Skip to main content
Hacktoberfest Hack Day San Antonio x RowdyLaunch logo
Event Ended

Hacktoberfest Hack Day San Antonio x RowdyLaunch

OCT 31San Antonio, TexasIn Person
Organized byRRowdyLaunch

About

One day. One room. Your first merge.

Hacktoberfest runs all of October: you open pull requests on open-source projects and maintainers accept them. This is the in-person day for it in San Antonio, with a room full of people doing the same thing and organizers who have done it before.

RowdyLaunch, UTSA’s student-run startup organization, is hosting. We help students find cofounders and get their first projects in front of investors. Shipping code is how most founders start, so we are running this day.

How it works

  1. Register and bring a laptop with Git and a GitHub account.
  2. Pick an issue at the morning briefing, from a project you already use.
  3. Ship it. Fix it, open the pull request and get it reviewed before you leave.

Work alone or in a team of up to four. Organizers walk the tables all day, and no prior open-source experience is needed.

Who: University students and working professionals
Bring: Laptop, charger, GitHub account
Where: UTSA Business Building, room BB 2.01.06, 5 Paseo Del Norte, San Antonio, TX 78249. Follow the RowdyLaunch signs from the entrance. Outlets are shared, so bring a charger.

Questions before the day, or looking for a teammate? Join our Discord. More info at rowdylaunch.vercel.app.

Interested in sponsoring (Title, Gold, Silver and Partner slots open)? Email [email protected].

Tag #Hacktoberfest if you post. Happy hacking!

Prize Categories

2 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 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