Check out ExploreEase: a hackathon project that plans your next national park trip with Gemini-powered itineraries, AI park facts, and nearby food spots via Yelp + Google Maps.

Learn, explore, unplug! 🏞️

Welcome to the Prompt Pad! 🎬

A new series where Rosendo Pili shares tips and tricks to help you keep up with the latest in AI.

Whether you're brand-new to AI or a seasoned dev, there's something here for you.

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We want to give a huge shout out to some of our hosts! This year, we have over 400 in-person events happening worldwide and it's the people that make each one memorable.

Thank you all so much for your hard work.

Find a Fest near you or apply to host at hacktoberfest.com

$250 USD for the challenge winner and so many prize categories with $200 and $100 prizes, hacktoberfest might be worth doing tbh.. what do y'all think? it looks quite good and the ps isn't quite hard ;) there giving render + many more creds too

HAPPENING NOW at Makerere University Business School (MUBS)
The @Web3_Club_MUBS and @MUBS_Entreship are live hosting the global #Hacktoberfest26 #Hacktoberfest Hackathon with @mlhacking! 🌍

#MLH #AIBelongsToEveryone #MUBS #OpenSource #TechUganda
#Hacktoberfest #Hacktoberfest2026

Super excited to be attending @hacktoberfest Hack Day - Navi Mumbai x AITD Events this Sunday (4 Oct, 12:30–4:30 PM IST) at McDonald’s Cafe, Koparkhairane!

Anyone else going? Would love to meet fellow open-source folks in person 🙌

#Hacktoberfest2026 #NaviMumbai #OpenSource

If you want a weekend project:

Hacktoberfest is running open-source AI challenges this month

Build with open-weight models, local inference or open-source agents

This weekend’s theme is “Build for a Friend” 👀

dev.to/challenges/hac…

Did we say Hacktoberfest has 300 in-person events this year?

WE MEANT 400!!!!!

Find a Fest near you: hacktoberfest.com/fests/

New York friends! I'll be in town Sunday Oct. 11 for the @aiDotEngineer Hackathon.

Join me? It's free and we'll feed you 😊

luma.com/AIEngineerNYHa…

Loving the design and fun factor of the Hacktoberfest app this year :) I got 9 of 24 stickers in my 2026 sticker book so far! #Hacktoberfest hacktoberfest.com

5/24 stickers collected in my Hacktoberfest 2026 sticker book!

Just getting started — more contributions, more stickers, more things built together.

Let’s build, contribute, and grow together. 🤝

#Hacktoberfest #OpenSource
@hacktoberfest @MLHacks @digitalocean

Hacktoberfest 2026 is here!

Hear our CEO @SwiftAlphaOne explain how Hacktoberfest is evolving, and learn how you can join over 300+ events in-person and online.

Watch the full video here: blog.mlh.com/everything-you…

Here we go!!

Spending October building, learning, and contributing to open-source AI with Hacktoberfest 2026.

@hacktoberfest @MLHacks @ThePracticalDev @digitalocean

Happy HACKTOBERFEST to those who celebrate

10 minutes until the launch stream!

Featuring talks from @bdougieYO, @johncodes, and @IanBallantyne !

twitch.tv/mlh

Residue learns what your ideal study environment sounds like 🎧

This @LAHacks build uses acoustic analysis, AI agents, and MongoDB to personalize focus and match study buddies.

Check out the build: devpost.com/software/resid…

Join MLH and @digitalocean at The Midway for a hands-on workshop day. Ship real projects with open-weight models and open-source infrastructure with MLH and DigitalOcean.

When: Monday, October 12 at 9am
Where: The Midway, San Francisco

Register: luma.com/OIS

Hacktoberfest kicks off this week with over 60 events world-wide.

Find a Fest near you and register today: hacktoberfest.com/fests/

You can now stream the talks from this summer's DevRelCon NYC!

If you weren't able to make it to the in-person event back in July, now is the time to browse the full playlist and catch up on what you missed.

youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Meet ConnectML: describe your machine learning idea and get back a full explainable pipeline 🤖

2D flow, 3D view, exportable Python code, built by AI agents via LangGraph + Claude. Built at @thehacktech 🦾

See the build: devpost.com/software/conne…