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Hacktoberfest Hack Day Barasat x CYCODERS Club

Hacktoberfest 2026

Friday October 9, 2026
8:00AM to 7:00PM IST
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Adamas University
Adamas Knowledge City, Barasat – Barrackpore Road
Barbaria, P.O. Jagannathpur 
North 24 Parganas, West Bengal 700126
India
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Event Description

Hacktoberfest Hack Day x CYCODERS is a 12-hour open-source focused coding event organised by CYCODERS Club, School of Engineering & Technology, Adamas University, on 9th October 2026.
The event is designed to bring together students, developers, open-source contributors, working professionals, and technology enthusiasts to collaborate, build, and contribute to real-world open-source projects.

Participants will get hands-on exposure to Git, GitHub, collaborative development workflows, issue tracking, pull requests, documentation, project development, and open-source contribution practices. The event will also include partner challenge tracks, DEV Badge activities, mentoring, project development sprints, final submissions, demonstrations, and judging.
Throughout the day, participants will work individually or in teams to solve problems, improve existing open-source projects, or build new solutions while interacting with mentors and fellow developers. The event is suitable for both first-time contributors and experienced developers, with a strong focus on learning, collaboration, community building, and practical development experience.
With the theme “Code, Create and Defy Limits,” Hacktoberfest Hack Day x CYCODERS aims to strengthen the open-source culture within the student and developer community, encourage long-term participation in collaborative software development, and provide participants with an opportunity to showcase their skills through meaningful technical contributions.

The event will conclude with project demonstrations, judging, recognition of outstanding contributions, and a closing ceremony celebrating the participants, mentors, partners, and the open-source community.

Who can attend?

Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:

Schedule

Hacktoberfest Hack Day x CYCODERS — Event Schedule

Date: 9th October 2026 , Saturday
Time: 8:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Venue: Adamas University

Time Activity
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. Registration, check-in, breakfast refreshments, participant verification and networking
9:00 – 9:20 A.M. Opening Ceremony — Welcome by CYCODERS, event overview and Hacktoberfest introduction
9:20 – 9:40 A.M. Hack Day Guidelines — Code of Conduct, judging criteria, submission process and rules
9:40 – 10:10 A.M. Open Source Kick-off — Git, GitHub, issues, pull requests and contribution workflow
10:10 – 10:30 A.M. Partner Tracks & DEV Badge Briefing — available challenges, badge tracks and eligible activations
10:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Build Sprint 1 — team formation, project selection, repository setup and initial development
1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Lunch Break & Networking
2:00 – 4:00 P.M. Build Sprint 2 — development, open-source contributions, mentor reviews and issue resolution
4:00 – 4:20 P.M. Refreshment Break
4:20 – 5:45 P.M. Final Build Sprint — feature completion, testing, documentation and repository cleanup
5:45 – 6:15 P.M. Submission Window — final GitHub repository, project description, contribution details and demo submission
6:15 – 7:15 P.M. Project Demos & Judging — shortlisted teams present their work to the judging panel
7:15 – 7:40 P.M. Judges’ Deliberation, Networking & Community Interaction
7:40 – 8:00 P.M. Closing Ceremony — winner announcements, acknowledgements, certificates/prizes and closing remarks

Additional Information

Discord : https://discord.gg/PqDhyHafzR

Links & Resources

Gemma 4 Resources

General hub and documentation overview.

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Gemma Quickstart

Getting started guide and rapid API setup.

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Gemma API Docs

Endpoint specifications and API references.

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Gemma Beginner Guide

Step-by-step introduction for new developers.

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Starting of with Open Source Contributions

Guide to starting of with your first open-source contribution.

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Subham Karmakar
Prithvi Prasad
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CYCODERS is the official student-led computer science community of Adamas University, where curiosity meets code. We bring together hackers, builders, and learners across domains like full-stack development, AI/ML, and cybersecurity through hands-on workshops, hackathons, and collaborative projects. Home to the ACM, CSI, and Zero Day chapters, we run events like VibeForge and regular full-stack and cybersecurity sessions to help students build with purpose.

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