VIVA — A Defence Companion: An interactive PhD viva preparation workspace

Hi everyone! I built VIVA after seeing how fragmented and passive most viva preparation resources are. Most tools are either: static PDFs, generic question lists or long books that don’t actually help candidates rehearse answers. So I wanted to build something that felt more like a working companion than a document. The tool combines: +curated viva questions, +examiner psychology, +answer drafting, +confidence tracking, +tricky-question frameworks, +and printable exports into a single offline-first workspace. It’s delivered as a standalone HTML file, so there’s: no login, no subscription, no installation and no dependency on cloud tools. Happy to answer any questions about: viva preparation, academic tooling or phds in general.