How to use the online scoreboard
- Pick a sport. The preset sets the scoring buttons, the game clock and the rules. Every value can be changed in Settings.
- Type the team names. Choose team colors in Settings if you like.
- Add points by tapping a team’s big score, pressing its buttons, or using the keys below.
- Press Space (or Start clock) to start and stop the game clock.
- Press N for the next period once the buzzer sounds.
- Press F for full screen. The buttons fade away after 3 seconds, leaving names, scores and the clock.
Made a mistake? Press U to undo, as many as 100 times, and Shift+U to redo.
The game saves itself in this browser after every change, so a reload or a closed tab doesn’t lose it. Press New game in Settings to start over.
On a phone or tablet, turn it sideways. Tap a score to add points, swipe down on it to take one away, and press and hold it to type a score.
Keyboard shortcuts
The left hand scores for Home and the right hand scores for Guest. Shortcuts pause while you type in a box, like a team name. The scoring keys follow key positions, so they also work on keyboards with other layouts.
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Home +1 / +2 / +3 / −1 | Q / W / E / A |
| Guest +1 / +2 / +3 / −1 | P / O / I / L |
| Home / Guest foul (Shift removes one) | Z / M |
| Start or stop the clock · next period | Space · N |
| Shot clock to full / to 14 seconds | R / Shift+R |
| Possession · buzzer · swap sides | X · B · S |
| Undo / redo · full screen · shortcut list | U / Shift+U · F · H |
| Players mode: player 1–9 +1 (Shift: −1) | 1–9 |
Game clock, periods and shot clock
The game clock counts down or up. Under a minute, a countdown shows tenths of a second, like 9.4. At 0.0 it stops, sounds the buzzer and shows “End of Q1”; press N to start the next period with a full clock.
To set the time, stop the clock and press it, then type the time as minutes and seconds, like 7:30. The −1s and +1s buttons fix small errors.
The clock keeps the right time even if the tab is in the background. The buzzer sounds after your first click or key press, because browsers block sound until then.
Soccer and the other count-up presets keep running past the period length, for stoppage time. Press N when the referee ends the half.
Sport presets
| Sport | Scoring | Clock and rules (all editable) |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball | +1, +2, +3 | 4 × 8:00 counting down (NBA 4 × 12, FIBA 4 × 10, NCAA men 2 × 20) |
| Soccer | +1 | 2 × 45:00 counting up |
| Ice hockey | +1 | 3 × 20:00 counting down |
| American football | +1, +2, +3, +6 | 4 × 12:00 counting down (NFL 4 × 15) |
| Volleyball | +1 | Sets to 25, deciding set to 15, win by 2, best of 5 |
| Beach volleyball | +1 | Sets to 21, third set to 15, win by 2, best of 3 |
| Pickleball | +1 | One game to 11, win by 2 |
| Table tennis | +1 | Games to 11, win by 2, best of 5 |
| Badminton | +1 | Games to 21, win by 2, capped at 30, best of 3 |
| Cornhole | Rounds | First to 21, cancellation scoring |
| Any game | +1, +2, +3 | Clock counting up |
| Quiz or class | +1, +5 | Players mode, no clock |
Basketball: fouls, bonus and shot clock
Each team’s fouls show under its score; press Z or M, or the Foul buttons, to add one. At the bonus threshold, 5 by default, the team’s line shows BONUS. Fouls reset when you press N for the next period.
Turn on the shot clock in Settings: 24, 30 or 35 seconds. It runs and stops with the game clock and has its own, higher buzzer. Press R to reset it to full or Shift+R for 14 seconds; X moves the possession arrow.
Volleyball, pickleball and table tennis: sets and win by 2
A set ends only when a team reaches the target and leads by 2, so 25–24 plays on and 26–24 wins. When a set is won, the board shows “Set to Home 25–23” and waits: press Start next set when the teams are ready. The sets won show under each score, and the match ends with “Home wins 3–1”.
Cornhole: cancellation scoring
Each round, enter how many bags each team landed on the board (1 point) and in the hole (3 points), then press Score round. Only the difference counts, and the first team to 21 wins.
For example, Home has 2 on the board and 1 in the hole (5 points) and Guest has 1 on the board (1 point): Home scores 4, Guest scores 0.
Players mode: a score tracker for classes and game nights
Switch the board to Players to track 3 to 12 players or teams. Each card has an editable name, a big score and buttons to add or take away points. Keys 1 to 9 add a point to players 1 to 9, and Shift takes one away.
Press Sort by score to put the leader first. The leader’s card has a yellow border, which makes it easy for a class to see who’s ahead.
Show the scoreboard on a TV, projector or stream
Connect your laptop to the TV or projector with HDMI and set the display to Extend. Press Display window: a clean board without buttons opens in its own window. Drag it to the TV and click it once for full screen.
Keep scoring from the laptop; the display updates straight away, with no internet connection needed between them. If your browser blocks the window, allow pop-ups for this site, or drag this browser window to the TV and press F.
Between games, blank the projector with a black screen so the room isn’t lit by a bright desktop.
To stream a game, choose the green background for the display window in Settings. In OBS, add a Window Capture source for that window and a Chroma Key filter to remove the green. Check your stream camera first with the webcam test.