Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST

An event full of learning, coding, and collaboration to encourage students to participate in HACKTOBERFEST

Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST is a month-long event with various sessions to encourage HACKTOBERFEST in the community. It will be a month-long journey starting from 1st October to 31st October 2022. The event is open to every individual who is interested in contributing to open-source.

What is HACKTOBERFEST?

HACKTOBERFEST is a month-long celebration of open-source software by DigitalOcean that encourages participation in giving back to the open-source community. Developers get involved by completing pull requests, participating in events, and donating to open-source projects. During this event, anyone can support open source by contributing changes and earn limited-edition swag(only the first 40,000 contributors).

Offering

• Students get the opportunity to learn, code, and collaborate in the field of Open Source Development.
• 10+ beginner-friendly projects to contribute to the HACKTOBERFEST
• Mentorship from the community.
• Top Contributors will be receiving swags apart from the HACKTOBERFEST swags.

How to earn Swags?

i. Community Swags

• Register anytime between October 1 and October 31 for both Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST and HACKTOBERFEST.

• Pull requests can be made in the given below projects. Depending on the availability of the swags you may or may not be getting swags for making pull requests to other projects.

• Have 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete HACKTOBERFEST

• Top 5 contributors who will complete HACKTOBERFEST with us and will be receiving swags.

ii. HACKTOBERFEST Swags

• Register anytime between October 1 and October 31

• Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that’s participating in HACKTOBERFEST (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)

• Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your total

• Have 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete HACKTOBERFEST

• The first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete HACKTOBERFEST can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the HACKTOBERFEST 2022 t-shirt.

How to participate?

i. Register for HACKTOBERFEST 2022

• Register for HACKTOBERFEST 2022 by clicking here.

ii. Register for Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST

• Register for Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST by clicking here.

iii. Join the Discord Server by clicking here.

Note: To receive community swags registration for both events is important.

FAQ

1. Is participating in Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST free?

Yes! Every event organized by Cerritus Coders will always be free of cost!

2. Will I get paid for participating?

No! however, we have amazing swags and other rewards for our participants!

3. What is the difference between HACKTOBERFEST and Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST?

The only main difference is that HACKTOBERFEST is a global event that Hacking The HACKTOBERFEST aims to promote in the local community to encourage folks to get started with open-source.

Code of Conduct

Cerritus Coders is an inclusive community of students. We follow our code of conduct for every event and expect the same from every attendee. You can read the code of conduct from here.