Hackathons for Beginners 2025

Beginner hackathons are the perfect launchpad for aspiring developers, students, and tech enthusiasts who are new to programming. These events offer a supportive and inclusive environment where you can learn by doing, collaborate with others, and build your very first project. Whether you're exploring web development, Python, data science, or design, beginner hackathons help you gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and real-world confidence. No prior coding skills required—just curiosity and the drive to learn.
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IN-PERSON Ecohacks: Reduce, Reuse, Rehack

April 15, 2023

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Ecohacks: Reduce, Reuse, Rehack is a free hackathon organized by UVA's Women in Computing Sciences (WiCS). No coding experience necessary! Join us and build everything …

ONLINE Great Valley High School GUI Challenge

April 15, 2023 - June 10, 2023

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About the challenge GUI Challenge for Great Valley High School AP Computer Science A classes Get started

ONLINE UpstateHacks

April 15, 2023 - April 29, 2023

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About the challenge In UpstateHacks, participants are asked to develop tech-based solutions to one of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The goal of this event …

IN-PERSON ACM Hacks 2023

April 15, 2023 - April 16, 2023

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About the challenge ACMHacks is a hackathon organized by ACM at UCSC. During this event, students will come together to create projects based on our …

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beginner · social · Santa Cruz, California, United States
IN-PERSON HARD Hack 2023

April 15, 2023 - April 16, 2023

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Are you interested in testng your hardware skills and learning new ones? HARD Hack is a hackathon co-hosted by HKN, IEEE, and TNT, where attendees …

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beginner · design · San Diego, California, United States
IN-PERSON Gilroy Hacks

April 15, 2023 - April 16, 2023

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Are you interested in coding, engineering, or STEM? Does a weekend full of intense brainstorming and coding extravaganza with tons of other like-minded students sound …

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beginner · design · social · Gilroy, California, United States
IN-PERSON HSHacks: Spring 2023

April 15, 2023

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https://hshacks.org/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ projects Go solo or join a group of 3-5 to build an awesome projects! You can build your own ideas or real-world solutions …

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beginner · social · Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
IN-PERSON Ecohacks: Reduce, Reuse, Rehack

April 15, 2023

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Ecohacks: Reduce, Reuse, Rehack is a free hackathon organized by UVA's Women in Computing Sciences (WiCS). No coding experience necessary! Join us and build everything …

IN-PERSON 5C Hackathon Spring 2023

April 14, 2023 - April 15, 2023

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About the Challenge Welcome to the 5C Hackathon, the legendary Hackathon of the Claremont Colleges! We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and creative space …

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beginner · social · Claremont, California, United States
IN-PERSON Hack-AI

April 14, 2023 - April 15, 2023

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About the challenge ​Join BerriAI, Replit, OpenaAI, Cerebrium and PropelAuth as we take on our biggest challenge yet - the World's Largest chatGPT Hackathon! ​Whether …

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beginner · devops · machine learning · San Francisco, California, United States

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