Wayground alternative
Open-source Wayground alternative: free and self-hostable
Buzrr is a free, open-source alternative to Wayground for the live quiz game: players join with a code, answer against the clock and climb a leaderboard. It skips the rest of Wayground's teaching platform, and you can self-host it.
What is Buzrr?
Buzrr is an open-source quiz platform that runs in the browser. A host builds a multiple-choice quiz — by hand or with AI — and opens a live room; players join from their own phones or laptops with a 6-character code, a link or a QR code, without creating an account. Signed-in users can also play ranked 1v1 quiz battles. Buzrr is licensed under AGPL-3.0, so anyone can read the code or run their own instance.
Why people look for a Wayground alternative
They only need the game
Wayground describes itself as a place for activities, assessments, presentations, videos and flashcards. If a live quiz is all you run, a focused tool is simpler to set up.
They need to keep data in-house
Wayground is a cloud platform. Schools and clubs that need to run software on their own servers can't do that with it.
They quiz outside school too
Wayground is built for teachers and districts. Buzrr works the same for fests, trivia nights and team socials.
Buzrr vs Wayground, feature by feature
Need the details before switching? The Buzrr vs Wayground feature and pricing comparison puts both tools side by side — pricing, free plan limits, self-hosting, offline / lan use, ai quiz generation, 1v1 duels / ranked play — with a source for every Wayground claim.
What you get by switching to Buzrr
Open source and offline-capable
AGPL-3.0 on GitHub. A self-hosted instance runs on a local network with local accounts, local storage and an optional local AI model.
Cited AI questions
Upload notes or a chapter PDF to a Knowledge Space; every generated question links back to the passage it came from.
Ranked 1v1 battles
Signed-in players can play seven-question duels matched by ELO rating, or challenge a friend with a link.
Buzrr features you'd use
Live hosted quiz rooms
The host runs the room from one screen and moves it along question by question. Players join with a 6-character room code, a join link or a QR code.
No accounts for players
Players pick a name and an avatar and they are in. Only the host signs in (with Google).
Quizzes from your documents
Upload PDF, DOCX, TXT or Markdown files to an AI Knowledge Space. Generated questions cite the passage they came from, and you export the ones you keep into a quiz.
AI quiz generation
Describe a topic and Buzrr drafts up to 15 multiple-choice questions with Google Gemini. Edit anything before you host.
Ranked 1v1 quiz battles
Seven questions against one opponent, matched by ELO rating. If nobody near your rating is queuing, you get a bot opponent instead of an empty wait.
Answer charts and leaderboards
When a question closes, the host screen shows how the room answered alongside the running leaderboard. Final results — rank, score and correct answers per player — are saved to the host's history.
Self-hostable
Run your own instance on your own infrastructure. Self-hosted instances run with billing off and Pro limits.
Open source (AGPL-3.0)
The full source — web app, game server and AI service — is public on GitHub.
Runs in the browser
Nothing to install for hosts or players. It works on phones, tablets and laptops.
How Buzrr works
- 1
Build a quiz. Sign in, create a quiz and add multiple-choice questions with a time limit each — or generate a draft with AI and edit it.
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Open a room. Hit Host. Buzrr creates a room with a 6-character code, a join link and a QR code for the big screen.
- 3
Players join. Players open the link or enter the code on their own device, pick a name and avatar, and appear in your lobby.
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Play it live. Start the game. Each question runs on a server-side timer and closes early once everyone has answered. The host screen then shows the answer chart and running leaderboard, and you move on when the room is ready.
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Keep the results. The final leaderboard is saved to your history with each player's rank, score and correct answers.
Who Buzrr suits — and who it doesn't
Buzrr is a good fit if…
- Your Wayground use is mostly live quiz games.
- You need to self-host, or run quizzes on a network without internet.
- You want AI questions that cite your own material.
Stay with Wayground if…
- You assign auto-graded homework and practice.
- You need LMS, rostering or SSO integration, or district reporting.
- You rely on accommodations or interactive presentations.
What it looks like
Wayground alternative FAQ
- Is Wayground the same as Quizizz?
- Yes. Quizizz rebranded as Wayground in June 2025, and the product moved to wayground.com.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Wayground?
- For live quiz games, Buzrr. It is AGPL-3.0 open source and self-hostable. It does not replace Wayground's homework, presentations, accommodations or LMS features.
- Can students join Buzrr without an account?
- Yes. Players join with a 6-character code, a link or a QR code and pick a name. Only hosts sign in.
Wayground facts checked October 2026.
What people use Buzrr for
- Live quizzes for the classroomPut a code on the projector, students join from their phones or school laptops, and you run a quick review or a revision game in the time it takes to take attendance.
- Quiz rounds for college fests and club eventsFest quiz rounds, society inductions, freshers' nights, hackathon breaks — Buzrr gets a hall full of people answering on their own phones with one QR code on the screen.
- Trivia nights without the answer sheetsWhether it's a regular pub quiz or a trivia night over video call, Buzrr does the marking and the leaderboard so the quizmaster can concentrate on the banter.
Other alternatives and comparisons
- Quizizz (now Wayground) alternativeFor people who used Quizizz for its live quiz game, now that it has become Wayground.
- Kahoot! alternativeLive rooms with a code, speed scoring and leaderboards — open source, self-hostable, plus ranked 1v1 battles.
- Mentimeter alternativeA standalone quiz game instead of quiz slides inside a presentation.
- Slido alternativeFor Slido quiz, trivia and game sessions — not its Q&A or polls.
- Buzrr vs WaygroundPricing, free limits, self-hosting, offline use, joining, AI and 1v1 play side by side.
Open source and self-hosting
Run your first Buzrr quiz
Sign in with Google, build or generate a quiz, and put the code on the screen. Players don't need an account.
Wayground is a trademark of its owner. Buzrr is not affiliated with Wayground. See also Buzrr pricing.