Free hackathons with no entry fee

Hackathons that charge nothing to enter. Most do not, but a few campus events do, so this filters them out.

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AstroBit: Computational Astronomy Hackathon
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Tirupati · Online · ₹6K
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HexaCode
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · Online · Free
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DSA & Java Technical Online Assessment
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · Online · Free
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NeuraX Hackathon 3.0 – 24-Hour AI Innovation Hackathon 2026
CMR Technical Campus · Offline · Hyderabad · ₹50K
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Code Club Round 2 - Technical Online Assessment
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · Online · Free
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Code Quest 2026 – 21-Day Competitive Coding Challenge
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology (KJSIT) · Online · Free
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Cloudforge
Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management · Online · ₹1.2L
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Gen Agra
Orange ARM · Offline · Agra-Delhi Highway, Keetham, Agra · Free
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AnimalHack 2026
Binnovative · Online · Free
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HackKentucky
KYX · Offline · Genuine Works - IN PERSON ONLY · $3,500
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AI 4 Infra Challenge – Advanced Track
AI Student Association · Offline · Student Commons 1600 · $1,000
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internal hackathon | Elevate Ecosystem
uniplay · Offline · Bengaluru, India · Free
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Graphiques Innovation Challenge
Hack Club · Online · Free
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Music from BeatMind
SPA Bhopal · Online · Free
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GenZ Can Hack 2026
Kids for Kids Toronto Coding Club · Offline · Toronto · $1,000
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Hack CMU
Carnegie Mellon University · Offline · Carnegie Mellon University · Free
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UPAI-Hackdays
MLH · Offline · Virtual · Free
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ETHGlobal Ethtaipei 2026 Community Day Bnh3o
ETHGlobal · Offline · ethtaipei 2026 community day bnh3o · Free
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Anakin Forge Hackathon
Anakin Skywalker Pvt. Ltd. · Online · Free
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2nd Washington Hackathon 2026
Washington University of Science and Technology · Online · ₹2K
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Animal Hack
Hack Club network · Online · Free
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Prayas - Tech Hackathon
Plaksha Univeristy · Offline · Mohali · Free
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Glimpse Trading Hackathon 2026
Glimpse Trading · Online · Free
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CONVERGENCE 2k26: 24Hr Hardware Hackathon
Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Telangana · Offline · Hyderabad · ₹60K
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MOSIP Decode 2026
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · Online · ₹5L
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Innovators Day 2026
Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College (SMVEC), Puducherry · Offline · Puducherry · Free
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Renu Innovation Hackathon 2026
Shri Phanishwar Nath Renu Engineering College, Araria · Offline · Araria · ₹10K
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Agentic GraphRAG Hackathon
TigerGraph · Online · ₹70K
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PARANOVA
College of Engineering Kidangoor · Offline · Kottayam · Free
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Technical Team Online Assessment
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · Online · Free
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TechSprint
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · Online · Free
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Caspian AI Agent
Caspian · Online · Free
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Forward: AI in Business Hackathon
Eleno · Offline · University of Melbourne · $3,000
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Battle of the Schools
WAT.ai · Offline · Bahen Centre, University of Toronto · $CAD 4,000
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HackRice 16
Rice University · Offline · Rice Memorial Center · Free
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Southwest MN Hacks
Aulden · Offline · Upper conference center, SMSU · Free
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VoltHacks
Dialogate · Online · $35,785
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Shared OS Hackathon
Systemind, Inc · Online · $5,500
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RoadStar Hackathon
Enterprise Software Solutions · Offline · Waterloo, ON · $CAD 2,000
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VentureFix
PropNote AI · Online · Free
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Fintechstico V7.0 - Diving into the World of Fintech
Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi · Offline · New Delhi · ₹1.5L
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BuildForge Hackathon
invoqe · Online · Free
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Void Hacks() 8.0
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya (SVVV), Indore · Offline · Indore · ₹1L
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Code Voyage
IEM Kolkata · Offline · Kolkata · Free
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EIC VentureX: Idea To Impact Hackathon
Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh · Online · Free
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BOSS $1000 Contributor Hackathon
BOSS Console · Online · ₹1K
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Tejas India Hackathon 2026
Government Engineering College (GEC), Sheikhpura · Online · ₹22K
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KNSIT Tech Community
KNS Institute of Technology, Karnataka · Online · ₹1K
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Grand Hack IPEC
HackShastra · Offline · Ghaziabad · ₹50K
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Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge
Cyber HX · Online · Free
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Hack 2 Ignite
GH Raisoini International Skill Tech University · Online · ₹1.5L
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HACKDAY 1.0
DECODEP community · Online · Free
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DSAverse by Elite Her
Elite Coders · Online · Free
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Agents for Humans Hackathon
Amazon · Online · $40,000
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Hyperbloom September - AI/ML
hyperbloom hacks · Online · $1,710
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CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling
CALL-E · Online · $10,000
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St.Jude's Code Arena
St. Jude's Public School(SJPS), Nilgiris · Online · Free
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Navachar - Code Fest 2026
Meerut Institute of Technology (MIT), Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · Online · Free
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HackSpire'26
See listing · Offline · Kolkata · Free
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Realm Hack '26
See listing · Offline · Thodiyoor · Free
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Free hackathons with no entry fee

AstroBit: Computational Astronomy Hackathon

HexaCode

DSA & Java Technical Online Assessment

NeuraX Hackathon 3.0 – 24-Hour AI Innovation Hackathon 2026

Code Club Round 2 - Technical Online Assessment

Code Quest 2026 – 21-Day Competitive Coding Challenge

Cloudforge

Gen Agra

AnimalHack 2026

HackKentucky

AI 4 Infra Challenge – Advanced Track

internal hackathon | Elevate Ecosystem

Graphiques Innovation Challenge

Music from BeatMind

GenZ Can Hack 2026

Hack CMU

UPAI-Hackdays

ETHGlobal Ethtaipei 2026 Community Day Bnh3o

Anakin Forge Hackathon

2nd Washington Hackathon 2026

Animal Hack

Prayas - Tech Hackathon

Glimpse Trading Hackathon 2026

CONVERGENCE 2k26: 24Hr Hardware Hackathon

MOSIP Decode 2026

Innovators Day 2026

Renu Innovation Hackathon 2026

Agentic GraphRAG Hackathon

PARANOVA

Technical Team Online Assessment

TechSprint

Caspian AI Agent

Forward: AI in Business Hackathon

Battle of the Schools

HackRice 16

Southwest MN Hacks

VoltHacks

Shared OS Hackathon

RoadStar Hackathon

VentureFix

Fintechstico V7.0 - Diving into the World of Fintech

BuildForge Hackathon

Void Hacks() 8.0

Code Voyage

EIC VentureX: Idea To Impact Hackathon

BOSS $1000 Contributor Hackathon

Tejas India Hackathon 2026

KNSIT Tech Community

Grand Hack IPEC

Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge

Hack 2 Ignite

HACKDAY 1.0

DSAverse by Elite Her

Agents for Humans Hackathon

Hyperbloom September - AI/ML

CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling

St.Jude's Code Arena

Navachar - Code Fest 2026

HackSpire'26

Realm Hack '26

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