2026:هاكاثون
الحرية، الإنصاف، الموثوقية
Thank you to everyone who attended this year's hackathon. Please help us better plan for next year's event by completing the post-event survey (will close on August 7, 2026).
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سيكون ”هاكاثون ويكيمانيا 2026“ احتفالاً غامراً بالإبداع والتعاون والابتكار، على خلفية مدينة باريس النابضة بالحياة في فرنسا. يعد إنشاء مساحات للتعاون والتعلم للمساهمين التقنيين وويكيمديين الفضوليين وعشاق المعرفة جزءًا حيويًا من ويكيمانيا. خلال ويكيمانيا لهذا العام، ستكون المساحة التقنية حدثًا عمليًا يلتقي فيه المطورون والمصممون والباحثون والمحررون وبناة المجتمعات من جميع أنحاء العالم لمعالجة التحديات التقنية التي تواجه مجتمع ويكيميديا جماعيًا.
The technical event will have two main components:
- Team Challenges (pre-event and July 21-22): A hackathon-style event focused on team challenges that will bring together developers and non-developers, Wikimania attendees and the local technical community. Please see the Team Challenges page for more details.
- Hackathon (July 23-25): Similar to previous years, the Hackathon will provide an opportunity for the Wikimedia community to collaborate on technical projects and solve problems together.We want to enable newcomers, especially from non-developers backgrounds, to come to meet the Wikimedia communities and bring their own fresh point of view and skillsets! The Hackathon is open to Wikimania participants. Full details are described below.
البرنامج
سيتألف هذا الحدث التقني من عنصرين رئيسين:
July 23, 2026
- 9:30 - 11am: Hackathon Opening Ceremony
- Link to the livestream
- Attendees who would like to pitch their projects or ask for support can sign up here
- Not sure how to pitch your project? See below for guidance!
- 11am - 7pm: Hacking
- 1 - 2:30pm: Lunch
Workshops*
- 11:30am - 12:30pm: Putting CommonsDB into use
- 2:30 to 3:30pm: Mentor Mentee Mapping
- 4 to 5pm: Road to Wiki: A Workshop on Building Student Technical Contributor Pipelines for Wikimedia
* These are the only workshops that will be scheduled during the hackathon, given space constraints, no additional sessions or workshops will be scheduled.
July 24, 2026
- 9:30am - 7pm: Hacking
- 1 - 2:30pm: Lunch
July 25, 2026
- 9:30am - 4pm: Hacking
- 1 - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4 - 5pm: Hackathon Closing Showcase
- Link to the livestream (starting at 6:44:25)
- Attendees who would like to present their projects can sign up here (NOTE: Attendees must indicate their interest in presenting their project by 12pm on Saturday, July 25)
- Not sure how to present your project? See below for guidance!
Note: All times indicated are the local time in Paris, France.
Developer Corner
Throughout the hackathon there will be “Developer Corner”, where Wikimania participants can have a developer help them with a bot, script, or submitting a bug or wish. If you’d like support from an experienced developer, please stop by!
Registration and Participation
Registration
All registered Wikimania attendees are welcome to participate in the hackathon. Please come join us in The Loft from July 23 to 25!
Identifying a project to work on
If you already know what you’d like to hack on during the Wikmania Hackathon, you can propose a project by adding it to the event’s Phabricator board, under the “Proposed Hackathon projects” column.Make sure to indicate area’s where you could use support or would benefit from a different skill set!
If you’re looking for a project to work on, you can find inspiration by:
- Checking out the hackathon’s Phabricator board: Are there any projects that you’d like to contribute to? Comment on the ticket or reach out to the person who proposed it!
- Looking through the Community Wishlist: The Community Wishlist allows Wikimedians to identify tools or technical improvements that would facilitate their editing work. If you’d like to make someone’s wish a reality, we recommend looking through those tagged “hackathonable” or those with the status of “community opportunity”
Remember: Participating in the hackathon does not require coding skills! There are other key skills such as translation, documentation, project management, UX/UI design and many others that are greatly appreciated!
If you’re still not sure how to get involved, please talk to the one of the event organizers who would be happy to connect you to a project that would benefit from your skills.
Pitching your project during the opening ceremony
During the Hackathon Opening Ceremony (July 23 from 9:30 - 11am CEST in The Loft), there will be an opportunity for all in-person participants to “pitch” their project or their skillset.
Each pitch should:
- Last no more than 30 seconds
- At the 30 second mark, the host and other participants will begin clapping to indicate that the time is up
- Use the microphone provided, otherwise those watching the livestream will not hear
- Be entirely an oral update, slides or visuals will not be supported
- Include the following details
- Your (user)name
- What you’re planning to work on
- What kind of support you need
- How other participants can contribute
- How other participants can reach out to you
- Be added to the Opening Ceremony Etherpad, so that participants can refer back to the pitches and more easily find the projects they want to work on
- Bonus: If it’s your first time at the hackathon, let the room know so that others can reach out to welcome you!The goal of the pitches is not to perfectly describe the project, but rather to give enough detail so that others understand the work, how they might contribute and who to reach out to.
Presenting your project during the closing showcase
During the Hackathon Closing Showcase (July 25th from 4-5pm CEST in the Amphitheatre) there will be an opportunity for all in-person participants to present the outcomes of the projects that they worked on during the hackathon. It is not necessary to have a completed project to present, this is an opportunity to present prototypes, lessons learned, updates and demos.
