FOSS Hack 2025

FOSS Hack 2025 is the fifth edition of FOSS Hack, a hybrid hackathon to promote Free and Open Source Software by bringing together students and professionals to build or extend FOSS projects.

22-23 Feb

Hackathon Dates

5th Jan

Localhost Applicate Deadline

Cash Prize up to ₹10 lakhs

Why Participate?

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Win up to ₹10 lakhs in cash
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Build your reputation as a hacker
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Get recognized by recruiters
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Grants for your FOSS project

Rules in a nutshell

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Evaluation will be done on basis of code commit during the course of the event
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You cannot use external APIs as the core feature
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Your project must have a valid FOSS license
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The cash prize will be split among the winners at the discretion of the jury
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Check out the rules page for more details

FAQ

This will be a hybrid mode hackathon. You can participate in person at one of our local editions or virtually. We will live stream a dashboard of commits, PRs and issues of participants' code repositories. During the course of the event, there will be bite sized talks from people from various organizations.

Yes. The prize pool will be divided among the winners based on the merit of projects at the discretion of the jury.

Anything Free and Open Source. The goal of this hackathon is to engage with developers and encourage them to collaborate and build software for public good.

Yes. Contributions in true spirit is something we would love to see. Please make sure you adhere to the contribution guidelines of the project you are contributing to.

If you are unsure of what to contribute to, explore our partner projects.

Sorry, the participants have to take care of their travel and stay.

In case you don't have the budget to travel, you can participate virtually!

The team size can vary from 1 to 4.

No. There is a central prize and mentor poolfor the entire hackathon. All contributions (done virtually or in person at a local edition) are eligible for the prize pool.

Email us at fosshack@fossunited.org or join our weekly AMAs!