Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chandigarh 2026
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chandigarh 2026 is a 7-hour open-source AI hackathon organized by IEEE SSIT CUSB in collaboration with IEEE Computer Society CUSB. Build innovative AI-powered solutions, contribute to open source, and turn your ideas into real-world impact.
About
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chandigarh 2026
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chandigarh 2026 is a student-focused open-source AI event organized by IEEE SSIT CUSB in collaboration with IEEE Computer Society CUSB.
The event aims to bring together students, developers, and technology enthusiasts to explore open-source technologies, learn about open-source artificial intelligence, and collaborate on practical technology projects.
Participants will engage in team formation, ideation, hands-on development, and project showcasing. The event will encourage knowledge sharing, peer learning, innovation, and meaningful participation in the open-source community.
Through this event, participants will gain practical exposure to open-source AI tools, collaborative software development, and project-based problem-solving while connecting with fellow technology enthusiasts.
The event is designed to promote technical learning, teamwork, innovation, and active participation in the open-source ecosystem.
Prize Categories
2 categories- View Best Use of Gemma 4DDeepmind Google
Best Use of Gemma 4
It’s time to see how much you can build with a lightweight, open model. Gemma 4 packs multimodal intelligence into an open-weights model that you can access through the Gemini API. So, what can Gemma 4 bring to your project?
- Multimodal Experience: Work with text and images to create an assistant that understands more of what users share.
- Focused AI Tools: Build a focused AI tool for learning, creativity, productivity, or your community.
- Rapid Prototyping: Experiment with an open model while using the Gemini API to move quickly from an idea to a working prototype.
Bring your idea to life… what will you build with Gemma 4 today?
Build with Gemma 4View category - View Best Open-Source AI Project
Best Open-Source AI Project
Exclusive Hacktoberfest 2026 Winner DEV Badge & MLH Swag Bag
Build an original project that uses open-source or open-weight AI as an important part of how it works. Teams could create an agent skill, build with an open-weight large or small language model, or build or adapt an open-source model harness. These are examples within one challenge, and teams may combine them.
Open-source or open-weight AI must be an important part of the project.
The project must be published in a public GitHub repository and use an open-source license.
An agent skill must comply with the Agent Skill Open Standard.
A model-harness entry must include an original implementation or meaningful changes to an existing open-source harness.
Build with DigitalOceanView category