jose-gael-cruz-lopez/hackhq

HackHQ is a community-maintained list of hackathons, kept current and organized in one place. Hackathon listings are normally scattered across Devpost, Major League Hacking, university Discord servers, and word-of-mouth, and many listings are already closed by the time someone finds them. This project collects open and upcoming events into a single table with clear status labels showing whether registration is open, closing soon, or not yet posted for the next cycle. Each entry shows the hosting organization, hackathon name, format (in-person, virtual, or hybrid), location, prize pool if announced, application deadline, and a direct registration link. The list covers collegiate and high-school hackathons as well as open events that anyone can enter, from small regional gatherings to large competitions with prize pools reaching six figures or more. Contributing takes about a minute. You open a GitHub issue and paste the hackathon URL, a maintainer reviews it, and the entry gets added automatically to the table. The list refreshes automatically so status labels and deadline dates stay current without anyone manually editing the README. The hackathons use emoji status indicators: a flame for events closing soon, a check mark for open registration, and a clock for events not yet accepting applications. This makes it quick to scan and find something to register for before the deadline passes. This repository is for students, early-career developers, and anyone who wants to find hackathons to enter without hunting across multiple sites. There is no code to run. The value is the list itself, kept current by its community.