Nicklas GellnerWe are thrilled to soon gear up for Hacktoberfest together with you. This year, we are offering you a chance to win crazy prizes(!) and really go all-in with our first-ever Medusa Hackathon.
There will also be an option for those of you that prefer getting started with regular Hacktoberfest-issues (see bottom of the page).
Pre-sign-ups for the Hackathon can be made here.
What will happen
- Kick-off: on Saturday, Oct 1st on our Medusa Discord under our #Hackathon channels
- Project: You have 3 weeks to build a Medusa project. It can be anything; ecommerce store, plugin, new Medusa-starter, app, library, etc.
- Requirements: The only project requirement is that the solution needs to be related to Medusa and open source
- Team size: 1 to 5 per submission
- Submission deadline: Sunday, Oct 23rd
The prizes
Participation Prizes:
- All submissions will get: Hackathon Tee + Hackathon Hoodie
- All pre-sign-ups + Submissions will get: Hackathon Hoodie + Hackathon tee + Water bottle
Best Project Prizes:
- Best overall project ⇒ $1,500 in GitHub sponsorship + Ltd. Edition Winner Hoodie
- Most technically impressive ⇒ $300 in GitHub sponsorship + Ltd. Edition Winner Hoodie
- Best shop (for store builders) ⇒ $300 in GitHub sponsorship + Ltd. Edition Winner Hoodie
- Best design ⇒ $300 in GitHub sponsorship + Ltd. Edition Winner Hoodie
Participation details
Timeline
- Pre-register: Before Saturday, Oct 1st at 08:00 am CET. All pre-registered participants will get a shout-out on Twitter in October and extra swag upon completion.
- Opening ceremony: Saturday, Oct 1st at 05:00 pm CET on our Discord channel
- Submission deadline: Sunday, 23rd of Oct at 11:59 pm CET
- Judges deliberate: Monday 24th of Oct
- Winner announcement: The week of the 24th of Oct on Discord + Twitter
Submission
Submit a link to a GitHub repo with a README that includes:
- Cover photo for the project
- Link to demo if applicable
- Team member GitHub handles
- Short project description (max 100 words), incl. how Medusa is used
- Video, instructions, memes, or other elements you find relevant
- Link to Repo for submissions will be shared at launch.
Judging criteria
The full Medusa team will review your solution, we will be looking for:
- Ecommerce relevance
- Applicability for community
- Technical setup
- Beautiful Design
- Creativity
Next steps
- Perfectly fine to start planning a bit ahead, you can share your ideas on our Discord as well. Here, you can also stay tuned for news regarding the event
- If you already know you will be participating, then you can sign up here and get a shout out + extra swag
- If this is the first time using Medusa, you can use our docs to get started or check out our blog for inspiration
Other Hacktoberfest activities
PRs ⇒ Swag
During Hacktoberfest, we'll also give away swag for picking up issues tagged with #hacktoberfest. We will release these on the 1st of October. For PRs on these we give the following:
- 1 PR ⇒ Medusa sticker
- 3 PRs ⇒ Medusa tee + Medusa stickers
- 5 PRs ⇒ Medusa tee + Medusa water bottle + Medusa stickers
First time contributing, no worries!
Contributing to an open-source project might feel intimidating at first. Below, you can find a guide about the process:
- Browse the issues that are labeled #hacktoberfest and find an issue to tackle
- Fork the Medusa repo and create a branch for your solution
- Submit a pull request for your solution in accordance with our contribution guidelines
- We will review the pull request and let you know if additional work is needed
- After we have merged your pull request(s), you can claim your swag
Looking forward to celebrating with y'all!
For questions reach out in our Discord.
