, especially synchronization and offline usage, are fully accessible to showcase its potential. Additional details about troubleshooting and setup could help users and developers engage more effectively."

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository

Category Winners

Impact & Innovation

EduWeb (EduWeb) - EduWeb

📊 Score: 4.21/5.00
💰 Prize: $100
📝 Project Description:

EduWeb – Bridging the Digital Divide in Education. I embarked on this journey with a mission: to make education accessible everywhere, even in low-connectivity areas.

"EduWeb is an excellent project that could make a real difference in bridging the education gap in areas with limited internet access. The offline-first approach, combined with AI assistance and smart syncing, is a thoughtful solution to a critical problem. I would love to see more documentation on the deployment and detailed usage examples. Great work, and keep it up!"

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository
Technical Implementation

sweetsanderson2 (LocalShare) - Local Mesh

📊 Score: 4.04/5.00
💰 Prize: $100
📝 Project Description:

LocalMesh is an offline-first progressive web application (PWA) that enables decentralized, peer-to-peer resource sharing without requiring constant internet connectivity.

"Your project has a strong foundation in local mesh networking and addresses an important offline-first challenge. The use of P2P communication is a great choice, but the documentation could be more detailed to help contributors and users better understand setup and functionality. Expanding on user experience aspects, such as clearer indicators for offline/online states and refining UI responsiveness, could improve adoption. Keep up the great work!"

— Surendra Vitla
CodeBerg Repository
User Experience

TheGenz (CollaboSync) - Note-Z

📊 Score: 4.11/5.00
💰 Prize: $100
📝 Project Description:

Note-Z is a next-generation, location-based note-taking app crafted exclusively by Gen-Z for Gen-Z

"Note-Z is a fun and innovative concept that addresses the fast-paced, on-the-go nature of Gen-Z. The self-refreshing feature is a unique touch, and the playful interface is appealing. It would be great to see more documentation on how the app functions, especially regarding location integration and data handling. Expanding the feature set to support long-term tasks or additional organizational options could also broaden its appeal. Keep up the great work!"

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository
Documentation & Presentation

MindCapture (MindCapture) - MindCapture

📊 Score: 4.37/5.00
💰 Prize: $100
📝 Project Description:

Welcome to your second brain! MindCapture is a completely local AI-powered note-taking application designed to help users capture, summarize, and categorize information efficiently.

"MindCapture is an exciting project with a strong focus on user privacy and a futuristic feel. The use of AI to help with real-time note-taking and organization is innovative and incredibly useful. The local-first approach is a huge plus for privacy-conscious users. To enhance the app further, it might be helpful to provide more insight into the underlying AI algorithms and offer more intuitive usability for new users. Overall, it's an impressive app with a lot of potential, and I'm excited to see it evolve!"

— Surendra Vitla
GitHub Repository

Prize Summary

Team Project Prizes Total
EduWeb (EduWeb) EduWeb $100 (Category Winner: Impact and Innovation), $1000 (#1 Overall Winner) $1100
MindCapture (MindCapture) MindCapture $100 (Category Winner: Documentation and Presentation), $300 (#2 Overall Winner) $400
Sanjay (OffGrid) Sanjay (OffGrid) $200 (#3 Overall Winner) $200
sweetsanderson2 (LocalShare) Local Mesh $100 (Category Winner: Technical Implementation) $100
TheGenz (CollaboSync) Note-Z $100 (Category Winner: User Experience) $100
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