OPEN SOURCE. LOCAL ROOTS. SHARED POSSIBILITIES.
Bring your curiosity. Find your people.
Build something we can all make better.
CEBU, PHILIPPINES / OCTOBER 2026
01 / THE IDEA
Hacktoberfest brings people together around open source. In Cebu, that means real people, local projects, and the joy of figuring things out together.
The global 2026 program opens a new chapter in open-source AI. We’re bringing our curiosity—and everything this community has built—along with us.
Meet the global celebration02 / BUILT HERE. CARRIED FORWARD.
The projects, the people, the “we actually built that” moments.
Our next chapter starts with everything that came before.
CARRYING THE THANKS FORWARD
2025 ORGANIZERS & CO-PRESENTERS
And to every volunteer, mentor, speaker, and contributor who made the 2025 celebration possible: daghang salamat.
03 / THIS OCTOBER / 2026
Four dates to come together.
A whole community to build with.
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04 / FIND YOUR PEOPLE
First time or familiar face.
There’s a place for you here.
Bring a question, a half-formed idea, or something you couldn’t get working. That’s a good place to start.
Your first HacktoberfestCode, design, write, or test. Find a local project and make one thing a little better for the next person.
Find a projectShare what you learned. Help someone get unstuck. Open source grows when we make room for each other.
Meet Cebu’s communities05 / THE COMMUNITY, IN MOTION
Behind every project,
someone showed up.
A few things Cebu’s builders have put into the world.
Follow the work. Pick up a thread. Make it your own.
3 community updates shown
Explore the product-verification project from Cebu’s 2025 celebration.
A community contribution improves spacing in the interface.
Setup documentation makes a Cebu transport project easier to contribute to.
Real work, with a trail you can follow. Every update links to its source.
BEFORE YOU COME
Curiosity looks good on you.
No. Open source also needs people who design, write, test, ask good questions, and help others get started. Check each gathering’s details when the program is announced for any specific requirements.
Absolutely. You can arrive curious, meet people, and find something to work on together. You do not need to bring a team.
Registration has not been announced yet. You can save the October dates now. Registration links, venues, times, and any fees will appear here once confirmed. Saving a calendar date does not reserve a place.
The global 2026 program focuses on learning and building with open-source AI and open-weight models. Cebu’s local program is still taking shape. We’ll publish the confirmed activities here.
They are part of the story. Start with our 2025 highlights, then explore the original archive for more projects, contributions, and the people behind them.
