Welcome to the 2026 eCTF!
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The Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) is an embedded security competition run by
MITRE that puts participants through the experience of trying to create a secure
system and then learning from their mistakes. The 2026 eCTF will run from
January 14 through April 15 with the Award Ceremony on April 24.

.. admonition:: Tip

    We recommend starting with reading :doc:`ectf_guide` first to get your bearings.
    Then, check out :doc:`2026/getting_started/index` to start digging into the specifics of
    the 2026 competition.

.. _table-of-contents:

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
    :titlesonly:
    :caption: Table of Contents

    about/index
    ectf_guide
    2026/index
    rules
    faq
    glossary
    learning_resources
    changelog

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
    :titlesonly:
    :caption: Archive

    2024/index
    2025/index