Compstack brings modern cloud technology to UK village, country and county shows — giving show secretaries a single platform to manage entries, ticketing, traders and show day operations.
What we do
Running a village or country show means coordinating hundreds of moving parts across months of preparation. Compstack replaces spreadsheets and paper with connected, cloud-based show management software purpose-built for show secretaries and show committees.
Hosted on DigitalOcean with managed databases, container deployments and automated health monitoring. No servers to manage, no local backups — ideal for show committees without dedicated IT support.
Show entries, public ticketing and trader management share a common infrastructure and operational backbone — data flows across your show management system exactly where it's needed, when it's needed.
Whether you run a local village show or a major county show, 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 — a country show that demanded better show management software 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 UK country show — from a small village show to a major county show — can access the same professional-grade digital show management infrastructure previously only within reach of large, well-resourced organisations.
Roadmap
Seasonal hosting
Country and village 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 built for UK country and village shows. If you're a show secretary or committee member and want to explore what modern digital infrastructure could do for your operations, we'd love to hear from you.