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What is Hacktoberfest? Hacktoberfest 101

UpdatedSeptember 27, 2021

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What is Hacktoberfest? Hacktoberfest 101

Ayushi Rawat

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Himanshu Singh4y ago

Nice article Ayushi Rawat,

I also had started contributing to open source with Hacktoberfest '20. And then contributed to GSSoC '21. I had written a blog too, in which I had shared my experience of GSSoC '21, you can read that article.

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

sure, will check it out! Himanshu Singh

Marko Denic4y ago

Hey, Ayushi.

Great article, as always. And, right on time!

a while ago I wrote an article with a step-by-step guide on how to make your first contribution. I'll drop a link in case anyone is interested. Make your first open-source contribution.

Thanks again!

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

Thank you Marko Denic

Sure, it will be helpful for beginners starting out with open source.

Aman Ojha4y ago

Hey Ayushi Rawat,

I have a question regarding Hacktoberfest

As last time anyone who wanted to participated in Hacktoberfest can make a Pull Request on any of the Repo on GitHub. Is that the same this time also??

Timo Heman4y ago

Looking forward to my first hacktoberfest

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

All the best! Timo Heman

Arcade 4y ago

This is my second year participating in Hacktoberfest, I hope to get a second T-shirt in a different colour!

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

Sure, I believe you get to choose between the colour options.

Bolarinwa Ajayi 4y ago

This is detailed, thanks.

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

Glad you liked it! Ajayi Bolarinwa.C

Greg Sithole4y ago

Awesome, thanks for the article. Last year was my first Hacktoberfest that I completed successfully and looking forward to the 2021 one.

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

Great, do share your experience! Greg Sithole

Alen Abraham4y ago

This is my first hacktoberfest and this article felt very handy. Thank you Ayushi Rawat

Ayushi Rawat4y ago

Glad you found it helpful! Alen Abraham

Alen Abraham4y ago

Check out my first article in my profile and your feedback will be helpful. I have just started writing blogs. Ayushi Rawat

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Hello reader!

Well, Hacktoberfest is something, you are gonna hear a lot about in the coming month.

You can refer to my YouTube video Tutorial to see a working tutorial for better understanding and a step-by-step guide of the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7mCkGjX6vk

Hacktoberfest will be hosted by Digital Ocean for the 8th year in a row in partnership with GitHub and other companies, yes you read it right. What I personally love about it is that it bring developers with the same mindset together from all over the world.

So, what is Hacktoberfest after all? We will learn all about it in the next few minutes.

What will be covered in this Blog

1. What is Open Source?
2. What is Hacktoberfest?
3. Who can Join?
4. PERKS of participating
5. Global Stats for Hacktoberfest 2020

Let's get started!

What is Open Source?

According to Wikipedia,

Open-source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution.

When some source code is made Open source, it includes permission to use, modify, contribute to the existing source code. The use of the term originated with the software but has expanded beyond the software sector to collaboration and contribution.

Open-source projects that are hosted in public repositories benefit from contributions made by the broader developer community and are typically managed through Git.

Now that you have a basic idea about Open Source, we can talk about Hacktoberfest.

What is Hacktoberfest ?

Hacktoberfest is a month-long challenge. It happens every year in the month of October.

Hacktoberfest is open to everyone and it marks the celebration of Open Source. It's the biggest Open Source event that encourages newbies to participate in Open Source and create their 1st meaningful PR. Hacktoberfest encourages participation in giving back to the open-source community by completing pull requests, participating in events, and donating to open source projects. Also, all backgrounds and skills levels are encouraged to complete the challenge.

Of course, to participate, you must have a GitHub account first. New to GitHub? Check out my GitHub Blog and Playlist to learn more.

Who can Join?

contributors: Anyone around the globe who desires to help drive the growth of open source and make positive contributions to an ever-growing community. All backgrounds and skill levels are encouraged to participate.

maintainers: Anyone that runs an open-source project on GitHub or GitLab and desires help from the community to improve their project can join Hacktoberfest.

companies: Encourage people to contribute to your company’s repositories, organize community events, and engage internal employees.

event organizers: Create events to bring people together for mentorship and code collaborations, so even more people around the world help support open source!

Registration opens on September 28th, wondering how to participate and things you must know before participating, well I will cover that in my next blog.

PERKS:

You get to work with seniors from the community.
Be it your 1st PR or 10thth, you will always learn something new.
You get to be a part of the biggest Open Source event.
And of course, the swag kit.

let's have a look at my swag kit from Hacktoberfest 2020. you get some awesome goodies which include A limited-edition T-shirt for FREE!\ and some stickers.

Got anything to add? mention in the comment box below and I will update the list.

In my upcoming blog, I will share, how to participate in Hacktoberfest 2021 and other important details that you must know before contributing.

let's have a look at the Global Stats for Hacktoberfest 2020, shall we?

169, 886 Participants
116, 361 Participating Repositories
135 Represented Countries

Pro tip:

You can join the Hacktoberfest discord server to connect with the community and network with other open-source enthusiasts, ask questions and find projects. click the link to navigate to the server.

Interested to hear about my Hacktoberfest experience of 2020? You wouldn't wanna miss it, so. stay tuned for my upcoming blog.

That's all for this article and with that, it's a wrap! I hope you found the article useful. Thank you for reading, If you have reached so far, please like the article, It will encourage me to write more such articles. Do share your valuable suggestions, I appreciate your honest feedback!

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Resources:

https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/

Happy Contributing, See you in my next Blog article, Take care!!

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Pro tip:

Resources: