After 6 months of hard work, thousands of lines of code, countless nights troubleshooting, I have finally brought my project to a release. I know it’s not over, but it’s on to the next steps.
After 6 months of passionate development, I’m thrilled to announce the official release of TRTS: The Race Timing Solution for Cross Country and Road Races v1.0 – a comprehensive, professional-grade race timing system that’s now 100% open source and available on GitHub!
🚀 Full-Stack Engineering Meets Athletic Excellence
TRTS isn’t just another timing app – it’s a complete ecosystem built from the ground up using modern software engineering principles:
🏗️ Architecture That Works:
- Backend: Robust SQLite database with bcrypt security
- Middleware: Dual Python interfaces (Console CLI + GTK4 GUI)
- Frontend: Responsive Flask web application
- Data Layer: Smart CSV import/export with race type detection
🎯 Real-World Ready:
- ✅ Cross Country team scoring (top 5 + displacers)
- ✅ Road Race age group classifications
- ✅ Professional-grade timing accuracy
- ✅ Live race clock and audio feedback
- ✅ Admin controls for post-race corrections
- ✅ Print-ready results formatting
🌟 Three Ways to Time, One Unified Experience
🖥️ Console Application: Rock-solid CLI for reliable race day timing 🎨 GUI Application: Modern GTK4 interface for visual operation
🌐 Web Application: Real-time results viewing and administration
All three applications share the same databases, same authentication, same results – choose your interface, keep your workflow.
🔓 Open Source = Open Possibilities
This isn’t just free software – it’s freedom software. Released under the MIT License, TRTS gives the running community:
- 📖 Complete transparency – every line of code documented
- 🛠️ Full customization – adapt it to your needs
- 🤝 Community collaboration – contribute improvements
- 🎓 Educational value – learn from real-world Python architecture
- 💰 Zero licensing costs – use it everywhere, forever
🔮 What’s Coming Next?
The future of TRTS is incredibly exciting:
🏷️ RFID Integration – Right around the corner! Hardware timer support will revolutionize timing with:
- Automatic finish detection
- Chip timing integration
- Backup timing redundancy
- Enhanced accuracy for large events
⏱️ Split Timing Support – Coming soon for advanced race analysis and intermediate checkpoints
🏊♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️ Triathlon Support – Multi-sport events with transition timing and swim/bike/run splits
🙏 Special Recognition
Extra special thanks to Jim and Ken at Kandu Timing for their invaluable expertise and partnership in helping us take the next step with RFID timing integration! Their professional insights and industry knowledge are helping make TRTS a truly professional-grade solution.
🏆 Perfect For:
- School cross country meets
- Community road races
- Running club events
- Championship competitions
- Triathlon events (coming soon!)
- Educational programming projects
📊 By The Numbers:
- 6 months of development
- 3 integrated applications
- 2 race types fully supported (more coming!)
- 1 completely open source solution
- ∞ possibilities for the running community
🔗 Get Started Today: 📥 Download: GitHub Repository 📚 Documentation: Complete setup guides included 🚀 Quick Start: Up and running in under 10 minutes
Ready to revolutionize race timing? Star the repo, clone it, and start timing races like a pro!
Built with ❤️ for the running community. Made in Indiana. Open source forever.
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P.S. – Special thanks to everyone who provided feedback during development, and huge appreciation to the pros at Kandu Timing for sharing their expertise. This is just the beginning! 🏁