Open to teens aged 13-18 from around the world, and no experience is needed. The free online program in partnership with NASA runs from 1 June to 31 October 2026 (the deadline was extended by a month): participants build any technical project - a website, game, app or hardware - log their hours and earn prizes such as Raspberry Pis, 3D printers and a laptop. Organized by Hack Club.
Hackathons Free Online
Open to teens aged 13-18 inclusive from around the world, and participation is free. Participants build a project on open railway data (for example, generative art based on data, a better ticket booking service or an Interrail recap page) and receive money for train tickets and Interrail passes. The Hack Club program runs until 30 November 2026 according to the Hack Club calendar. Organized by Hack Club.
Hackathons Free Online
Open to teens aged 13-18. In this Hack Club program, participants design their first chip: they publish a design verified by simulation in a GitHub repository, write it up and receive an IcePi Zero FPGA board for testing; with a second design the participant gets onto a shared chip that is made at a foundry and sent to them. According to Hack Club, submissions are open until 30 November 2026, and Hack Club sends the board and the chip. Organized by Hack Club.
Hackathons Free Online
For teens aged 13-18 from any country: an online Hack Club programme that is part of the free events open to any teen. Participants make an operating system from scratch and, as the organizer describes it, get compute to run it on. The project type is software, and the programme runs from 23 September to 16 December 2026.
Hackathons Free Online
For teens aged 13-18 from any country: an online Hack Club programme that is part of the free events open to any teen. As the organizer describes it, participants code each week, grow a farm and earn a laptop as the reward; the project type is software. The programme runs from 28 September 2026 to 10 January 2027.
Hackathons Free Online
Open to girls aged 13 to 18 inclusive from around the world, including those who identify as girls; beginners are welcome. To get to the hackathon, participants must complete 50 verified hours of coding and submit their projects on snowglobe.hackclub.com. The hackathon takes place on 20-22 November 2026 in San Francisco (at Notion HQ); participation is free, Hack Club covers the costs, and travel stipends are available. Organized by Hack Club, a nonprofit for teens passionate about technology.
Hackathons Free United States
A catalog of hundreds of free online and offline school hackathons year-round.
Hackathons Free Online
For high school students and teachers who want to start a coding club at their school or turn an existing club into a Hack Club: a worldwide network of high school coding clubs where members make projects, find people who share their interests and get help from the community. Clubs are offered perks for free: Club Starter (up to $100 in funding for promotional materials), a clubs shop with stickers, shirts and Raspberry Pis, and the Spaces online IDE supporting over 500 languages. YSWS programmes reward clubs with coins for shipping projects, which can be spent in the clubs shop; there is a Teacher Zone and a School toolbox for teachers.
Clubs & communities Free Offline
For teens aged 13 to 18 from any country: Hack Club is a nonprofit movement of teenage makers and coders, and participation is free. Members join through the community on Slack; the organization runs hackathons and online programmes with prizes for finished projects and supports school programming clubs. New events are announced in the Slack all the time, and every event on the programmes page is free and open to any teen.
Clubs & communities Free Online
