Which formats does NekoTab support?
British Parliamentary (BP), Australs/3v3, WSDC‑style, and other parliamentary formats. You can configure speaker counts, sides, and scoring to match your needs.
Can I import teams, judges, and venues?
Yes — CSV imports are fully supported. You can also manage availability, conflicts, and institutional clashes from the admin panel.
Is it free to use?
NekoTab is open‑source and free to self-host. You can also use our hosted service for a simple one-time fee.
How do I create a tournament?
Just sign up, click "Create Tournament", fill in a name and number of rounds, and you're ready to go. No approval or verification needed.
Can participants submit their own ballots?
Yes — you can enable public ballot submission or use private URLs sent to participants for secure, individual access.
What is the Motion Doctor?
The Motion Doctor is an AI-powered analysis tool that takes any debate motion and produces a comprehensive coaching-grade report. It includes clash maps, argument suggestions for all teams, Points of Information ideas, extension strategies for BP closing halves, and difficulty/fairness metrics. It uses a 4-stage pipeline (Profiler → Planner → Generator → Validator) to ensure high-quality, motion-specific output.
How does the Motion Bank work?
The Motion Bank is a searchable database of thousands of real debate motions from tournaments worldwide. You can filter by format (BP, Australs, WSDC), region, year, theme, and difficulty level. Each motion includes metadata, community ratings, and the option to run it through the Motion Doctor for AI analysis.
What is the Debate Passport?
The Debate Passport is your personal debate profile that tracks your tournament participation, speaker scores, wins, and achievements across all tournaments hosted on NekoTab. It provides a career overview and connects you with the global debater directory. Think of it as a debate CV that builds automatically as you compete.
Can I use NekoTab for school-level tournaments?
Absolutely. NekoTab supports all major school debating formats including WSDC-style and modified Australs. The setup process is the same — create a tournament, configure the format preset, import participants, and start running rounds. Many school debating leagues use NekoTab for their competitions.
