r/hacktoberfest
ActiveHacktoberfest | Open source is changing the world - one pull request at a time.
Open source is changing the world - one pull request at a time. The unofficial subreddit for DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest competition. Find out more and get involved on the website: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/
Members
1,965
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 13, 2026
Posts (30 days)
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Created
2016
October 5, 2016
Total posts
616
archived
Total comments
1.4K
archived
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