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.

56 builders · 25 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).

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Build during hackathons

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

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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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→Tomás Pozo
Tomás Pozo@tomaspozo

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→Alby Cheriyan
Alby Cheriyan@alby_cheriyan

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→Rach
Rach@rach

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Rach@rach

added a project: 'XBG'

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Hamza@hamza

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Anna B@annab

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Anna B@annab

added a project: 'BunnyKick'

→Soufiane El mouajjeh
Soufiane El mouajjeh@purple2k

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→Anand Kumar
Anand Kumar@anandseokumargmailcom

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→Cayden
Cayden@idk

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Max Mugen@maxmugen

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Max Mugen@maxmugen

added a project: 'Mugen Learn'

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Giuliana@gigisavari

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→ewwegg
ewwegg@ewwegg

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Western Wilson@wjkw1

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→Toby Allen
Toby Allen@tobyallen

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→Eduardo Eyes
Eduardo Eyes@dices

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◆Eduardo Eyes
Eduardo Eyes@dices

added a project: 'Discover extinction'

→addicted_amrita
addicted_amrita@amritashaw57

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→kamal ali
kamal ali@kamal

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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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