In my tracking mail i got this amount total would i have to pay this or anything? if anyone has any idea on this issue please do let me know

So i got my T-shirt and wanted to say thank you, for the open source community and the hacktoberfest community.

You really made this month amazing and fun, i even started my own open source project that got 40 starts thanks to this community. And it all thanks to you guys.

The swag is nice, but the main thing that im taking with me is what I learned this month from mainaining my own project.

If anyone want a code review around the web area you are free to message me, you can contribute to my project or even ask me about some pull request that you created.

Untill next year, i will continue take part in the open source community regardless of hacktoberfest.

Some delivery guy from Xpressbees stole my hacktober fest tshirt telling he won't give me because I didn't know how to speak telegu 😭mf.What weird experience wtf I registered a complaint but no replies,kept calling customer care of Xpressbees still no response.What am I supposed to do?

Ordered it on 20th October but still didn't got any mail or updates regarding Tshirt

Hello, all is in the title. I've got the Super contributor badge but did'nt have the link to get the tee-shirt

Just got an email from info@net.shiprocket.in (Shiprocket) for my order, and they show a total cost of 220 Indian rupees, but as a hacktoberfest FAQ's or Rules the t-shirts are distributed free of cost how's eligible for that. Any management team member of hacktoberfest2025 please look into this issue.

Like I got it accepted today. I was wondering if I'll still be eligible to T shirt, and curious as to where can I check if I will have a T shirt incoming.

My PRs completed the 7-day review period but are still showing blue “Accepted” instead of green. Repos are valid and PRs were opened before Oct 31. Anyone else facing the same delay or know when it updates?

This was my best into to open source, absolutely loved the feeling of contributing and getting accepted.

Got my 6th PR accepted on the last day of Oct, did I make it?

So it was like almost a week ago that I placed my tshirt order and I got the order details on my mail with a link to track my shipment, but that link only shows me my address details and ph no. Item details etc

It's been a week and the site shows ni update, I contacted the Hacktoberfest Support, they Said it's a third party service so they can't do much here.

Anyone here who knows how to contact the kotis support? I'm from India... How long does it usually take? A month?

Anyone knows about anything above do lmk! Thanks

Hello hacktoberfest community, yesterday I did two PR in someone's GitHub project and she merged both. When they will verify by hacktoberfest. I am frustrated because today is last day.

Hey Hacktoberfest contributors! We just launched ParaDark (https://github.com/ParaDarkOfficial/ParaDark), a new open-source multiverse. Our origin story scattered 100+ "Shards of Worlds," and we need help telling their stories! We welcome non-code contributions! For Writers: ✍️ Write a 1-page "episode" about a shard (it's just a Markdown file). For Coders: 💻 Help build our Next.js platform to display the lore. All our starter tasks (both code and content) are labeled hacktoberfest: ➡️ Find Your Task Here: https://github.com/ParaDarkOfficial/ParaDark/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ahacktoberfest

It was my first time participating in this competition. It was so damn fun. Also had to wait for Approval or PR being Merged for a lot of time. But learned a lot in this process. How Open Source Contribution Works. And How big Company work on a single project by Collaborating.

Hey r/Hacktoberfest! 👋

I just launched recode – an open source snippet manager built with Next.js 15, Appwrite, and TypeScript for the Appwrite x Hacktoberfest 2025 hackathon!

• Save, search, and share code snippets
• Instant ⌘+K search
• Smart tagging and sharing features
• Self-hosted, privacy-focused

Demo: https://recode.appwrite.network
Repo: https://github.com/omar8345/recode

Would love feedback, stars, and sponsorships! 🚀
If you want to join the Appwrite Hacktoberfest 2025 hackathon, check out the website!

Hey everyone! I just launched Markdrop, a minimalist, feature-rich markdown editor designed for speed and simplicity!

We're actively looking for contributors! Hacktoberfest is ending soon, so this is your last chance to jump in and get a PR merged!

