Hacktoberfest 2026 Challenge

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Daniel Balcarek

Oct 18

Fine-Tuning Qwen3-8B with Tinker: From 50% to 76% Accuracy, and Burning Through My Budget

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Jem for The DEV Team

Oct 19

Join the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Slow and Steady! $2,850 in Prizes Across 21 Winners.

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7 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Daniel Nwaneri

Oct 19

Bank alerts to a day-book, with a local Gemma

#devchallenge #hf26challenge #gemma #opensource

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6 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Rupam Das

Oct 19

AI-Assisted Photo Culling with an Open Model, Fully Offline? Not a Myth Anymore.

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9 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Priyanshu Bharti

Oct 19

SubScribe Field OS: A Local-First Voice OS for Construction Paperwork

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4 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Dan

Oct 19

Slow and Steady: The Galactic Sloth Nexus

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4 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Sudhir Sharma

Oct 19

SlothOps: Channeling My Inner Sloth with Open-Source AI (Tinker + Backboard + Render + .tech)

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5 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady 🦥

Bruno Fernandes

Oct 19

Sossego: A Local Model Sorts the Files You Keep Putting Off

#devchallenge #hf26challenge #osdc #webdev

5 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady 🦥

Hyunsik Park

Oct 19

FileNap: local Gemma file plans, with a way back

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3 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

utkarsh sonawane

Oct 19

I built a sloth that cleans my Downloads folder — meet slothsort 🦥

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4 min read

Aditya Arora

Oct 19

SlothCart: Snap Your Fridge, Get Your Grocery List (Open-Weight AI, Zero Door-Staring)

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3 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Parth Sharma

Oct 19

SlothSort: a local AI that tidies my Downloads folder while I sleep

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7 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Priti Yadav

Oct 19

Lazy Chef: Automating My Grocery List with Local Open-Source Vision AI 🦥

#ai #opensource #hf26challenge #devchallenge

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2 min read

Somnath Pal

Oct 19

VaultSign AI

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4 min read

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Shaurya Aryan

Oct 19

SlothPlate 🦥: Let Open-Weight AI Handle Your Meal Planning

#devchallenge #hf26challenge #productivity #gemma

2 min read