Hacktoberfest Hack Day Hyderabad x AI Community Hyderabad
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AI Community Hyderabad is excited to partner with MLH to bring the Hacktoberfest Hack Day to Hyderabad!
NOTE: Registering here alone does not confirm your seat at the event! Due to limited capacity of the venue, we will mail the confirmed attendees separately. If you receive the confirmation email, please plan for the event accordingly. If not, that means you have not been selected for this edition.
This year Hacktoberfest is all about open source AI, so join us for a full day of building, contributing and knowledge sharing around open source AI tools, open weight models and the projects behind them.
Whether you are making your first open source contribution or you already have a few PRs merged, you will get to collaborate with fellow developers, learn from mentors, explore projects and contribute together. Beginners are more than welcome!
Date: Saturday, 31st October 2026
Time: 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM IST
Location: The Commons Hall, Phoenix Equinox Campus, 1st Floor, Tower 4, Nagarjuna Residency Driveway, Diamond Hills, Lumbini Avenue, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana 500032, India
Expect hands on contribution sessions, community, prizes and goodies.
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Prize Categories
4 categories- 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.
Build with DigitalOceanView category - View Best Use of Gemma 4
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 Use of GraphifyGGraphify
Best Use of Graphify
Use Graphify's open-source codebase knowledge graph to help AI agents understand code better, in Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or your own agent.
View category - View Best Use of Cloudways
Best Use of Cloudways
Ship your hack live on Cloudways by DigitalOcean. The best project deployed and running on Cloudways at demo time wins.
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