Can't attend Hacktoberfest in-person? Join us online this weekend for an exciting lineup of streams. See the full schedule at https://lnkd.in/eyQr4dkz
Hacktoberfest
Software Development
The official account for Hacktoberfest powered by Major League Hacking and DEV. Presented by DigitalOcean.
About us
Hacktoberfest is back for its 13th year, now run by Major League Hacking and DEV. We're not counting PRs anymore: this October is all about building with open-source AI: agents, open-weight models, your first skills.md, or wherever your curiosity takes you. Join one of 300+ in-person Fests worldwide or the global online event. Learn more at hacktoberfest.com.
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https://hacktoberfest.com
External link for Hacktoberfest
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- Software Development
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- 1 employee
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- Public Company
- Founded
- 2014
Employees at Hacktoberfest
Updates
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The weekend is coming up! Do you know where you're hacking? Find your Fest: https://hacktoberfest.com/
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Can’t join a Hacktoberfest event in person? Join an online stream! Find the streams at hacktoberfest.com/schedule
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Hacktoberfest reposted this
Join Week 1 of the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge! 🌲 This week's theme: Build something with open-weight models or open-source AI at its core that gets people off the screen and into the world. Hiking, gardening, birding, run clubs, fall foliage: if it gets someone outside, it counts. Missed the Weekend Challenge? Every challenge is a fresh start, so everyone competes on equal footing. 🟢 $2,450 in prizes: 17 winners total (1 overall + 16 partner category winners) Not sure where to start? The partner categories are a great jumping-off point. Because winners are drawn from a smaller pool of submissions per category, your odds of taking home a prize are meaningfully higher if you build with one of the featured tools. 🟩 Submissions due October 11 at 11:59 PM PDT, winners announced the week of October 12 Full details here: https://lnkd.in/ew6kN8RN
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Hacktoberfest is here, and this year it's all about building with open-source AI! 🎃 If it's your first time, getting started takes just a few minutes. Sign in with MyMLH, then choose how you want to show up: at an in-person Fest in your city, online with livestreams and DEV Challenges, or both. Collect virtual stickers by learning and building with the community. Collect three and we'll ship a sticker pack to your door. It's free, and it's for everyone, wherever you are in your open-source journey. Get started: https://hacktoberfest.com
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Hey folks participating in #hacktoberfest! If you are receiving an awesome box of swag from Major League Hacking it may include some Arduino Uno Q 4G boards. These are pure gold for hacking a cool hardware project, but how can you easily get started? We've got you covered. Go to our curriculum and find the Mini Workshop: https://lnkd.in/e_CFQhDn. There you will get all the instructions and code you need to connect the board to your laptop and build a little pet, like a Tamagotchi, but on a LED array. Feed it, pet it, put it to sleep, and try to keep it happy by interacting with it over your Serial Monitor. It's our gift to the community for Hacktoberfest. Happy Hacking, everyone!
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Hacktoberfest wouldn't be what it is without our hosts. This year, we have over 400 in-person events happening worldwide. Behind each one is someone who booked the room, rallied a community, mentored first-time contributors, and made open source feel welcoming. Thank you to the people and communities making it happen. Your hard work is what makes each event memorable, and we're so grateful. Thinking about joining or hosting an event? Find one near you at hacktoberfest.com Happy hacking!
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Hacktoberfest is here, and we're kicking it off with the Open-Source AI Weekend Challenge! 🎉 This is the first of five challenges running all month long. Every challenge uses the same prompt, with a new theme revealed each Monday in October. The Prompt: build something with open-source AI at its core. Run an open-weight model, build on an open-source agent harness or framework, run inference locally, or all three. The Theme: Build for a Friend. Pick one person in your life and build something that solves a real problem for them. A meal planner that knows your roommate's allergies, a patient practice partner for a friend learning a new language, a family recipe book made from grandpa's voice memos. It doesn't have to be big. It just has to matter to them. 17 cash prize winners: one overall winner and 16 prize categories from our partners. Submissions due October 5 at 6:59 AM UTC https://lnkd.in/gqT6PRpe
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Hacktoberfest reposted this
Hacktoberfest is here, and we're kicking it off with the Open-Source AI Weekend Challenge! 🎉 This is the first of five challenges running all month long. Every challenge uses the same prompt, with a new theme revealed each Monday in October. The Prompt: build something with open-source AI at its core. Run an open-weight model, build on an open-source agent harness or framework, run inference locally, or all three. The Theme: Build for a Friend. Pick one person in your life and build something that solves a real problem for them. A meal planner that knows your roommate's allergies, a patient practice partner for a friend learning a new language, a family recipe book made from grandpa's voice memos. It doesn't have to be big. It just has to matter to them. 17 cash prize winners: one overall winner and 16 prize categories from our partners. Submissions due October 5 at 6:59 AM UTC https://lnkd.in/gqT6PRpe
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Hacktoberfest reposted this
It was so awesome to help kick off Hacktoberfest 2026 with Swift and talk all things Gemma and running open models ❤️. The opportunity in this space is really wide open and I'm super excited to see what people build 🙌 Check it out here and get involved 👇 https://hacktoberfest.com/ #hacktoberfest2026 #googlegemma
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