Hacktoberfest Hack Day Southampton
Hacktoberfest 2026
The Gower Building (B60), Highfield Campus, University of Southampton Southampton, Hampshire SO14 6RS United Kingdom
Event Description
Join us for Hacktoberfest at the University of Southampton! Organised by ECS, we're running another one-day-long hackathon. There will be a halloween theme, free food and a small selection of different sponsor tracks!
Happy hacking!
This event is open to University of Southampton students only.
Who can attend?
Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:
Additional Information
Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/Nr9dX5eJz
Links & Resources
Agent Skills Explained: What They Are, What They Aren't, and How to Use Them
Overview of the Agent Skill Open Standard and SKILL.md authoring.
Open link →A Developer's Guide to Open-Weight LLM API Integration
Guide to deploying and integrating large open-weight LLMs.
Open link →How to Run Google's Gemma 4 Locally with Ollama
Local setup and edge execution for models under 10B parameters.
Open link →Hermes Agent: A Practical Guide
Setting up and orchestrating workflows using open-source agent harnesses.
Open link →Hosted by
ECSS is the department society for University of Southampton students in Electronics and Computer Science. We also run a big yearly hackathon SotonHack open to the public!