Hacktoberfest 2025 Comes to a Close

Hacktoberfest 2025 Comes to a Close A change for Hacktoberfest Highlights of Hacktoberfest 2025 Hacktoberfest Hackathons Digital badges from Holopin A vibrant online community Help make Hacktoberfest better—tell us what you think. Gratitude for our sponsors and community partners About the author(s) Try DigitalOcean for free Related Articles Powered by DigitalOcean Hatch: How Ex-human uses GPU Droplets to Build Empathetic AI that Serves Customers Hacktoberfest 2025: How to Participate Hacktoberfest 2025: Celebrate All Things Open Source! By Haimantika Mitra and Bedabrata Bagchi Updated: November 21, 2025 4 min read October rolled around again, and with it came Hacktoberfest for its 12th year where contributors and open-source communities across the globe came together to build, contribute, and make tech more accessible for everyone. This year saw—as it does every year—developers, maintainers, and first-time contributors working side by side, creating solutions that matter to open source. A huge thank you to everyone who participated and made this Hacktoberfest special. We saw a lot of new faces join the celebration this year, and it’s exciting to see the community grow! What really stood out this year? The genuine enthusiasm. People were here to contribute, collaborate, and make a tangible impact on open source projects. That’s what Hacktoberfest is all about: getting more people involved in open source and working together to improve the software that powers our world. It’s fulfilling to see how Hacktoberfest continues to inspire developers and successfully achieves what we set out to do. Here’s what Mike Swift, Co-founder and CEO of MLH has to say about Hacktoberfest this year: “What I enjoyed most about this year’s Hacktoberfest was seeing next-gen developers step into open source with genuine curiosity and realize they could make meaningful contributions. They approached issues, learned from maintainers, and connected those experiences to the AI tools shaping their work. Being part of moments like that is incredibly rewarding and exactly why the MLH community exists. ” This year we increased the number of PRs from 4 to 6.