Hacktoberfest 2025: Open Source Celebration With Cloudinary

Hacktoberfest is back for 2025! Cloudinary is excited to celebrate the power of open source and the developers who make the community thrive.

We have a wide range of SDKs and open issues ready for your contributions. Whether you’re fixing bugs or building new features, your pull requests help us improve Cloudinary’s developer experience.

And, of course, what’s Hacktoberfest without swag?

This year, we’re giving away 30 exclusive Cloudinary swag packs, including a limited-edition 2025 Hacktoberfest T-shirt, custom stickers, and the ever-popular Cloudinary unicorn plushie — available for any valid contribution.

Join us, sharpen your skills, and make your mark in open source with Cloudinary this Hacktoberfest!

Ready to dig in? Here’s how.

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source every October, where developers worldwide contribute to projects, sharpen their skills, and earn recognition (and sometimes swag) for their pull requests.

While the official Hacktoberfest program has shifted to offering digital badges, Cloudinary is keeping the swag tradition alive. Contribute a valid pull request to one of our open-source projects, and you’ll score a free Cloudinary swag pack. More details below.

Cloudinary is opening up a variety of libraries and SDKs to allow you to contribute, including the official SDKs, community SDKs, and sample projects. 

Here’s a complete list of available projects:

• Flutter: https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_flutter
• React Native: https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary-react-native

• Next.js: https://github.com/cloudinary-community/next-cloudinary
• Laravel: https://github.com/cloudinary-community/cloudinary-laravel
• Astro: https://github.com/cloudinary-community/astro-cloudinary
• Svelte: https://github.com/cloudinary-community/svelte-cloudinary

To be sure you’re contributing to a project that’s participating in Hacktoberfest, look for the “Hacktoberfest” label in the repository.

While we absolutely appreciate all contributions in any form, only those who follow the rules below will be eligible for the Cloudinary swag pack:

• DO NOT submit spammy PRs. These will immediately be marked as invalid.
• DO NOT submit typo fixes. These might be merged (thank you), but won’t count towards swag.
• DO NOT submit a PR without an active Issue that has been approved. While we appreciate your eagerness to contribute, please first find an Issue or file a new Issue where we can discuss before digging into a PR.
• DO NOT submit a PR for an Issue assigned to someone else. We want to make sure everyone has a timely opportunity to contribute, but don’t hesitate to ask the assignee if they’re still working on it.
• DO have fun!

As a general best practice, please ensure the project’s tests are passing and actually run the code, where applicable. See the Contributing instructions in each project for help.

This year’s swag pack will include:

• 1 Cloudinary Hacktoberfest T-shirt (Limited Edition)
• 2 Cloudinary Hacktoberfest Stickers (Limited Edition)
• 3 Cloudinary Stickers
• 1 Cloudinary Unicorn

We’re excited about our kit this year and are even more excited for it to arrive at your doorstep.

We have 30 available that will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

1. Where do you ship?
   We’ll try our best to ship the swag to wherever you are in the world, but we won’t be able to ship to any actively sanctioned countries. Additionally, countries like Brazil may need a Tax ID ahead of time.
2. How do I give you my shipping information?
   Once your contribution is accepted and merged, we’ll provide you with an address form. We’ll use the address you sent us “as is.” We can’t take responsibility for misdelivered packages.
3. Can I get more than one swag pack?
   No, there will only be one swag pack per person.
4. When do I need to submit a pull request?
   The pull request needs to be submitted in October. That said, if we don’t merge it in time, we won’t keep you from that sweet swag. As long as it’s valid and submitted in October, you’re good to go.
5. How many swag kits are available?
   We have 30 swag kits available on a first-come, first-served basis.
6. What if you run out of swag kits?
   We would still love for you to contribute and celebrate open source with us! However, we’re limited in the number of swag kits we can provide this year, so we wouldn’t be able to reward you with a kit.