Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

Posted on Oct 1, 2022

Hacktoberfest is here — and this is the lowdown

#hacktoberfest #meta #opensource #beginners

Hacktoberfest has become a staple in open source. It's an annual tradition loved by many (and it's not for everyone, that's fine).

But here is the deal:

Everyone is welcome
Quantity is fun, but quality is key
Short-term action, Long-term impact

These are values we can get behind at DEV.

In terms of the challenge itself, follow the rules, and make enough valid pull requests this month, and claim some really fun and unique prizes from DigitalOcean.

Here are the full participation rules

This year, as DEV members participate, here is what to know:

Post under the #hacktoberfest tag on DEV.

Whether you are elevating a project, or walking through your successes, you are welcome to post here on DEV.

Post under the #hacktoberfest tag on CodeNewbie.

Yes, there is another Forem community that might even be better than DEV to post to — one just for newbies. Join if you haven't yet!

Get your DEV badge if you complete the Hacktoberfest challenge!

Yes, we have dedicated profile badges on DEV for completing the Hacktoberfest challenge.

Here is my 2019 Hacktoberfest badge on my profile:

If you complete the challenge, you'll get a code you can redeem with us to claim your badge. This is totally optional, and up to you.

Have fun!

Happy contributing! 🕊

Latest comments (45)

Jose Manuel Casani Guerra • Oct 16 '22

I have done the event in 2019 and 2021, the 2019 badge did not have an account, and the 2021 badge did claim it but they did not give it to me.

Can someone help me claim the 2019 and 2021 badge?

Lucas • Oct 10 '22

I writed a article about implementation for i18n in vue 3 -

Aatmaj • Oct 10 '22

Here are my repos open for contributions

github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Java-OOP
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Clean-cod...
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Data-Stru...
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/A-collect...
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Design-pa...
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Hangman
github.com/Aatmaj-Zephyr/Basic-mem...

Please feel free to contribute

Clebson • Oct 10 '22

Contributions are welcomed to
github.com/OctobearHub/octobear.org

Clebson • Oct 10 '22

I received a badge in 2020, but I didn't redeem it (I didn't have an account yet), could someone help me? I still have the email with the link, but it's giving it as invalid.

Vincent A. Cicirello • Oct 9 '22

If anyone is still looking for projects to contribute to for Hacktoberfest, I have a project looking for language translations. See my prior DEV post:

Hacktoberfest Language Translation Contributors Wanted for the user-statistician GitHub Action

Vincent A. Cicirello ・ Sep 30 ・ 4 min read

#hacktoberfest #github #contributorswanted #python

Lucas • Oct 8 '22

Very nice a created this article with example implementation i18n in React App

EduardaSouza • Oct 8 '22

How do I get Hacktoberfest swags? make him text me now

Max • Oct 7 '22 • Edited

TL;DR: we’ve developed an open-source language for building full-stack web apps with less code and best practices that works alongside React and Node.js

Hello everyone! We’re a small team of open-source enthusiasts, passionate about web development and extremely tired of writing boilerplate code.

That’s why we created Wasp - an open-source web application configuration language that takes over all the routine work of creating a project backbone. You describe the application’s functionality (API endpoints, authorisation, deployment, etc.) in a single file. The compiler does the rest itself. The result is a full-fledged web app built with Node + React, created in a few minutes. We are backed by Y Combinator and engineers from Airbnb, Facebook, and Lyft.

Join us during HacktoberFest!

How to contribute
Docs
Good first issues

Piyush Acharya • Oct 7 '22

With Hacktoberfest in the horizon, I thought that it would be valuable to share an open source repository of mine.

DNAnalyzer

A highly efficient, powerful, and feature-rich algorithm for analyzing DNA sequences

**Repository: **github.com/Verisimilitude11/DNAnal...

The current algorithm just finished thorough testing with DNA samples from a variety of species. DNAnalyzer identifies proteins, amino acids, start and stop codons, high coverage regions, regions susceptible to neurodevelopment disorders, transcription factors, and regulatory elements in DNA strings. Researchers are working to extract valuable information from such software to better understand human health and disease.

Ways to Help
I'd be grateful for any help, whether in testing, science, code, formatting, accessibility, or anything else. If you know Java or a similar language, your assistance with adding new features would be greatly appreciated (including a CLI and GUI). Similarly, if you are more familiar with biology, I (and the rest of the team) would appreciate feature requests and bug reports. In any case, even if you aren't interested in contributing, please visit the repository and give it a star. The developer team is excited to see the flow of pull requests in the coming weeks!

Adam K Dean • Oct 6 '22

Is completion of the challenge limited to 4+ PR/MRs or would 4 articles with the tag count as well? Would be a good occasion to write a few more articles, plus I do like to collect badges.