FOSS Hack 2021
FOSS Hack 2021 was the second edition of FOSS Hack, an online hackathon to promote Free and Open Source Software by bringing together students and professionals to build or extend FOSS projects.
13th & 14th Nov 2021 – Win up to ₹10L in cash
What is FOSS Hack?
FOSS Hack 2021 is an online hackathon organized by the FOSS United Foundation to promote the creation and use of FOSS in India. We invite developers—professionals and students—from all over India to compete for a cash prize of ₹10L by building Free and Open Source software and have fun doing it.
Why Participate?
Rules in a nutshell
Sponsors
Sponsors
The awesome companies who are supporting us to make FOSS Hack 2021 possible.
Community Partners
Communities & Organizations who are helping us spread the word
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Speakers
Authors, maintainers and voices from the tech world.
Atibhi Agrawal
Contributor to Prometheus
Navaneeth PK
Author of ToolJet
Aman Virk
Author of AdonisJS
Navaneeth PK
Author of ToolJet
Vishal Nehra
Developer, Amaze File Manager
Pirate Praveen
Debian Developer and Privacy Advocate
Tarun Pothulapati
Maintainer at LinkerdVolunteers
Folks running the show behind the scenes.
Aadya Anil Kumar
Coding and Design, Student at GEC Thrissur
Adethya S Nair
Developer, AI/ML, Student at GEC Thrissur
Ajinkya Bawaskar
Software Engineer at GlobalLogic
Alan Martin
Flutter developer
Anand Chitipothu
Building Mon School at FOSS United
Deepika S R
UI/UX designer & Front-End Developer
Devdutt Shenoi
Contributor, Volunteer, SE at Bytebeam
Kailash Nadh
Hacker, Tinkerer, CTO at Zerodha
Kaustubh Maske Patil
FOSS Enthusiast
Lia Paul
UI/UX designer, Student at COET Thalassery
Manali Modi
Software Engineer at GlobalLogic
Rushabh Mehta
Founder and CEO of Frappe
Vishal Arya
Community Engagement at FOSS United
Vivek R
Media Management
Yashi Srivastava
Student at VIT ChennaiJury Members
Piyush Goel
SVP of Engineering at Capillary Technologies
Sanket Saurav
Co-founder, DeepSource
Anand Chitipothu
Building Mon School at FOSS United
Rushabh Mehta
Founder and CEO of Frappe
Kailash Nadh
Hacker, Tinkerer, CTO at ZerodhaFAQs
What is the format of the hackathon?
This will be an online hackathon. 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.
I am not a student, can I participate?
Yes. The prize pool will be divided among the winners based on the merit of projects at the discretion of the jury.
What can I build?
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.
I am looking for some hackathon ideas?
We have a list some of projects and ideas that you might like to work on. Check our forum.
Can I contribute to existing projects?
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.
Can I discuss ideas and collaborate publicly?
Yes. Feel free to discuss, solicit ideas, seek collaborations, and build teams however you want.
Where can I find all the rules of the event?
They are described on the rules page. Participants should also adhere to the code of conduct.
I have more questions
You can post queries on the FOSS Hack forum
