Open Source Impact

Contribute. Collaborate. Create Impact.

Open Source Impact is a contribution-driven open source hackathon organized to give developers and students a practical opportunity to contribute to real-world software projects through GitHub.

Instead of building a project from scratch, participants will work on active open-source integration opportunities, claim a task, understand the required functionality, implement the integration, test their work, and contribute it back to the project through a Pull Request.

Participants will follow a simple journey:

Discover → Claim → Build → Test → Submit → Get Verified → Earn

1. Create or use your GitHub account
   GitHub will be used throughout the contribution process.

2. Explore available OSS opportunities
   Find an active integration or contribution opportunity provided for the hackathon.

3. Claim an integration
   Review the requirements and claim the integration you want to work on.

4. Build the integration
   Clone the repository, study the required API/functionality, follow the project's contribution guidelines, and implement the required changes.

5. Test your work
   Make sure your implementation works correctly and meets the requirements.

6. Create a Pull Request
   Push your changes to GitHub and open a clear Pull Request against the project repository.

7. Submit your contribution
   Submit your GitHub Issue and Pull Request details through the required tracking forms.

8. Verification & Reward
   Contributions will be reviewed and verified according to the hackathon requirements. Eligible verified contributions will receive the announced reward.

Open Source Impact is designed to turn open-source participation into practical development experience.

Participants get an opportunity to:

• Work with real GitHub repositories

• Understand existing codebases

• Work with APIs and integrations

• Practice Git and GitHub workflows

• Create meaningful Pull Requests

• Learn how professional open-source contributions work

• Build a public contribution record

• Earn rewards for eligible verified contributions

Whether you're an experienced developer or a student making your first serious open-source contribution, Open Source Impact is about taking your skills beyond tutorials and putting them into real projects.

One contribution can be small. Its impact can be much bigger.