Campus Grass Challenge

Vaibhav Yadav — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:51:45 +0000

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass

Demo

🌱 Live Demo: https://vaibhavyadavoefh-pixel.github.io/TOUCH-GRASS/

The prototype is fully browser-based and requires no account or backend.

Code

💻 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vaibhavyadavoefh-pixel/TOUCH-GRASS

The project is built with simple web technologies so that it remains lightweight, understandable, and easy to modify.

How I Built It

The current prototype is built using:

HTML
CSS
Vanilla JavaScript
GitHub Pages

The project intentionally avoids unnecessary frameworks and backend services.

The current prototype focuses on the core Touch Grass experience: daily missions, progress tracking, XP, streaks, screen-time logging, and a leaderboard.

The next stage is to integrate a local open-weight AI model so the challenges can become personalized instead of being a fixed list.

For example, a local AI could generate challenges based on:

Available free time
Previous completed challenges
Campus environment
User preferences
Difficulty level
Previous activity

The goal is to eventually run this intelligence locally rather than depending on a closed cloud API.

Why Does Open Innovation Matter?

The idea behind Campus Grass is somewhat ironic: the app should ultimately help you use your screen less.

Using open-source AI makes it possible to move the intelligence closer to the user instead of sending personal activity information to a closed third-party service.

A local/open-weight approach can provide:

Better privacy for personal activity data
Offline functionality
Freedom to change or experiment with models
No dependency on a single AI provider
The ability to fine-tune or adapt the system for different campuses
Lower operating costs for an open-source project

For a project built around getting people away from screens, having an AI system that can eventually run locally is especially interesting.

My Agent Session

Not included in the current submission.

Prize Categories

Not entering any additional partner categories at this time.

The Idea

The goal isn't to use this app more.
The goal is to use it less.

Campus Grass turns real-world activities into small challenges and gives students a reason to step outside, explore their campus, interact with people, and spend intentional time away from their screens.

Built for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge — Touch Grass.

DEV Community: Vaibhav Yadav