October is here, and the open source world is alive again. Developers everywhere are sharing code, improving tools, and building together.
This year, InsForge is joining that energy with InsForge Hacktoberfest 2025. It is our first community event, and an open invitation to everyone who wants to help build the open source backend for the new era of AI coding.
What is Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest is a global event that celebrates open source contribution. Every October, people from around the world write code, fix bugs, and improve documentation across thousands of projects.
Last year, nearly 150,000 participants contributed through GitHub and GitLab. The goal is simple: make the open source ecosystem stronger by building together.
Why InsForge is Joining
InsForge was created to make AI-assisted development more reliable and more connected to real production backends.
Since launch, our early community has helped improve everything from SDKs to documentation to the developer dashboard. Hacktoberfest gives us a way to open that process to more people.
If you believe in building better developer infrastructure, or if you simply enjoy creating tools that others can rely on, we would love to have you involved.
How to Get Involved
- Go to our InsForge GitHub Issues and look for issues
- Pick something that interests you: SDK templates, docs, dashboard UX, MCP or integrations
- Submit a pull request when you are ready
- Join our InsForge Discord if you have any questions, need help getting started, or just want to chat with the team and other contributors
No experience is required. Even a small fix helps another builder move faster!
Rewards and Highlights
To celebrate Hacktoberfest, we created a collection of InsForge merch for contributors.
- The InsForger (mechanical keyboard) for the top contributor
- InsForge water bottles for contributors ranked 2 to 4
- InsForge Hacktoberfest T shirts for contributors ranked 5 to 10
Every participant will also receive a digital contributor badge and an InsForge sticker as a thank you for helping us grow the community.
We’ll share the leaderboard and feature top contributors on November 5, then ship the merch right after. Can’t wait to see what you all build this month.
Join Us
Open source works because people care enough to build together. If that sounds like you, this is your moment to jump in.
- Start here: InsForge GitHub
- Join our community: InsForge Discord