Hacktoberfest Swag 2025

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What is Hacktoberfest?

"Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software." - DigitalOcean

Hacktoberfest® encourages participation in the open source community.

Official Participation

Register at hacktoberfest.com.

• Register anytime between September 23 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)
• Aim to submit four high-quality pull/merge requests between October 1 and October 31, with project maintainers accepting your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your total
• You’ll unlock a digital badge when you register for Hacktoberfest, and level it up with each of your four pull/merge requests accepted during Hacktoberfest

Opportunities for Swag

In all of the Hacktoberfest excitement, many companies want to join the celebration by rewarding their contributors with swag! That's why we're here!

The purpose of this list is to incentivize meaningful contributions. If you intend to make low-value changes -- just for swag. DON'T.

QUANTITY IS FUN, QUALITY IS KEY

Verified participants 2025

Who	What	How	Additional Details
DigitalOcean + Sponsors		How to contribute? You’ll unlock a digital badge when you register for Hacktoberfest, and level it up with each of your four pull/merge requests accepted during Hacktoberfest	More Details here
Appwrite		How to contribute? Build and deploy amazing apps using Appwrite Cloud! Submit your app for a chance to win an Appwrite swag kit!	More Details here
ballerina		How to contribute? Collect credits and exchange them later for swags.	More Details here
Cloudinary		How to contribute? Contribute a valid pull request to one of our open-source projects, and you’ll score a free Cloudinary swag pack. https://cloudinary.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2025#how_can_i_contribute_	More Details here
devICT		How to contribute? Submit two pull requests to qualifying Wichita projects during the month of October and receive stickers.	More Details here
DocsGPT		How to contribute? Have one meaningful pull request merged. The PR must be for an issue with the hacktoberfest label (set by our maintainer team). Contributions can include code, API extensions, documentation, or design improvements. Fill out https://forms.gle/Npaba4n9Epfyx56S8 after PR is merged.	More Details here
Dodo Payments		How to contribute? Major contributors will receive limited Dodo “Tracks” swag packs: t-shirts, caps, and stickers.	More Details here
.Net Foundation		How to contribute? Contribute to an official .NET Foundation project this October and claim a digital certificate for Hacktoberfest.	More Details here
goose		How to contribute? Every hacktoberfest PR and contribution will earn you points on our leaderboard. The Top 20 Contributors with the most points by the end of the month will win special prizes!	More Details here
Hyperswitch		How to contribute? Contribute to Hyperswitch by tackling beginner-friendly, tooling, low-code/no-code, or bounty issues. Earn swag for your merged pull requests.	More Details here
MindsDB		How to contribute? Create AI apps powered by MindsDB's Knowledge Bases that query enterprise-like data in place—delivering accurate, explainable answers.	More Details here
ServiceNow		How to contribute? Have SIX (6) of your Pull Requests accepted in eligible Hacktoberfest repositories.	More Details here
WSO2		How to contribute? Refer to the Hacktoberfest project board and select an issue to work on. Once you start working on an issue, leave a comment stating that you're working on it to reserve it for yourself. When your work is ready, submit a pull request (PR). Address any review comments if needed and get your PR merged. After your PR is merged, fill out the form with the PR details and other relevant information.	More Details here

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Maintainers 🛠️

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Sascha Greuel

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