Compstack brings modern cloud technology to agricultural and country shows — managing entries, ticketing, traders and operations from a single integrated platform.
What we do
Running a show means coordinating hundreds of moving parts across months of preparation. Compstack replaces spreadsheets and paper with a connected, cloud-based platform purpose-built for the job.
Hosted on DigitalOcean with managed databases, container deployments and automated health monitoring. No servers to manage, no local backups to worry about.
Show entries, public ticketing and trader management share a common infrastructure and operational backbone — data flows where it's needed, when it's needed.
Whether you run a local village show or a major agricultural event, Compstack scales to match. Resources are allocated dynamically and costs are kept proportional.
Role-based access, encrypted secrets management, HTTPS everywhere, and payment processing via Square — built with security at every layer from day one.
The applications
Each application handles a distinct domain of show management. Together they form a complete operational picture.
The operational core — managing the full lifecycle of show entries from class definitions to judging results and final publications.
Public-facing ticket sales with Square payment integration, QR code generation and gate validation — removing queues and paper from the gate entirely.
From application to pitch allocation, insurance verification and on-site coordination — a complete workflow for managing commercial traders at your show.
The management layer that sits above it all — monitoring health, managing seasonal deployments, controlling costs and keeping operators informed.
Vision
Compstack was born out of the real operational needs of the CSG Show — an event that demanded better tooling than spreadsheets and disconnected systems could provide.
From the start, the platform was architected to be flexible. Each application is independently deployable, the infrastructure is multi-tenant capable, and the operational tooling in ShowControl is designed to manage any number of shows and applications from a single place.
The vision is an ecosystem where any agricultural or country show — regardless of size — can access the same professional-grade digital infrastructure that was previously only within reach of large, well-resourced organisations.
Roadmap
Seasonal hosting
Agricultural shows are seasonal events. Running cloud infrastructure year-round for an event that happens once a year is wasteful and expensive — so Compstack doesn't.
When applications show as Inactive, they have been cleanly shut down for the off-season. All data is preserved in a fully managed database that continues to run year-round, ready to support the applications when they are next deployed.
When the season approaches, a single click in ShowControl redeploys all three applications from stored configuration — fully operational within minutes, at a fraction of the cost of always-on hosting.
Compstack is an evolving platform. If you run an agricultural or country show and want to explore what modern digital infrastructure could do for your operations, we'd love to hear from you.
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