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Devpost

Devpost is a popular hackathon and developer challenge website where people find events, submit software projects, build portfolios, and connect with sponsors, organizers, and other makers.

Core idea

Devpost describes itself as the home for hackathons, with listings for new and upcoming hackathons plus software projects submitted by participants.

Common use

Developers, students, designers, and startup-minded builders use Devpost to enter hackathons, publish project pages, and show what they built.

Domain record

The Who.is record for devpost.com lists GoDaddy.com, LLC as registrar and June 8, 2006 as the domain creation date.

Devpost is a hackathon and developer challenge platform for project submissions and event discovery.View logo on Devpost CDN

What Devpost is

Devpost is a website for hackathons, developer challenges, and software project submissions. On devpost.com, users can browse upcoming competitions, register for events, publish project pages, submit entries, view winners, and discover what other builders made.

Devpost homepage screenshot of the official website interface — Devpost homepage screenshot showing the official website interface and primary visitor experience.

Hackathon listings

A large part of Devpost is its hackathon directory. Event pages usually explain the theme, eligibility rules, schedule, prizes, submission requirements, judging criteria, sponsor information, and communication links. That gives participants one public place to decide whether an event is worth joining and what they need to deliver.

Project submissions

Participants use Devpost project pages to describe what they built, list team members, show screenshots or demos, name the technologies used, and explain the problem their project solves. These pages can become a public portfolio artifact after the event ends, especially for students and early-career developers.

Who uses Devpost

Devpost is used by hackathon participants, student clubs, universities, companies, developer-relations teams, nonprofits, and event organizers. Builders use it to find challenges and submit work, while organizers use it to collect entries, publish rules, manage judging, and showcase results.

Sponsors and developer programs

Many Devpost events are tied to APIs, cloud platforms, hardware kits, civic data, AI tools, or product ecosystems. For sponsors, a hackathon can introduce developers to a technology and surface prototype ideas. For participants, it can provide deadlines, prompts, prizes, mentors, and a reason to learn a new stack quickly.

Software discovery

Beyond active events, Devpost hosts a searchable archive of software projects. Visitors can browse projects by event, theme, technology, prize category, or popularity. The archive makes hackathon output more visible than a private submission form would, even when a project remains a prototype.

Tradeoffs

Devpost is useful for event workflows, but a strong Devpost page is not the same as a maintained product. Hackathon projects may have limited documentation, short development timelines, incomplete security review, temporary hosting, or demo-only features. Readers should treat submissions as evidence of an idea and team effort, not necessarily production readiness.

Why it matters

Devpost matters because it gives hackathon culture a durable public record. It helps organizers run challenges, helps sponsors reach builders, and helps participants turn a weekend or short sprint into a visible project page that can be shared after the judging window closes.

WHOIS domain data

Data pulled: May 20, 2026View current WHOIS record

Domain: devpost.com
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
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Created: June 8, 2006
Updated: June 9, 2025
Expires: June 8, 2026
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Key concepts

Hackathona time-bounded event where participants build and submit software, hardware, data, design, or product prototypes.
Challengea competition prompt, sponsor track, API task, or theme that gives participants a target to build around.
Submissionthe project page and required materials entered for judging.
Judging criteriathe rules used to evaluate entries, often including usefulness, creativity, technical execution, and presentation.

What appears on event pages

Eligibility rules, deadlines, prize categories, sponsor tracks, and submission instructions.
Judging criteria, event updates, participant resources, and links to organizer communication channels.
Project galleries, winners, honorable mentions, and post-event archives.
Technology prompts involving APIs, datasets, platforms, hardware, or social-impact themes.

Common misconceptions

Devpost is not just a code-hosting site; it is centered on hackathons, challenges, submissions, and project discovery.
A Devpost project page does not prove that a project is maintained, secure, or ready for production use.
Not every listed event is open to everyone; some hackathons have location, age, school, employer, or skill restrictions.
Winning a hackathon prize is a useful signal, but it is not the same as market adoption or long-term product success.

Open questions

How will AI coding tools change what judges value in hackathon submissions?
Which event formats best support beginners while still rewarding deep technical work?
How can organizers make judging transparent when projects combine demos, code, pitch quality, and sponsor goals?
What makes a hackathon prototype more likely to survive after the event ends?