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.

41 builders · 20 countries · 15 projects

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Live now — ends April 26, 2 PM 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).

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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Kay@kelseykayw

added a project: 'Etsy Store'

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HotDogFlavoredWater@hotdogflavoredwater

signed up

Ariel Saldana
Ariel Saldana@ariel

signed up

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Nick Ferraro@nick

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Dewald@dearvolt

signed up

Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert@notagilbert

added a project: 'Onx Library'

Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert@notagilbert

signed up

Keerthi
Keerthi@kiira

added a project: 'visual poetry'

abu
abu@abu

added a project: 'Spite Driven Development'

KJ
Krystian J.@iborrowcheckbtw

joined team on 'Spite Driven Development'

Djj
Djj@djj

added a project: 'Blended Topology'

KJ
Krystian J.@iborrowcheckbtw

added a project: 'The Musi Programming Language'

Arpit Chandak
Arpit Chandak@arpitchandak

signed up

Arpit Chandak
Arpit Chandak@arpitchandak

added a project: 'Vibestack'

KJ
Krystian J.@iborrowcheckbtw

added a project: 'PxView R for Android && iOS'

Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris@joshuaharris391

signed up

Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris@joshuaharris391

added a project: 'Nopy'

scholzdev
scholzdev@scholzdev

signed up

Nick Martin
Nick Martin@nickmartin

added a project: 'Twitch Body Man'

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h1234dsdfr@h1234dsdfr

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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