Opportunity brief
HACKBLOX – Open Source Hackathon
About HACKBLOX
HACKBLOX is a competitive AI & Open Source Hackathon designed to help developers contribute to real-world open-source projects while collaborating, learning industry-standard workflows, and competing for exciting prizes. Participants will solve curated problem statements by making meaningful contributions to assigned GitHub repositories.
Whether you're an experienced open-source contributor or making your first pull request, HACKBLOX provides mentorship, structured challenges, and an opportunity to build your open-source profile.
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Eligibility
- Open to students and professionals from all colleges, universities, and organizations.
- Individual and team registrations are allowed.
- Team Size: 1–4 members.
- Inter-college teams are allowed.
- Inter-specialisation teams are allowed.
- Participants must have a valid GitHub account.
- Every participant must register individually on Unstop, even if participating in a team.
Competition Format
Round 1 – Repository Allocation & Problem Statements
- Teams will receive access to one or more curated GitHub repositories.
- Multiple problem statements/issues will be provided for each repository.
- Teams can choose the issues they wish to solve unless otherwise specified.
- The problem statements may include:
- Bug Fixes
- Feature Development
- Documentation Improvements
- UI/UX Enhancements
- Performance Optimizations
- Testing & Automation
- Developer Tooling
Round 2 – Development
- Participants will work on the assigned issues within the hackathon duration.
- Contributions must be made through proper GitHub workflows:
- Fork Repository
- Create Feature Branch
- Commit Changes
- Push Changes
- Submit Pull Requests
- Teams may submit multiple Pull Requests during the event.
Round 3 – Evaluation
All Pull Requests will be reviewed by mentors and judges.
Evaluation criteria include:
- Correctness of implementation
- Code quality and maintainability
- Meaningful contribution
- Documentation quality
- Git best practices
- Innovation and problem-solving
- Merge readiness
- Overall impact on the repository
Only valid and original contributions will be considered.
Duration
- Hackathon Duration: 24 Hours.
- Repository access and problem statements will be released at the beginning of the event.
- All Pull Requests must be submitted before the submission deadline.
Rules
- All work must be completed during the hackathon.
- Participants must contribute only through their own GitHub accounts.
- AI-assisted coding tools are allowed; however, participants are fully responsible for the originality, correctness, and licensing of their submissions.
- Plagiarism, copied code, or duplicate submissions will result in immediate disqualification.
- Spam Pull Requests or low-quality contributions made solely to increase contribution count will not be accepted.
- Participants must follow the contribution guidelines of the assigned repositories.
- Any attempt to manipulate Git history, reviewers, or evaluation will lead to disqualification.
- The organizers reserve the right to reject any submission that does not meet quality standards.
- The decision of the judges and repository maintainers shall be final and binding.
Submission Process
- Complete the assigned issue(s).
- Push your code to your forked repository.
- Create Pull Request(s) to the assigned repository.
- Submit the Pull Request links through the official submission portal before the deadline.
- Ensure all required details are correctly filled during submission.
Judging Criteria
- Quality of Code
- Functionality
- Adherence to Repository Standards
- Complexity of Contribution
- Documentation
- Collaboration (for teams)
- Innovation
- Overall Impact
Rewards
Top-performing teams will receive:
- Cash Prizes
- Winner Certificates
- Digital Certificates for all eligible participants
- Open Source Recognition
- Internship & Networking Opportunities (subject to partner availability)
- Exciting Swags and Goodies
Code of Conduct
Participants are expected to maintain professionalism and respect throughout the event. Harassment, plagiarism, misconduct, or violation of repository/community guidelines will not be tolerated and may result in immediate disqualification.