Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chittagong x DevChangeMakers Community
Hacktoberfest 2026
Kumira, Sitakunda, Chattogram-4318, Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh 4318 Bangladesh
Event Description
Hacktoberfest Hack Day Chittagong x DevChangeMakers Community is a free, one-day, in-person mini-hackathon at IIUC where students and developers learn and build with open-source AI. What you'll do
Join a short kickoff workshop on open-source AI tools and open-weight models: what they are, how licences work, and how to run one.
Form a team (or work solo) and build a small project during the event, such as an agent skill, an app using an open-weight language model, or an improvement to an open-source model harness.
Publish your work in a public GitHub repository with an open-source licence, then demo it to the room.
Compete in the official Hacktoberfest prize challenges. Winners receive DEV badges.
Who it's for Beginners are very welcome mentors will help you set up and get unstuck. No prior AI or hackathon experience needed. What to bring A laptop and charger, a GitHub account, and curiosity. Setup instructions will be shared before the event. Good to know
Free to attend; registration and check-in are through this page.
All project work starts at the event.
T-shirts and stickers are limited and not guaranteed for everyone.
This event follows the MLH Code of Conduct.
Hosted by DevChangeMakers Community as part of Hacktoberfest 2026.
Who can attend?
Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:
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
Dev Change Makers Community is an open, student-focused technology community in Bangladesh that supports peer learning, practical projects, and open-source collaboration. Our public GitHub organization contains repositories for community learning sessions covering AI tools, cloud computing, and software development. For Hacktoberfest 2026, we plan to host a beginner-friendly Chittagong Hack Day where participants collaborate to build, document, and share projects using open-source AI tools and open-weight models.