Hacktoberfest 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Company Swag and How to Earn It

Make Meaningful Contributions and Get Rewarded

Hacktoberfest is back for 2025, and it’s bigger than ever! OG T-shirt is back with some catches for good: spam for the sake of swag will not be tolerated.

Before diving into the swag opportunities, make sure you sign up for Hacktoberfest 2025 and read the FAQ to understand how to participate meaningfully.

Important Reminder: Swag is an added benefit of helping out these awesome organizations, not the reason for you to contribute in the first place!

The Original: DigitalOcean, MLH, Auth0, and AMD

What You’ll Get: Digital Rewards Kit, t-shirt for the first 10,000 people with 6+ accepted PRs, and a planted tree

Requirements: 6 merged or accepted pull requests in any eligible repository

How It Works: Your PR must be:

• Submitted in a public repo, AND
• Labeled as hacktoberfest-accepted by a maintainer, OR
• Submitted in a repo labeled hacktoberfest, AND
• Merged, OR Approved

Sign up here

Company Swag Opportunities A-Z

Appwrite

Swag: Customized hoodie, t-shirt, mouse pad, and stickers

Appwrite is running a dedicated hackathon where you can win an amazing swag kit. Build and deploy a project from scratch using Appwrite Cloud, submit it to their community repo, and register your submission on their hackathon portal.

Join the Appwrite Hacktoberfest Hackathon

Ballerina

Swag: Amazon vouchers, exclusive swag pack, WSO2 certification vouchers, $1,000 WSO2 cloud credits

Contribute to open issues in Ballerina projects or submit low-code/no-code contributions like tutorials or instructional videos. Once your PR is merged or content is published, fill out their submission form.

Learn more about Ballerina Hacktoberfest

Cebu Community

Swag: Special recognition and prizes for top contributors (exact swag TBD)

Form or join teams of up to 4 members and contribute from October 5–26, 2025. Bonus: contributions to Cebu-based projects count double! Create an “OneCebby” account to track participation.

Chimoney

Swag: Digital badges and monetary incentives

Explore open issues in the Chimoney Community Projects repository or propose your own ideas. Follow their contribution guidelines and join their Discord for updates and reward details.

Cloudinary

Swag: Limited edition Hacktoberfest t-shirt, stickers, and Cloudinary unicorn (first 30 valid PRs)

Open an issue on Cloudinary’s official or community SDK repos, then submit a valid PR to fix it. No spam or minor changes — meaningful contributions only!

CopilotKit

Swag: CopilotKit swag for top projects

Choose a hacktoberfest-tagged issue, build and submit your demo, then share it on X/Twitter tagging @CopilotKit with #CopilotKitHacktoberfest. Top-liked projects win!

devICT

Swag: Stickers

Make two pull requests to Wichita-based projects including devICT, Groover Labs, Lake Afton Public Observatory, and MakeICT.

Sign up at devICT

DocsGPT

Swag: T-shirt

Make one meaningful PR for an issue with the hacktoberfest label. Contributions can include code, API extensions, documentation, or design improvements. Fill out their form after your PR is merged.

Dodo Payments

Swag: T-shirt, cap, and stickers

Claim an issue, outline your approach, implement your solution with tests, and submit a meaningful PR to their participating repositories.

Sign up here

.NET Foundation (dotnet)

Swag: Digital certificate

Make at least one meaningful PR to an official .NET Foundation repository. Contributions can include code, documentation, tests, CI configuration, samples, tutorials, and localization. Fill out the claim form when it opens October 27–31.

goose

Swag: Gift cards ($25-$100) and LLM credits

Contribute to hacktoberfest-labeled issues in the goose repository. Grab issues by commenting ".take" and earn points based on contribution size. Top 20 contributors win prizes ranging from $25-$100 in gift cards plus LLM credits.

Hyperswitch

Swag: T-shirt (1 merged PR) and Hoodie (3+ merged PRs)

Contribute to open issues with good first issue and help wanted tags in the Hyperswitch repository.

Interledger

Swag: Interledger swag (details unclear)

Participate in their tiered rewards system by contributing to their included repositories.

Lamatic

Swag: T-shirt, stickers, and exclusive Lamatic swag

Make 4 valid PRs to any of their three repositories (SDK, Docs, or Agent Kits). Add the hacktoberfest tag to your PR title or description.

LambdaTest

Swag: Amazon gift cards (up to $20) and LambdaTest licenses (90 days)

• 3 merged PRs: Amazon voucher (up to $10) + 90-day license
• 5+ merged PRs: Amazon voucher (up to $20) + 90-day license

LocalStack

Swag: TBD (first 20 contributors only)

Submit contributions via PRs to LocalStack repos like localstack-pro-samples and localstack-docs. Sign up after your PR is merged.

MindsDB

Swag: GitHub sponsorship, t-shirt, and a chance to win a MacBook Pro!

Build an application with MindsDB Knowledge Bases, write a blog post explaining it, and share on LinkedIn and X/Twitter mentioning @MindsDB. Submit a PR with your use-case implementation. Top 3 PRs, social media posts, and blog posts win cash prizes and t-shirts, plus entry into the MacBook Pro draw.

Modtoberfest

Swag: Sticker pack

Submit 4 high-quality pull requests to participating projects. Sign up on their homepage and read their rules and FAQ.

Major League Hacking (MLH)

Swag: Sticker pack and postcard (bonus stickers for attending 5+ sessions)

Join the MLH Community Discord, register for Global Hack Week, check in on the event page, and submit your mailing address.

QuestDB

Swag: T-shirt and stickers

Contribute to open issues at QuestDB Core, Web Console, or Documentation repositories.

Repello AI

Swag: Exclusive Repello AI merch

Contribute to open issues in their Agent-Wiz or Whistleblower repositories.

Requestly

Swag: Digital certificate, Amazon gift cards, swag kits, and LinkedIn recognition

Contribute via PRs, API collections, blog posts, or social shares from October 6–31. Earn points across multiple contribution types and redeem swag automatically.

ServiceNow

Swag: ServiceNow merch store codes and community badge

Complete all 6 PRs for the main Hacktoberfest event, then write a comment on their blog post about your contributions and experience. You’ll need a ServiceNow community account.

Twenty

Swag: Amazon gift cards ($100-$500) for top 3 extensions and funniest extension

Register via Twenty Discord (solo or team), build and publish an extension app for Twenty CRM between October 1–31, and submit by opening a PR on the main Twenty repository.

Tips for Successful Participation

1. Quality over quantity: Focus on meaningful contributions that genuinely help the project
2. Read the guidelines: Each company has specific requirements — make sure you understand them
3. Start early: Don’t wait until the last minute, especially for swag with limited quantities
4. Engage with the community: Join Discord servers and communicate with maintainers
5. Follow up: Submit required forms and track your contributions

Final Thoughts

Hacktoberfest 2025 offers incredible opportunities to contribute to open source while earning some cool rewards. Whether you’re aiming for that limited-edition hoodie, hoping to win a MacBook Pro, or simply want to give back to the community, there’s something for everyone.

Remember: the true reward is becoming part of the open source community and helping to build better software for everyone. The swag is just icing on the cake!

Happy hacking! 🎃

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