Welcome to Openverse Hacknight, an informal and fun 24-hour virtual event hosted by the Open Source Developers' Community (OSDC). It's a great chance to build projects, learn, and collaborate with like-minded coders all in a relaxed, creative environment.
All event updates, communication, and the project submission form link will be shared on our Discord Server.
Openverse means there’s no set theme: participants can build projects in any domain or using any technology they want.
Examples:
A mobile app to track daily habits
An AI-powered chatbot for campus info
A game that helps people learn coding
The special GenAI track focuses on projects using generative AI. Instead of simple prompt wrappers, projects should show creative and innovative workflows like:
AI-assisted writing tools with smart context
Custom generative art apps with unique features
AI-powered automation workflows for productivity
Chatbots with multi-turn conversations and memory
Open to college students from any institute.
Participants can go solo or have a maximum of 3 members in their team
All paticipants must join this Discord Server for participation in mini-events, announcements and doubt support.
GenAI Track Rule: Simple wrappers using basic memory or system prompts won’t meet judging standards. We expect creativity and complexity, with GenAI workflows playing a key role in the project’s originality and depth.
Proper licensing and attribution for external code/assets is required.
All code must be open source and public.
Only Git is allowed for version control.
Teams that fail to submit their project will be disqualified and won’t be considered for evaluations.
All code must be written during the hackathon hours.
Late commits will not be accepted.
Projects must be new (not submitted elsewhere).
All submissions must be complete and working.
Rule violations may lead to disqualification.
Organizing team's decisions are final.
Plagiarism will lead to instant disqualification.
Any software project that fits the openverse concept and is fully open-source.
Mandatory use of Git for version control and public GitHub repository hosting.
Project code repository link and demonstration details.
Submission form and guidelines will be provided on the Discord Server.
Uniqueness & Creativity:
Original and innovative ideas will be rewarded. Projects that stand out with freshness, creativity, and clever problem-solving/entertainment will score higher.
GenAI Track Specific:
Projects must demonstrate genuine innovation beyond simple wrappers or basic prompts. Creative, complex GenAI workflows are a major judging factor.
Completeness: Fully functional project at submission time.
Design & Aesthetics: UI should be clean, intuitive, and user friendly if present.
Timeframe Realism: Scope must be reasonable for the hackathon duration.
Credits & Attribution: Proper credit is required for all external libraries/code; plagiarism leads to disqualification.
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