Hacktoberfest Hack Day Gombe x GeekInk Innovations

Overview

Join GeekInk Innovations for Hacktoberfest Hack Day Gombe — a community-driven open-source event bringing together developers, students, designers, tech enthusiasts, and aspiring contributors to learn, collaborate, build, and contribute to real-world projects. Whether you're making your first open-source contribution or you're already an experienced developer, this Hack Day is designed to help you move from learning about open source to actually building and contributing with others. What to Expect 🌍 Open Source Contributions Learn how to discover open-source projects, understand issues, work with Git and GitHub, and make meaningful contributions

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Campaigns

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  Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint

  Join the Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint at Hacktoberfest Hack Day Gombe x GeekInk Innovations. This campaign challenges participants to learn, collaborate, and make meaningful contributions to open-source projects using Git and GitHub. Participants can earn points by completing verified open-source contribution activities, including documentation improvements, bug fixes, feature contributions, tests, and other approved contributions. The goal is simple: Learn → Build → Contribute → Collaborate → Get Recognized. All contributions must be genuine, relevant to the selected project, and successfully reviewed before points are awarded.

Tasks

Points are awarded after verification — not when you start or submit.

• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Text review

  Create a GitHub Account & Share Username

  Create or prepare your GitHub account and share your GitHub username so you can participate in open-source activities during Hacktoberfest Hack Day Gombe.

  20 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Complete Your GitHub Profile

  Complete your basic GitHub profile so other developers can identify and connect with you.

  20 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Star Open Source Learners on GitHub

  Discover the Open Source Learners community and support its open-source work by starring the assigned repository.

  10 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Follow Open Source Learners on GitHub

  Follow the Open Source Learners GitHub organization and become connected to its open-source community.

  10 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Text review

  Explore the Open Source Learners Website

  Explore the Open Source Learners website and learn about the community, its activities, and its open-source mission.

  10 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Fork the Open Source Learners Web Repository

  Learn one of the first practical steps in contributing to an open-source project by creating your own fork.

  25 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Clone a Repository to Your Computer

  Practice downloading an open-source repository from GitHub to your local computer using Git.

  25 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Create Your First Git Branch

  Learn how branches allow developers to work on changes without directly modifying the main branch.

  25 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Make Your First Local Change

  Make a small and meaningful change to your local copy of an open-source repository.

  30 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Screenshot review

  Create Your First Commit

  Learn how to record your changes using a Git commit.

  30 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Push Your Branch to GitHub

  Learn how to upload your local branch and commits to GitHub.

  40 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Open a Practice Pull Request

  Practice the complete GitHub contribution workflow by opening your first pull request.

  50 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Text review

  Review an Open Source Issue

  Learn how to understand and evaluate an issue before attempting to contribute to an open-source project.

  20 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Comment on an Issue With a Useful Question or Suggestion

  Practice communicating respectfully and constructively with an open-source project community.

  30 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · URL review

  Build a Tiny README Improvement

  Make a useful documentation improvement to an open-source project README.

  40 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Text review

  Explore an Open-Source AI Project

  Explore an open-source AI project and understand what it does, who it is for, and how developers can contribute.

  30 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Text review

  Share One AI Project Idea for the Hack Day

  Develop a simple AI or open-source project idea that could be explored or built during Hacktoberfest Hack Day Gombe.

  30 pts

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• Hacktoberfest Open Source Contribution Sprint · Session QR

  Attend the Pre-Hack Day Git/GitHub Session

  Attend the official preparation session and learn the Git and GitHub workflow needed for the Hacktoberfest Hack Day.

  50 pts

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