HoneyCup.ru's answer

I started HoneyCup after watching three amateur tennis clubs run tournaments on paper and Excel. Bracket generators existed (Challonge, Toornament), but every useful format — double elimination, Swiss, groups — was paywalled, required signup, or didn't print to A4 cleanly. Coaches were spending evenings on math instead of coaching.

The first version was a Russian-language single-sport (tennis) round robin generator built in 2024. Clubs adopted it, asked for double elimination, then chess players found it, then padel coaches. By 2026 it had grown into a 7-sport, 6-format, bilingual platform — still free, still no signup required, still optimised for the "Saturday morning before the tournament" use case.

HoneyCup.ru's answer

Five reasons:

1. Zero friction — pick sport → format → player count → bracket. No email, no account, no credit card.
2. Free formats that competitors gate — Swiss, double elimination, groups + double elimination are paid on Challonge and Toornament.
3. Printable by design — A4 PDF templates that match what amateur clubs actually print and pin on the wall.
4. Works offline — once loaded, full bracket generation works without internet (PWA).
5. Bilingual RU/EN — first-class Russian localisation, rare in this category.

HoneyCup.ru's answer

Amateur tournament organisers who run events on weekends and don't want to learn enterprise software. Three core segments:

• Sports clubs (tennis, table tennis, badminton, padel, chess) — 4 to 64 players, monthly internal tournaments.
• Coaches and PE teachers — school events, summer camps, corporate sport days.
• Esports and chess community organisers — small online tournaments, casual leagues, office events.

Common trait: previously used Excel, paper, or hit Challonge's paywall. Want a bracket in five minutes, not a CRM.

HoneyCup.ru's answer

No-signup, no-paywall bracket generator with the broadest format coverage of any free tool: 7 sports × 6 formats (single elimination, double elimination, round robin, Swiss, groups + playoff, groups + double elimination) = 252 ready-to-use templates, all printable as A4 PDF. Most competitors gate Swiss, double elimination, or more than 8 players behind a paid tier — HoneyCup ships everything free, in five seconds, in browser, bilingual (RU/EN).

HoneyCup.ru's answer

• Independent tennis clubs in Moscow and Saint Petersburg (anonymised on request)
• Amateur chess communities (online tournaments, 16 to 64 players)
• School and university PE programmes (Russia, weekly events)
• Corporate sport day organisers (office tournaments)

HoneyCup.ru's answer

• Frontend: Next.js 15 (App Router), React 19, TypeScript (strict mode)
• Backend / DB: Supabase (PostgreSQL, Row Level Security, Auth)
• Hosting: Self-hosted VPS, PM2, nginx
• Testing: Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E)
• i18n: Custom dictionary system (RU / EN)
• Analytics: Yandex Metrika
• Charts: Recharts
• PDF: Native browser print + custom A4 layout CSS