Hacktoberfest Hack Day Lucknow
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Hacktoberfest - AI Community Lucknow,
Saturday, 31 October 2026 · Lucknow · In person
Hosted by AI Community Lucknow, in collaboration with Major League Hacking
The last day of Hacktoberfest. One room, one day, and whatever it takes to get your pull requests merged before the month runs out.
Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source, and most people start it with good intentions and finish it at 11 PM on the 31st. This is that night, except you’re not doing it alone. Bring your laptop, find an issue, and ship it with maintainers and experienced contributors sitting next to you.
Who this is for
Complete beginners who have never opened a pull request and want their first one merged, and experienced contributors closing out their final PRs. Both work here. If you have never touched open source before, the first session is built for you.
What happens on the day
Onboarding for first-timers: Git and GitHub basics, how to fork, branch, commit and open a pull request, and how to read a contributing guide
Issue matching: we help you find issues that fit your skill level and language, from documentation to real bug fixes
Contribute to UPAI Labs projects: our own open-source repositories, including NAWAB AI, LucknowLLM, UPAI RAG, Sign Language Translator and lucknow-live-events, with maintainers in the room to review your PR on the spot
Contribute anywhere: work on any Hacktoberfest-participating project you like
Maintainer support: experienced contributors help you unblock, review your work and improve your PR before you submit
Live leaderboard: track merged PRs through the day
What you need to bring
A laptop with Git installed and a GitHub account
A Hacktoberfest registration. Register at hacktoberfest.com and check this year’s rules and PR requirements before you arrive.
Any language or stack. Documentation contributions count too.
What you leave with
Merged pull requests, your name in project histories, the confidence to contribute again in November, and a network of people who do this regularly. Contributors to UPAI Labs projects who keep going are invited into our maintainer group.
Free to attend. Limited seats.
Prize Categories
2 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
