Gracie Gregory (she/her) for The DEV Team

Posted on Apr 12, 2022 • Updated on Apr 14, 2022

Announcing the Appwrite Hackathon on DEV!

#appwritehack #appwrite #meta

There's a brand new opportunity for you to sharpen your software development skills while educating others, and earning some amazing prizes — right here on DEV...

Announcing the Appwrite Hackathon on DEV 🎉

This is our last DEV hackathon for a number of months, so if you've been considering participating in a past DEV contest, this is the time!

Read on for more details about Appwrite and the fun challenge they're extending to DEV members over the next few weeks.

Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform that gives developers all the APIs required to build any application. With Appwrite, you can add a number of crucial services into your app including user authentication, file management, image handling, Cloud Functions, Realtime database and more!

From now through May 12th, we're offering you the opportunity to build a new application using Appwrite for the chance to earn/win some awesome prizes (including up to $2,000 USD). In the process of building your app and writing your DEV submission post, you’ll get better acquainted with Appwrite's end-to-end backend server for Web, Mobile, Native, or Backend apps✨

Appwrite Resources

Prizes

4 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category):

$2,000 USD gift card or equivalent
$300 USD credit to the Forem Shop
Appwrite t-shirt
Custom Appwrite Stickers
DEV Sticker Pack
DEV “Appwrite Hackathon” Grand Prize profile badge

Runner-Up Prizes (10 Total):

$200 USD gift card or equivalent
$150 USD credit to the Forem Shop
Appwrite t-shirt
Custom Appwrite Stickers
DEV Sticker Pack
DEV “Appwrite Hackathon” Runner-Up profile badge

Participants (with a valid project):

DEV Sticker Pack
Appwrite T-shirt
DEV “Appwrite Hackathon” participant profile badge

Here's a preview of Appwrite's awesome swag offerings:

How to submit your app and enter the Appwrite Hackathon on DEV

Install Appwrite
Create an app using Appwrite that falls under one of the categories listed above.
Use one of the following permissive licenses for your code: MIT, Apache, BSD-2, BSD-3, or Commons Clause.
Use this post template to officially submit your application for the hackathon
Be sure to publish your submission on DEV between April 12 and May 12 (@ 11:59 PM UTC), and provide your app’s URL, screenshot, description, and source code

Heads-up that you'll only be able to view our submission template linked above if you're logged into DEV.

Additional notes:

We encourage you to share update posts on DEV using the #appwritehack tag to keep us posted on your progress (hint: use series: [“series name”] in the markdown heading of all your Appwrite Hackathon-related posts to link all content in a series)
Multiple submissions are allowed
If you collaborate with anyone, please list their DEV handles in your submission post so we can award a profile badge to your entire team! DEV does not handle prize-splitting, so in the event your project is named a Grand Prize-winner or runner-up, you will need to split those amongst yourselves. Thank you for understanding!

Additional Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to 18+. Contest entry period ends May 12, 2022, 11:59 PM UTC. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulation. All entries must be new projects and created during the hackathon period. For Official Rules, see Contest Announcement Page and General Contest Official Rules.

Community Support

To ask any questions about Appwrite throughout the hackathon, leave a comment in the Appwrite Hackathon help thread

We also have a community discussion thread where you can share your ideas and get suggestions on improvements from the DEV community as you build your app. We encourage you to share your progress along the way to generate more excitement and benefit from additional community feedback suggestions.

Important Dates 🗓

April 12, 2022: Hackathon Begins
May 12, 2022: Hackathon Submission Due at 11:59 PM UTC
May 13, 2022: Submission judging begins

Winners will be selected and announced in the weeks following the final submission deadline. Stay tuned!

We cannot wait to see how you approach this fun challenge — and the amazing applications you come up with.

Happy coding!

Latest comments (112)

Brandon Johnson • May 27 '22

When will the winners be announced, and how do I know my submission was accepted?

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • May 27 '22

We expect to announce winners the week of June 6th! You'll know your submission was submitted and considered valid if you receive a participant badge (or winner badge!)

Aditya Aryam • May 27 '22

When would the results be out?? @graciegregory

Plaban Kumar Mondal • May 26 '22

Is submission judging still going on?

Aarav Reddy • May 20 '22

Good stuff

Souvik Mandal • May 15 '22

Here I've a little query,
I posted my submission on 13th may around 1:30am IST which is < 12th may 11:59pm UTC.
But as It's showing the published date 13th may, so I want to confirm that will my submission be considered or not?

Bg • May 12 '22

Lol, I just got the news :)

Doctor Raees • May 12 '22

Going to check

Marc • May 6 '22

just getting on the site and learning about this today. Looking to get a quick and dirty app in to participate and see the greatness that will surely come of such great minds!

learnacadman • May 6 '22

is it still open?

Rohithaditya • May 6 '22

Btw where to submit it????

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • May 6 '22

You'll fill out the template linked above and publish before the deadline! That's your submission 🎉

Rohithaditya • May 6 '22

I am excited

Veeresh • May 2 '22

Are there any resources to build web3 apps and also use appwrite. If you could please provide an example or github repo which uses both the technologies, so I could refer it on how to use both.