Hackathons in October 2026
Explore 593 hackathons starting in October 2026, online and in person. Every event comes from the platforms and organiser sites we track, sorted by start date and refreshed hourly.
Hackathons
593
Avg Prize
$10K
Organizers
61
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Ongoing
T HACKS 9.0
In Person
Oct 22, 2026HackIndiaDelhi, India
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Blockchain
Ongoing
Hack@BVP 8.0
Hybrid
Oct 9 – Oct 22, 2026Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of EngineeringDelhi, India
IoT
Cloud
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
OSI Hackathon – Berlin Site, co-organized by Dunia, FAIRmat and HZB
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026Ahmed MansourBerlin, Germany
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Fintech
Ongoing
Accel AI Innovate: Paris
Online
Oct 22, 2026AccelOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon (NYC Hub)
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026Claire ZhangNew York, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Ongoing
InfiniSynapse Vibe Coding Hackathon 2026
Online
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026InfinisynapseOnline
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
CapCut x EAST2046 University of Cambridge Creator Lab
In Person
Oct 22, 2026east2046Cambridge, United Kingdom$191
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
Paris Accel’s AI Innovate Series Hackathon
In Person
Oct 22, 2026Elsa IbosParis, Île-de-France, France$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
Accel AI Innovate Paris
In Person
Oct 22, 2026AccelParis, France$2K
Hackathon
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
ServiceNow Hackathon Rome
In Person
Oct 22, 2026ServiceNowRome, Italy
Hackathon
Ongoing
Hackcult
Online
Oct 12 – Oct 22, 2026Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), GandhinagarOnline
Cloud
Edtech
Data Science
Ongoing
CodeNeuraX : NeuraKnockout 2026
In Person
Oct 2 – Oct 22, 2026CodeNeuraXRajkot, India$56
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Web Development
Ongoing
Baloon National Hackathon 2026
Online
Oct 14 – Oct 22, 2026BaloonOnline$72
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
#NOMW26
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026NotOnMyWatch Consulting PartnersDecatur, United States
Healthtech
Social Impact
Climate Tech
Ongoing
Local Site CPH: Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon
Hybrid
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026The ShackCopenhagen, Denmark
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Social Impact
Ongoing
Open Scientific Intelligence (OSI) Hackathon: Boston Site
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026Artur LyssenkoCambridge, United States$15K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Fintech
Ongoing
AI Lawcraft 2026 - legal hackathon and competition
In Person
Oct 22, 2026Saga and BI Norwegian Business SchoolOslo, Norway
Hackathon
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Krifth Developer Hackathon
Online
Oct 22, 2026Online
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Barraca Founders House 003 Hackathon
In Person
Oct 22, 2026BARRACA Founders HouseValencia, Spain
Hackathon
Entrepreneurship
Ongoing
Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon
Online
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026blaiszik@uchicago.edu (University of Chicago context implied, but only email given)Online
Hackathon
Ongoing
The Challenge 2026
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2026NextTalent (powered by Startup Valencia)València, Spain
Hackathon
Ongoing
HackersGen
In Person
Oct 22, 2026Sorint.labTreviglio, Italy
Competition
Ongoing
Hack your Campus
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 23, 2026UGA Design FactorySaint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Hackathon
Ongoing
Official ADE Lab Hackathon
In Person
Oct 21 – Oct 23, 2026Music HackspaceAmsterdam, Netherlands
Hackathon
Ongoing
trans4num INSPIRE Hackathon 2026
In Person
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2026trans4num (EU-funded Horizon Europe project)Aarhus, Denmark
Hackathon
Ongoing
Build The Next Big Thing with AI - Devmarketplace
In Person
Oct 19 – Oct 23, 2026devmarketplaceKarachi, Pakistan$1K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Open Source
Ongoing
Med-AI-Thon
In Person
Oct 12 – Oct 23, 2026SRM University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduTiruchirappalli, India
Artificial Intelligence
Healthtech
Cloud
Ongoing
CRAFTCON 2K26
In Person
Oct 7 – Oct 23, 2026Desh bhagat universityAmloh, India$720
Cloud
Edtech
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Hack & Among Us
Hybrid
Oct 14 – Oct 23, 2026Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology and Management (ADGITM), New DelhiDelhi, India
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
Prompt-ae-thon
In Person
Oct 1 – Oct 23, 2026Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of EngineeringDelhi, India$720
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Technovision 2026: Zero Syntax (No Code Hackathon)
Hybrid
Oct 10 – Oct 23, 2026Computer Society of India MIT-WPU Student ChapterPune, India$180
Artificial Intelligence
Low/No Code
Ongoing
HACK GENESIS 2026
In Person
Oct 18 – Oct 23, 2026HackIndiaGhazibad, India
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
Data Verse X 1.0
In Person
Oct 13 – Oct 23, 2026Chandigarh University (CU), Ajitgarh, PunjabMohali, India
Data Science
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
Commit for Good | AI × Open Source × Public Good
Hybrid
Oct 6 – Oct 23, 2026Manipal University (MU), JaipurJaipur, India
Artificial Intelligence
Open Source
Cloud
Ongoing
Tata Elxsi TELIPORT Season 4
Online
Oct 7 – Oct 23, 2026GL Bajaj Institute of Management, Greater NoidaOnline
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Engineering Students
Ongoing
Confluence Buildathon 2.0
In Person
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2026IEEE Computer Society, PES UniversityBengaluru, India
Ongoing
Blitz'26 - Technical Coding
Online
Oct 9 – Oct 23, 2026Mookambigai College of EngineeringOnline
Cloud
Edtech
Data Science
Ongoing
Frame Shift – Creative Animation & Meme Challenge
In Person
Oct 14 – Oct 23, 2026Madhav Institute of Technology & Science GwaliorGwalior, India
Cloud
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Cornell Six Sigma Hackathon
In Person
Oct 16 – Oct 23, 2026Cornell UniversityIthaca, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Healthtech
Ongoing
AI HACKATHON MÉXICO 2026 by AI LAB SCHOOL
Online
Oct 20 – Oct 23, 2026AI LAB SCHOOLOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Qhack 2026
Online
Oct 16 – Oct 23, 2026XanaduOnline$15K
Hackathon
Ongoing
Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp
Online
Oct 19 – Oct 23, 2026No Black BoxesOnline
Challenge
Ongoing
FastwebAI Hackathon
In Person
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2026FastwebMilan, Italy
Hackathon
Ongoing
Business-Academia Hackathon 2026
In Person
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2026UZH.ai (Universität Zürich)Zurich, Switzerland
Hackathon
Ongoing
Rebuild Green Hackathon 2026: An International Hackathon for the Green Recovery of Ukrainian Communities
Online
Oct 3 – Oct 24, 2026FIABCI-Ukraine and SYNCHRO SPACE in partnership with Modulina Straw PanelsOnline$50K
Hackathon
Ongoing
CognitionNext '26
Hybrid
Oct 8 – Oct 24, 2026VJTI MumbaiMumbai, India
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
Black Code Collective Hacktoberfest
In Person
Oct 12 – Oct 24, 2026Black Code CollectiveWashington, United States$1K
Open Source
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Neighborhood Hacks
Online
Oct 16 – Oct 24, 2026Student OrganizationOnline$58K
Social Impact
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Society of Software Engineers | 2nd Annual Halloween Hackathon
Online
Oct 15 – Oct 24, 2026Society of Software EngineersOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
Hack-O-Relay 6.0 - This Time It's Latent
In Person
Oct 17 – Oct 24, 2026Dronacharya College Of Engineering (DCE), GurgaonFarrukhnagar, India$600
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Edtech