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.

295 open now · 876 across the whole index · refreshed 13 Sept 2026

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Prayas - Tech Hackathon
Plaksha Univeristy · Offline · Mohali · 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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Glimpse Trading Hackathon 2026
Glimpse Trading · Online · Free
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MOSIP Decode 2026
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · Online · ₹5L
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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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Innovators Day 2026
Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College (SMVEC), Puducherry · Offline · Puducherry · 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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HackMTY 2026
TEC ACM · Offline · Tec de Monterrey - Arena Borregos · Free
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Graphiques Innovation Challenge
Hack Club · Online · Free
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Southwest MN Hacks
Aulden · Offline · Upper conference center, SMSU · Free
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RoadStar Hackathon
Enterprise Software Solutions · Offline · Waterloo, ON · $CAD 2,000
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VoltHacks
Dialogate · Online · $35,785
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VentureFix
PropNote AI · Online · Free
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HackWesTX VII
independant · Offline · TTU Innovation Hub at Research Hub · $1,000
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Shared OS Hackathon
Systemind, Inc · Online · $5,500
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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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NeuraX Hackathon 3.0 – 24-Hour AI Innovation Hackathon 2026
CMR Technical Campus · Offline · Hyderabad · ₹50K
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BuildForge Hackathon
invoqe · Online · Free
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DSAverse by Elite Her
Elite Coders · Online · Free
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Void Hacks() 8.0
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya (SVVV), Indore · Offline · Indore · ₹1L
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Tejas India Hackathon 2026
Government Engineering College (GEC), Sheikhpura · Online · ₹22K
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Grand Hack IPEC
HackShastra · Offline · Ghaziabad · ₹50K
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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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KNSIT Tech Community
KNS Institute of Technology, Karnataka · Online · ₹1K
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BOSS $1000 Contributor Hackathon
BOSS Console · Online · ₹1K
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Code Voyage
IEM Kolkata · Offline · Kolkata · Free
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CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling
CALL-E · Online · $10,000
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Hyperbloom September - AI/ML
hyperbloom hacks · Online · $1,710
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Agents for Humans Hackathon
Amazon · Online · $40,000
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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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St.Jude's Code Arena
St. Jude's Public School(SJPS), Nilgiris · Online · Free
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Realm Hack '26
See listing · Offline · Thodiyoor · Free
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Artha - The Algorithmic Trading Challenge
Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi · Offline · New Delhi · ₹1.5L
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Code Kitchen
HackerEarth partner · Online · Free
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InternHill Code Sprint
InternHill Solutions · Online · Free
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CraftVerse 2.0
Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering & Research (PCCOE&R), Ravet, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune · Online · Free
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Global Innovation Hackathon 2026 – Build for a Better Future
Bharat Academix · Online · ₹83K
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HackOphobia
See listing · Offline · Parsandan · Free
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Builders Day by HackUnion
See listing · Offline · Hyderabad · Free
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AI Builders Hackathon
OSC · Online · $33,900
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Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge
Cyber HX · Online · Free
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GatewayGS Hackathon 2
GatewayGS · Online · Free
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Idea Competition 2026
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), Bandra · Online · Free
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Cognition - GameJam '26
See listing · Offline · Navi Mumbai · Free
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Vivekananda Innovation Hackathon 2026
Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi · Online · Free
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ACM Marketsphere 2026
R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE), Bangalore · Online · ₹20K
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Hack Devengers 2.0
Devengers · Online · ₹50K
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Bower Builder Hackathon
Bower school of entrepreneurship · Offline · Hyderabad · Free
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COMPSPHERE 12
President University · Online · $1,247
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TechCommons Hacks V2 - Hacks to Inspire
TechCommons · Online · $29,900
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Poly.Tech mini hackathon
None · Offline · Baltimore, MD, USA · $50
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Free hackathons with no entry fee

Prayas - Tech Hackathon

CONVERGENCE 2k26: 24Hr Hardware Hackathon

Glimpse Trading Hackathon 2026

MOSIP Decode 2026

Renu Innovation Hackathon 2026

Agentic GraphRAG Hackathon

PARANOVA

Technical Team Online Assessment

TechSprint

Innovators Day 2026

Caspian AI Agent

Forward: AI in Business Hackathon

Battle of the Schools

HackRice 16

HackMTY 2026

Graphiques Innovation Challenge

Southwest MN Hacks

RoadStar Hackathon

VoltHacks

VentureFix

HackWesTX VII

Shared OS Hackathon

Fintechstico V7.0 - Diving into the World of Fintech

NeuraX Hackathon 3.0 – 24-Hour AI Innovation Hackathon 2026

BuildForge Hackathon

DSAverse by Elite Her

Void Hacks() 8.0

Tejas India Hackathon 2026

Grand Hack IPEC

Hack 2 Ignite

HACKDAY 1.0

KNSIT Tech Community

BOSS $1000 Contributor Hackathon

Code Voyage

CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling

Hyperbloom September - AI/ML

Agents for Humans Hackathon

Navachar - Code Fest 2026

HackSpire'26

St.Jude's Code Arena

Realm Hack '26

Artha - The Algorithmic Trading Challenge

Code Kitchen

InternHill Code Sprint

CraftVerse 2.0

Global Innovation Hackathon 2026 – Build for a Better Future

HackOphobia

Builders Day by HackUnion

AI Builders Hackathon

Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge

GatewayGS Hackathon 2

Idea Competition 2026

Cognition - GameJam '26

Vivekananda Innovation Hackathon 2026

ACM Marketsphere 2026

Hack Devengers 2.0

Bower Builder Hackathon

COMPSPHERE 12

TechCommons Hacks V2 - Hacks to Inspire

Poly.Tech mini hackathon

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