Name: Hacktoberfest - Hacking together, be part of the Open Source Community
Start: 2025-10-09T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-09T22:00:00+02:00
Location: CHECK24 Düsseldorf

This is not a regular Web Engineering Düsseldorf Meetup. This is a particular month with special events to celebrate Hacktoberfest, Open Source, and contributing to the Open Source movement.

**+++ What is Hacktoberfest?**
[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.com/) is DigitalOcean’s annual event that encourages people to contribute to open source throughout October. Much of modern tech infrastructure relies on open-source projects built and maintained by passionate people who often don’t have the staff or budgets to do much more than keep the project alive. Hacktoberfest is all about giving back to those projects, sharpening skills, and celebrating all things open source, especially the people that make open source so special.
For the past 10 years, thousands of people—coders and non-coders alike—have participated in Hacktoberfest to support the projects they use and love, learn and practice skills that will enhance their careers, and meet new people who love open source as much as they do.

**+++ Hacktoberfest in Düsseldorf!**
Our sponsor [CHECK24](https://www.check24.de/) has celebrated Hacktoberfest with events in previous years. In 2025, they are making it bigger and opening their doors to the outside world. Celebrating open source and the community is the primary factor. It's explicitly not about recruiting but about having a good time.
We have prepared awesome talks and challenges :)

**+++ What do we do at this event?**
Meeting in person and ...

* hacking together and contributing back to open-source
* show and tell (go on stage and show what you are working on?)
* helping new people to land their first pull request and their first open-source contribution
* learning from each other

**+++ What do you need?**
Bring the equipment you need to develop software and contribute to the open-source community like your Notebook/Laptop.
Don't forget it ;)

**+++ I don't know what I should work on :( ...**
Don't worry. We will help you to find the right project to contribute to, based on your skills.
Maybe there are other people who want to do pair programming and a group will be built. We make it happen :)

**+++ How to get there**
Public transport

* Station "Heinrich-Heine-Allee U": Subway U70, U71, U72, U73, U74, U75, U76, U77, U78, U79, U83

Parking

* We can't offer parking spots. We suggest using public transport.

**+++ Important to know**

* Attendance is free
* Language of the event: German and English
* WiFi: Available
* Food and drinks are free and available
* Costs: Free

Dario Tilgner

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