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Hacktoberfest Hack Day Kathmandu

OCT 10Kathmandu, Bagmati ProvinceIn Person
Organized byIIgnite Open Source

About

It’s a one-day hackathon on October 10th, 2026 at Sunway College,Maitidevi — Kathmandu’s local event for Hacktoberfest 2026, a global open-source celebration.

Throughout the day, there’s a mix of activities to keep things fun and engaging — a virtual conference session with talks from people in the industry, hands-on hacking time where teams build their own projects, and fun mini-events and games running alongside it all. It’s less about sitting and listening, and more about building, playing, and having a good time with other developers.

Good projects that come out of the day also get a chance at incubation support afterward, so the best ideas don’t just end when the event does.

At the end of the day, there are demos and prizes for the best projects.

It’s free to join, and open to students and early-career developers from across the Kathmandu Valley.

Prize Categories

4 categories
  • View Best Open-Source AI ProjectDigitalOcean

    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 Nepali / Local-Language AIEvent prize

    Best Nepali / Local-Language AI

    Build an open source AI project that works with Nepali or another local language, script, or context. That could be an assistant, a learning tool, a document or speech tool, or anything that makes AI more useful for people who are underserved by today’s English-first models.

    View category
  • View Best Use of Gemma 4Deepmind 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 use of open source AI for Real-World ImpactEvent prize

    Best use of open source AI for Real-World Impact

    Build an open source AI-powered project that solves a real problem for people around you, whether in education, health, agriculture, language, accessibility, local government, or your own community. AI must be central to how the project works, not a bolt-on feature. We’re looking for projects that a real person could pick up and use.

    Local Problem, Real Solution: Start from a problem you or people near you actually face.
    AI at the Core: Remove the AI and the project should stop working.
    Working Demo: Show it working on real input, not just slides.

    Projects must be published in a public GitHub repository with an open-source license.

    View category