The leading hackathon platform to engage developers at scale
Run virtual and in-person public hackathons that help developers learn your AI tools, build meaningful projects, and grow your global developer community.
Reach developers globally. Get planning and marketing support.
Manage your registrations and project submissions with Devpost.
Students can run all their hackathons for free on Devpost.
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Reach an experienced, global community
4M+ builders use Devpost to participate in hackathons, explore tools, and create new projects.
- Grow your developer community
- Surface new use cases as developers build with your tools
- Achieve 5-33% conversion from registration to project submission
- Get end-to-end operational and project management support
- Expand your reach with targeted hackathon marketing
Everything you need to run high-impact public hackathons
A unified online hackathon platform for registrations, project submissions, and judging—backed by expert-managed services.
Promote your hackathon to our established network of builders ready to use your tools.
Streamline registration, project submissions, judging, and community engagement in one centralized hub.
Work with our team for expert consultation, custom hackathon design, and day-to-day project management.
Have our team review every project for eligibility so your judges only focus on qualified entries.
Monitor registration trends, conversion data, demographics, and project submission information all in one place.
Get your hackathon in front of our 4M+ developer community through targeted campaigns, newsletter placements, and featured listings.
Whether you’re running a 100-person online hackathon or a global event with 10,000 participants, Devpost scales effortlessly.
Offload the complexity of drafting official rules and processing global prize payouts.
Drive deeper product adoption with public hackathons
Give builders a hands-on way to learn your AI tools, build real projects, and become long-term users at scale.
Scale your community and create immediate momentum by introducing your AI tools to builders worldwide.
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Host hackathons that provide the structured prompts, incentives, and support developers need to start building with your features immediately.
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See how Devpost helps teams drive developer adoption
Hackathon guides to run competitions that drive AI adoption
Practical resources and expert advice to help you plan, launch, and scale hackathons for developer communities.
Learn how to build your hackathon budget and calculate the total cost of running a public hackathon.
Learn proven steps for planning and running AI hackathons that encourage experimentation and produce real results.
Get the proven plays to distribute AI and accelerate adoption—for developers, employees, and customers.
Ready to launch your next public hackathon?
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“We had amazing numbers, with more than 4,000 participants in our first virtual-only hackathon. It was successful in terms of brand awareness and innovation—generating great ideas from both internal and external sources, and partnering with our clients.”
Frequently asked questions
Devpost is the industry standard because it combines a specialized submission platform with access to a global community of 4M+ developers. Using Devpost typically results in significantly higher submission volume, deeper technical engagement, and reduced internal operational overhead compared to a custom-built site.
While in-person events are great for local networking and students, online competitions are superior for driving business value. Online events reach a global audience of experienced developers, run for longer durations, and consistently deliver more polished, production-ready applications.
While traditional marketing channels see conversion rates below 1%, Devpost hackathons consistently deliver a 5–33% conversion rate. This means a significant portion of your registrants don't just sign up—they actually build and ship code using your products.
Yes. Multi-event engagements are our most successful model. Running quarterly or semi-annual hackathons allows you to focus on evolving themes and reaching new segments of the developer community.
We offer three tiers of Project Management (PM) and Marketing services to match your event's scale. All PM services support hackathons up to 2 months long.
Project Management Tiers:
- Basic: You run the event using the Devpost platform with our guidance on legal rules and compliance.
- Mid: Our specialists partner with your team to provide project management, design, and execution support.
- Full: Turnkey execution. Devpost manages the entire hackathon from design to prize fulfillment.
Marketing Tiers:
- Basic: Devpost homepage feature, social posts, newsletter mention, and targeted emails to the Devpost community.
- Mid: Basic features + increased social frequency, closer email targeting, outbound promotion to relevant external developer forums and groups, and more frequent reporting.
- Full: All Mid features + a dedicated newsletter feature and higher velocity external promotion to niche technical communities.
A key benefit of a hackathon is the rapid feedback loop. Developers will stress-test your tools and documentation in real-world scenarios, giving you the high-velocity insights needed to improve your product far faster than traditional beta testing.
Yes. You can access our full library of hackathon guides to help plan your first event.
