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About Pilotariak

Pilotariak is an open-source software organisation for the Basque pelota (pelote basque) community. We build the data tools, APIs and applications that make competition results, clubs and calendars easy to find for players, clubs, fans and developers.

Why Pilotariak exists

Basque pelota is played across around ten disciplines on both sides of the Pyrenees, from Cesta Punta and Grand Chistera to Main Nue, Paleta, Xare and Rebot. Results are published by regional leagues in different places and formats. Pilotariak gathers that information behind consistent, open interfaces so anyone can build on it.

What we build

  • Frontis — a public GraphQL gateway that federates clubs, competitions, categories, specialties and results
  • Kancha — a mobile app (iPhone, Android in development) for live results and competition calendars
  • Xilo — a Slack bot that brings results and events into community channels
  • Azkena — an MCP server so AI assistants can query Basque pelota data

Data coverage

Data currently covers the LCAPB (Côte d’Argent), LIDFPB (Île-de-France) and CTPB leagues: clubs, yearly competitions, categories, specialties and match results with scores, sets and lineups.

Open source and governance

Every project is released under the Apache 2.0 licence and developed in the open on GitHub, where the organisation has existed since 2019. Pilotariak is maintained by Nicolas Lamirault with community contributors. Contributions follow each repository’s CONTRIBUTING guide and the Developer Certificate of Origin.

Learn more

  • Developer portal — APIs, authentication and quickstart
  • Contact — how to reach the maintainers
  • Privacy — what this site does and does not collect