About the challenge
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Dhaka is a free, one-day, in-person mini-hackathon on Saturday, October 18, 2026 at EMK Center, Dhaka, run as part of Hacktoberfest with Major League Hacking (MLH)'s Hack Days program.
Hacktoberfest is DigitalOcean's annual month-long celebration of open source. This year's Hacktoberfest Fests focus on learning, experimenting and building with open-source and open-weight AI technology. During the Hack Day you'll team up (or go solo), build a project using open-source AI tools or open-weight models, and demo it for a chance to win prizes.
Who it's for: students in Bangladesh aged 16+, from beginners making their first open-source contribution to experienced builders. This is a solo event, so each participant builds and submits their own project.
- Submissions open: Oct 18, 10:00
- Submissions close: Oct 18, 16:00
- Judging: Oct 18, 16:00 to 17:00
- Late submissions: accepted, and reviewed after the hackathon ends while participants are presenting
- Detailed agenda (check-in, opening, workshops, meals, demos, closing): [TBD: schedule]
Get started
- Register for the hackathon here on Devpost.
- Learn about Hacktoberfest at hacktoberfest.com.
- Read the MLH Code of Conduct.
- Show up at EMK Center on Oct 18 ready to build!
About the organizers
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Dhaka is organized by UniDevs and supported by Machine Learning Bangladesh and EMK Center. DigitalOcean is the presenting partner, and the event is powered by MLH and DEV.
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