What's new on Hackathon Radar

Can't afford the flight? There's now a page for hackathons with travel support — events where the organizer covers or reimburses travel and accommodation, or offers a stipend, so you can attend in person without footing the bill.

We read the fine print on each event to tell real coverage from a passing mention, so the list only shows events that genuinely help you get there. It refreshes as new ones appear, and the same signal now shows on every event in the database.

Every hackathon page has been redesigned so the things that matter are right there at a glance: the dates, the prize pool, where it's happening and who it's for, all laid out in tidy cards instead of one long wall of text.

Registering, saving it, or adding it to your calendar is a tap away, you can jump straight to similar hackathons worth a look, and the whole thing now feels great on your phone.

Run a community, a course or a team? The new Hackathon Radar Discord bot posts fresh hackathons straight into the channels you choose, the moment they go live, so your members never have to go looking.

Pick a channel and a topic and it takes care of the rest. Anyone can search for events with a quick command, and members can bookmark the ones they like and get a reminder before they start.

We've opened a Discord for hackers. It's the fastest way to hear about hackathons as they happen, with live alerts landing in topic channels for the areas you care about.

It's also a place to find teammates, show off what you built and swap tips with other builders. Free to join.

Chasing prize money? There's now a page for hackathons with prizes — every event on it has a recorded prize pool, so you can skip the ones that only hand out swag and go straight to the competitions paying out real cash.

The list is built automatically from prize data and refreshes as new events appear, from student jams to major global hackathons with six-figure pools.

The vibe-code friendly signal is now a filter across the full hackathon database — narrow thousands of events down to just the ones that welcome AI coding tools, and mix it with any of your other filters and saved views.

Every event that qualifies also carries a clear badge, so as you browse or open an event you can see at a glance whether AI-assisted building is welcome.

Building with Cursor, Claude, v0 or bolt.new? There's now a page for vibe-code friendly hackathons — events that welcome AI coding tools instead of banning them, so you can prompt and ship rather than hand-write everything.

They tend to be solo-friendly and short-format: idea to demo in a weekend. The list is picked automatically from event rules and refreshes as new ones appear.

Never been to a hackathon? There's now a dedicated page for events built for first-timers — the ones with mentorship, workshops, and no experience required, gathered from across the world.

It's the least intimidating way to find your first event: everything on the page is picked because it welcomes newcomers. Bookmark it and check back — it refreshes as new beginner-friendly events appear.