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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ONLINE CodeCipher Solo Hackathon

Jan. 13, 2024

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ONLINE Astropreneurship and Space Medicine

Jan. 11, 2024 - Jan. 17, 2024

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About the challenge This is an event devoted to investigating space problems in healthcare! Due to COVID-19, this hackathon is mostly online, with the exception …

IN-PERSON Hack-A-Week

Jan. 10, 2024 - Jan. 13, 2024

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Categories Description for Hack-A-Week 2024 Category: Generative AI Generative AI involves the creation of models capable of autonomously generating content, such as images, text, music, …

IN-PERSON Innerve 8

Jan. 7, 2024 - Jan. 22, 2024

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Embark on a journey that began in 2016, as Innerve set out with a bold ambition to infuse the vibrant Hackathon culture into the very …

ONLINE Global Hack Week: Beginners

Jan. 5, 2024 - Jan. 11, 2024

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Spend a week hacking with the Major League Hacking (MLH) community at GHW: Beginners Week! What is Global Hack Week? Global Hack Week takes place …

IN-PERSON Eduhacks 2023

Jan. 5, 2024 - Jan. 6, 2024

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EduHacks has hosted one of the largest Hackathons in Vancouver, Canada. SInce 2017, it has attracted global attention from people from all over the world. …

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beginner · machine learning · Seattle, Washington, United States
ONLINE Winter MelonJam 2023

Dec. 27, 2023 - Dec. 30, 2023

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What is a game jam, you might ask? It's just a hackathon dedicated to games specifically, and they're loads of fun! You don't need any …

IN-PERSON Trojan Hacks

Dec. 16, 2023

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Join us and unleash your creativity like never before! At our event, we empower students with cutting-edge technology, providing the perfect platform to turn your …

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beginner · education · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
IN-PERSON Cheat Layer Hackathon II

Dec. 15, 2023 - May 31, 2024

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Hackathon II Join us for our 2nd Hackathon and the 1st where completely non-technical users can participate on the same level playing field! All the …

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beginner · low/no-code · machine learning · San Francisco, California, United States
IN-PERSON RHDevs Inter-hall Hackathon 2023

Dec. 10, 2023 - Dec. 11, 2023

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About the challenge The Interhall Hackathon is a hackathon helmed by RHDevs. This is our third iteration of the hackathon, and it was built upon …

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