# What is Hacktoberfest? Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub and other companies. - Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community! - 4 valid pull requests must be submitted to public GitHub repositories. - You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31. **What do you need to do before making contributions?** - Create a GitHub account [(Sign up here)](https://github.com/login) - Register for Hacktoberfest using your GitHub account [(Register here)](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) - Check if you have Git installed on your computer, if you don't then install it[ here](https://www.teachmebro.com/tutorial/git/getting-started-installing-git) **Participation details** - Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community. Whether you're a seasoned contributor or looking for projects to contribute to for the first time, you're welcome to participate. - Pull requests can be made in any GitHub-hosted repositories/projects. As long as the project is public and GitHub-hosted, your pull requests will count toward your participation. - You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31. Just be sure to sign up on the official Hacktoberfest website for your pull requests to count. **Participation rules** To get a shirt, you must make four pull requests (PRs) between October 1--31 in any time zone. Pull requests can be to any public repository on GitHub, not just the ones highlighted. The pull request must contain commits you made yourself. If a maintainer reports your pull request as spam, it will not be counted toward your participation in Hacktoberfest. If a maintainer reports behavior that's not in line with the project's code of conduct, you will be ineligible to participate. This year, the first 75,000 participants can earn a T-shirt. **Learn How to Contribute in Open Source:** **Some Open Souce projects to start contribute:** 1. https://github.com/avats-dev/motivate 2. https://github.com/Ishaan28malik/Hacktoberfest-2020 3. https://github.com/Py-Contributors/AlgorithmsAndDataStructure 4. https://github.com/Ishaan28malik/Hacktoberfest-2020) 5. https://github.com/kaiiyer/awesome-vulnerable 6. [https://github.com/mirkoperillo/resting/issues/119](https://github.com/kaiiyer/awesome-vulnerable) **Explore More Opensource Projects eligible for Hacktoberfest 2020:** [click on this text to find more opensource projects for hacktoberfest 2020](https://github.com/search?p=1&q=label%3AHacktoberfest&type=Issues&utf8=%E2%9C%93) **Some FAQS:** **Q.** ***What will you get if you participate in it ?*** A limited edition T-shirt for ***FREE!*** ***Q.What if I don't make at least four pull requests by midnight October 31?*** As long as you registered for Hacktoberfest, you'll still get some free stickers in the mail. So it's still worth registering, even if you're too busy to participate. ***Q. I completed four pull requests. When will I receive my T-shirt?*** *T-shirts (or the option to plant a tree) will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis to the first 70,000 participants who successfully complete the Hacktoberfest challenge. We'll start sending out emails with more details on redeeming T-shirts throughout the month, so stay tuned.* > *Browser more faqs [here](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/faq)* **Global stats for Hacktoberfest 2019** #### **61,871** **CHALLENGE COMPLETIONS** #### **483,127** **PULL REQUESTS OPENED** #### **154,767** **PARTICIPATING REPOSITORIES** To Know more about open source checkout this article: [https://www.teachmebro.com/post/what-is-open-source  ](https://www.teachmebro.com/post/what-is-open-source)