Appwrite Cloud Hackathon Winners Announced
Published: 2023-07-10 08:28:19

The wait is finally over! The first-ever Appwrite Cloud hackathon has ended, and the results are in 🎉

During this hackathon, 3400+ hackers joined from all around the world and worked on various solutions. We saw some great projects, ranging from the use of AI to IoT to solutions that are solving social issues and tools that make developers’ life easier. It was a four-week long online event that took place from May 15th to June 15th. 

The hackathon saw collaboration among developers across borders. Witnessing the community spirit and the remarkable sportsmanship displayed throughout the event was truly inspiring. Participants went above and beyond to support and assist one another, creating a vibrant and inclusive environment.

In the words of one of our community members: *“Win or lose, this hackathon is great I really like the way they organized it and the way they support each other”*


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## Hackathon Winners

For this hackathon, some big prizes were up for grabs, with a total of $10,000+ in prize money.

So what is at stake here for the winners?

- 1st place: $5,000 and swag
- 2nd to 6th place: $1,000 and swag

Now money is never the big goal for events like these, but it sure is nice to earn some extra funds, and as an open-source company, we know how it can make all the difference. Now let’s dive into what we all have been waiting for: the winners!

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### Grand prize winner

After a lengthy review process, all of the judges had a clear favorite. The winner of the Appwrite Cloud Hackathon is **Glitch**! Created by two developers, Aryan Kumar and Barbra Kokonya. They created a hackathon collaboration tool to manage hackathon teams, help boost team efficiency, and manage tasks and communication among team members. 

Some of the features Glitch has:

- Chat options
- Ability to send or download files.
- Ability to set due dates, filter tasks using advanced filters, and pinning high-priority tasks.
- Sharing notes
- Ability to use GPT-3.5 Turbo API to create task descriptions.
- Notifications for chats and tasks

🔗 Read more about Glitch here 👇

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### Runners-up

Besides the number one project, another five projects stood out to the judges. Here all the runner ups:

### 2nd place

**Popwola -** A no-code popup builder. Popwola provides a solution that simplifies the popup creation process. With its editor, users can effortlessly design visually stunning popups without any coding knowledge or complexities.

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### 3rd place 

**Lingosta** - An AI powered personalized language learning platform. With its features, Lingosta instantly translates sentences into flashcards. The AI engine also curates exercises of custom sentences using your translated words.

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### 4th place 

**Bot-labo**- A no-code tool that allow kids to create chatbots in a fun way. The custom-built no-code editor prioritizes colorful visuals, simplicity, and easy debugging. You can describe the logic like a flowchart, starting from input nodes and connecting them to output nodes. Once you've finished, you can even test it using an emulator.

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### 5th place

**Snippad** - An open-source code snippet and notebook app for developers. It provides a centralized hub for all your code snippets, notes, and to-dos - ensuring quick and effortless access whenever you need them. No more wasting time searching through endless files – Snippad brings order to chaos.

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### 6th place

**Code-swipe** - An app that matches hackathon participants with like-minded individuals who share common interests and goals. 

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Congratulations to all of the winners!

## The Judging Process

The judges had an incredible pool of approximately 300 projects to pick from, and narrowing the selection to just six was daunting. Our judging panel, containing members from the Appwrite team, Community Members, and Appwrite heroes, dedicated countless hours to evaluate each project.

The judging process was guided by a comprehensive set of criteria. Projects were evaluated based on various factors:

- Product Thinking: Usefulness of the project in a real-world scenario. Completeness of the features implemented.
- UI/UX: The overall look, layout, color usage, and positioning of the application.
- Code: Quality (clean code, proper naming conventions, use of linter); use of best practices.
- Completeness of the article: The blog should cover all aspects of your project. What inspired you to create this project? What problem does the project address? How did you build it?
- Comprehensibility: Try to avoid esoteric jargon in your article. Use simple language to convey your thoughts.
- Usage of Appwrite - Is Appwrite central to the functioning of your project? How many and how well have the different Appwrite services been leveraged?

## Appwrite Cloud Hackathon is Officially Over

We want to thank all the attendees, community members, dedicated judges, and enthusiastic participants who contributed to this hackathon's success.

> I'm really impressed with everyone's dedication and commitment in their efforts building with Appwrite. It was very difficult to choose winners as everyone had such great applications! Keep up the great work everyone and keep on hacking! 
>                                     - Tessa Mero, Head of Developer Relations and Experience, Appwrite


Each and every hackathon team should take pride in their accomplishments. The experience gained from this event should serve as a catalyst for continuous improvement, enabling teams to build even better, faster, and smarter solutions in the future. We are excited to organize more hackathons this year, so stay tuned.

We look forward to seeing your projects grow, and we encourage all of you to keep learning. And to see more hackathon submissions, please visit our showcase website:

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