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community & hackathons for builders

Build something real. Show the world.

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

51 builders · 24 countries · 21 projects

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).

2

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.

happening now

Hackathon #02

April 19 April 26, 2026

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Ash
Ash@ashamplifies

added a project: 'Londonmaxxing'

Ash
Ash@ashamplifies

submitted 'Londonmaxxing'

Nick Martin
Nick Martin@nickmartin

submitted 'Twitch Body Man'

Keerthi
Keerthi@kiira

submitted 'visual poetry'

KJ
Krystian J.@iborrowcheckbtw

submitted 'The Musi Programming Language'

Tomás Pozo
Tomás Pozo@tomaspozo

signed up

Alby Cheriyan
Alby Cheriyan@alby_cheriyan

signed up

Rach
Rach@rach

signed up

Rach
Rach@rach

added a project: 'XBG'

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Hamza@hamza

signed up

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Anna B@annab

signed up

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Anna B@annab

added a project: 'BunnyKick'

Soufiane El mouajjeh
Soufiane El mouajjeh@purple2k

signed up

Anand Kumar
Anand Kumar@anandseokumargmailcom

signed up

Cayden
Cayden@idk

signed up

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cuck@cuck

signed up

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cuck@cuck

added a project: 'Cuck-o-meter'

MM
Max Mugen@maxmugen

signed up

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Max Mugen@maxmugen

added a project: 'Mugen Learn'

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Giuliana@gigisavari

signed up

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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