FOSS Hack 2024
FOSS Hack 2024 is the fourth 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.
27th July
Registrations close
27th July 8AM
Hackathon Starts
28th July 8PM
Hackathon ends
4 weeks
Results
Why Participate?
Rules in a nutshell
localhosts
FOSS Hack Localhosts are localized, in-person editions of the broader hybrid version of FOSS Hack 2024. Hackers can choose to hack at a localhost in your region. There are several localhosts organised across the country.
Bangalore (BTM Layout)
Bruno
Bangalore (Church Street)
Samagata Foundation
Bangalore (Indiranagar)
Devfolio, Indiranagar
Belagavi
Angadi Institute of Technology and Management
Chennai
SSN College of Engineering
Chennai (kattankulathur)
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Delhi-NCR
Delhi Technical Campus
Ernakulam
Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science
Hyderabad
GITAM University
Mumbai
Frappe
Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Technology
Shivamogga
Jawaharlal Nehru New College of Engineering
Thiruvananthapuram
St Thomas Institute for Science and Technology
Partner Projects Programme
An effort to provide FOSS Hack participants with time and mentorship to be able to contribute to curated open-source projects.
- The partner projects programme offers a curated list of open source projects with issues, for FOSS Hack participants to work on.
- The participants can look-up issues in a curated list of projects, and propose to contribute to them.
- Once assigned, these issues can be worked on, and PRs generated.
- The participants will have access to forum with the maintainers to get onboarding to the project, codebase and other related queries and support.
Subject to change.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Finalising partner projects | 10 June 2024 |
| Open issue list to participants | 15 June - 5th July |
| Coordination, issue assignment, onboarding | 6th July - 11 July |
| Prep phase | 12 July - 26 July |
| Hacking | 27 July - 28 July |
| Evaluation | 29 July - 19 August |
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!