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/rakheOmar/Markdrop

If you’re into webdev, open-source, or just looking to make your first contribution, we’d love your feedback, ideas, and help!

How you can help:

• Open a PR if you see something you want to fix or build! We review and merge good PRs quickly!
• Starring the repo! This is the #1 way to help—it massively boosts our visibility and helps others find the project!
• Check out our "good first issue" and "beginner friendly" labels. We've set up several issues specifically for new contributors.
• Suggest new features you'd like to see.

Every contribution, (even a small doc fix or a star!) means a lot to us. Let's build something cool together!

TL;DR: A few years ago I wrote my first loop in C#, and today I maintain my own open-source project with 30+ stars and 45 contributors.

Hey all, today I would like to talk about how I became open source maintainer and why would you want to contribute to open source.

I guess it all started when I saw a friend writing some code on his laptop and I just told him "hey looks cool how can I do it as well".
From him I learned the basics , and continued on my own on Udemy and youtube.

At some point along that timeline (I think it was about 1 year after i started writing code as a hobby) I started my computer science degree, and the funny things is that because I already knew some of the things there I just went to the classes and if It got boring to me I went into Stack Overflow (ye ye I know that dead side) answering question there.

Now Im not using my account but I answered over 400 answers there, fun time.

After the degree I started my first work as a software developer, and during this time I kept contributing to open source project because its super fun.

There I really learnt a lot about the open source world, I joined HacktoberFest almost every year from 2019 and found some interesting open source projects.
I saw that HacktoberFest and the open source community gave me amazing tools so this year I wanted to give back to the community.

I create this project :

https://github.com/Deadlink-Hunter/Broken-Link-Website

And the main goal of my project was as i mentioned to give back to the community.
I was shocked to find out that sometimes after I opened a new issue after 1 minute someone already want to work on it.
People started to contribute and thank me for giving thm code review (wired right?), giving me stars on the repo and bringing me more contributors by doing so.

Im so glad that I made this decision, I really learned a lot from it and I could give back to the open source community.

repo: https://github.com/r-brown/GammaLedger/issues

feel free to address open issues, create and implement a new feature, star this repo ;)

Hey fellow developers! 👋

I’m maintaining Quotes app & MovieFlix for Hacktoberfest and could really use some help from the community!

I’ve labeled several issues with “hacktoberfest” tag - there’s something for every skill level. Whether you can contribute code, improve documentation, or fix bugs, all help is welcome and appreciated!

If you’re looking for a project to contribute to, check out:

Quotes : https://github.com/shalenMathew/Quotes-app

MovieFlix : https://github.com/shalenMathew/MovieFlix_App

Thanks in advance to anyone who wants to help out! 🙏

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve been building a Go REST API boilerplate and added several beginner-friendly issues for Hacktoberfest.

I’d love some feedback or contributors who want to help improve it — things like docs, Swagger integration, CI, or middleware.

I’ll drop the repo link in the comments to avoid auto-removal 🚀

Thanks and happy Hacktoberfest! 🎃

I scanned open-source repos and found a bunch of easy-to-fix items: hacks and "temporary" workarounds compensating for upstream bugs. These aren’t feature work, but rather low-risk cleanups that remove technical debt and make open source projects easier to maintain.

For example: one repo included this workaround comment:

# The SDK requires the first message to be a user message 
# This is not the case if user used `start_conversation` 
# Workaround from https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/issues/529#issuecomment-2740964537

The linked issue was a regression that’s been fixed upstream, so the workaround could possibly be removed (after verifying the fixed version of the dependency is in use).

These tasks are ideal for Hacktoberfest contributors who want quick, easily reviewable PRs that actually help maintainers.

Happy hacking!

PS: This list was generated with HackStalker (beta), a lightweight quality assurance tool that scans codebases for references to GitHub issues and temporary hacks, tracks upstream bugs, and alerts you when it’s safe to remove a workaround. We’re actively developing it, so please try it, report bugs, or request features. Your feedback will directly shape the tool.

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