BuildStory
community & hackathons for builders

Build something real. Show the world.

We're a friendly community of builders that hosts hackathons to help everyone grow.

25 builders · 14 countries · 5 projects

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Live now — ends April 19, 5 AM PDT

how it works

Sign up. Pick a project. Ship it.

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Join the community

Create a profile. Tell us what you're building (or want to build).

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Build during hackathons

Regular week-long events. Solo or team. Any tools, any skill level. AI encouraged.

3

Get recognized for shipping

Peer reviews, community highlights, and a track record that speaks for itself.

next event

Hackathon #01

April 12 April 19, 2026

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Sakui@sakui

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Sakui@sakui

added a project: 'Il filo rosso'

kyza0d
kyza0d@kyza

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Caro Sarkozi
Caro Sarkozi@girlspiral

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Keerthi
Keerthi@kiira

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Ash
Ash@ashamplifies

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ugesh k@ugeshk

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cheddar
cheddar@ched_dev

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Divyansh pratap singh
Divyansh pratap singh@divyansh_prk

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Tomáš Mach
Tomáš Mach@tomasmach

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Tomáš Mach
Tomáš Mach@tomasmach

added a project: 'Peekache'

RK
Rohan Kewalramani@rohankewal

added a project: 'Freelancer Financial Runway Tracker: The AI Update'

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Syed Muhammad Sawaid@syedmsawaid

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kyza0d
kyza0d@kyza

added a project: 'gbc.nvim'

James Zeng
James Zeng@jamesz3ng

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Ujjwal
Ujjwal@ujjwal027

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Prince Bhagat
Prince Bhagat@sachidevkumar

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Abraham Gloire Barry
Abraham Gloire Barry@afroglobarrygmailcom

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Abraham Gloire Barry
Abraham Gloire Barry@afroglobarrygmailcom

added a project: 'DoRight AI'

Matikus
Matikus@matikusgames

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faq

No. Show up with an idea, find one during the week, or join someone else’s. The only rule: ship something.

A working thing. A deployed app, a CLI tool, a bot, an API — if someone else can use it or see it run, it counts.

Yes. Solo or with teammates. You can bring your own or find collaborators through the hackathon.

Perfect. This is designed for you too. The community and streams will help you get unstuck. Ship something small — that’s the whole point.

No, but we encourage it. Even streaming a portion of your build helps others learn and makes the whole thing more fun.

Recognition, not prizes. Standout projects get featured by the panel across five categories: Creativity, Business Case, Technical Challenge, Impact, and Design. Plus peer-to-peer voting for community favourites.

As much as you can give. Go all-in for the full week, commit a few hours a day, or build on nights and weekends. Any level of participation counts.

Absolutely. Use whatever AI tools you want — Cursor, Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, v0, Bolt, all of it. This isn’t about purity, it’s about shipping. Just be honest about your stack.

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