Each project presentation should:
- Respect the specific timeline provide
- Once the set amount of time for the presentation has been reached, the host and the other participants will begin clapping to indicate that time is up
- Use the microphone provided, otherwise those watching the livestream will not hear
- Tell us about your project
- Why you created it
- What problem is solves
- What is left to do
- How others can use it or contribute
- Use a shared laptop (provided by the organizers), individual laptops will not be connected to the AV system due to time limitations
- Be added to the Closing Showcase’s Etherpad, including any relevant links so these can be accessed during the presentation
Some tips and tricks for project presentations:
- Limit the number of links you want to share
- Needing to open multiple links can be stressful
- Links take time to load, plan for that in your overall presentation time
- Make sure your links are publicly accessibly
- This means that any Google Doc links should provide access to “Anyone with the link”
- Practice your presentation
- The time will go by faster than you expect, especially if you’re waiting for your demo or links to open
- You’ll need to hold a microphone and manage the laptop, this is important to consider if you need to type as part of your demo
- Be ready to walk on stage immediately after the previous person has finished, time is limited and waiting between presenters takes up valuable time
Note: Based on the number of participants who would like to present during the closing showcase, the above timelines and details may be altered to better accommodate all presenters.
Highlighting translation, documentation and mentorship
The Wikimania Hackathon is a unique space, taking place in parallel to the largest yearly gathering of Wikimedians. The hackathon seeks to create a space where “more good code” is created and coding is a key way to contribute to this goal, but it’s not the only one!
At this year’s hackathon, we seek to highlight the range of ways that participants can contribute to technical projects, by placing an emphasis on translation, documentation and mentorship. So, whether you’re an experienced technical contributor or simply curious about how you might participate in the hackathon space, read on!
Translation
- Context: As noted in the May 2026 PTAC recommendations, often tools already exist to meet local contributors’ needs, but not in the language they need them. The most efficient tool provision will focus on finding and translating tools where possible, rather than building new ones. In addition, effective tool provision involves using and improving localization frameworks, translation pipelines (such as translatewiki.net), and community-driven customization layers, so tool interfaces and workflows can be adapted without redevelopment.
- Possible projects:
- Phabricator tasks for localization: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/FY6ZDJyhnwn5/#R
- Phabricator tasks for localization and internationalization: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/djqKBiOh3T__/#R
- Resources:
Documentation
- Context: As noted in the May 2026 PTAC recommendations, tool adoption often fails not because tools don't exist, but because they're hard to find or hard to understand. Investing in better documentation, examples, and tutorials (including videos), as well as improved discoverability in local languages, significantly lowers the barrier to discovering the tool and adoption across communities.
- Possible projects:
- Phabricator tasks for documentation: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/w4BFil.Lgccq/#R
- CEE Hub Tech Advancement recommended tools: Check out which tools don't yet have a "How to use" section
- Resources:
Mentorship
كيفية التحضير
Prize winners
A huge congratulations to the prize winners! They are:
- For Translation - User:Mahir256
- For Documentation: Team 07E Asia (from the Team Challenges)
- For Mentorship - User:Gnoeee
How to Prepare
- أحضروا حواسيبكم المحمولة: لا تنسوا أجهزتكم وشواحنكم لتتمكنوا من المشاركة بشكلٍ كامل (سنوفّر لكم ملصقات!)
- إذا كنت مطورًا، فقم بإعداد جهاز الكمبيوتر المحمول الخاص بك ببيئة التطوير التي قد تحتاجها: اتبع الإرشادات الواردة في صفحة إعداد الكمبيوتر المحمول لمعرفة المزيد عن بيئات التطوير لدينا (مثل: إنشاء حساب على Phabricator، وGit، وGerrit، وغيرها).
- If you have a non-developer background: Make sure to have your favorite design, graphics, music and/or software installed and ready to go!
- تصفحوا الموارد: إذا كنتم وافدين جدد، فلا تترددوا في الاطلاع على بعض هذه الموارد وتجربتها قبل حضور الهاكاثون.
- تصفح المشاريع: اطلعوا على المشاريع المرفوعة على الفابريكتور Phabricator وما يخطط له الآخرون وابحثوا عن أفكار تتناسب مع مهاراتكم واهتماماتكم. علامة المشروع هي Wikimania-Hackathon-2026.
- انضمّوا للمحادثة: تواصلوا مع المشاركين الآخرين قبل الحدث عبر قنوات التواصل.
المتطوعون

يُدار الهاكاثون من قِبل المشاركين ولصالحهم. ساهموا في جعله تجربة رائعة للجميع!
- التوثيق: ساعدوا في تدوين الملاحظات أثناء الجلستين الافتتاحية والختامية. لا تترددوا في توثيق الجلسات الأخرى ذات الصلة بمسار التكنولوجيا باستخدام إيثرباد «etherpad».
- التصوير الفوتوغرافي: التقطوا اللحظات وارفعوها إلى تصنيف كومنز هاكاثون. تأكّدوا من اتباع سياسة التصوير الفوتوغرافي.
- التدوين: شاركونا تجربتكم في الهاكاثون، أو المشاريع التي ألهمتكم، أو الأشخاص الذين تعرفتم عليهم
- مكتب المساعدة: ساهموا في مساندة الآخرين من خلال الإجابة عن الاستفسارات وتقديم الدعم التقني.
التواصل

تُستخدم القنوات التالية للتواصل مع المشاركين. ما عليكم سوى الانضمام لمنصة واحدة، حيث يتم مزامنة الرسائل بينها تلقائياً.
دردشة:
- Telegram (Wikimedia Hackathon group)
- Matrix (#wikimedia-hackathon:matrix.org)
- IRC (#wikimedia-hackathon)
وسائل تواصل اجتماعي استخدموا هاشتاج #wmhack على Mastodon والمنصات الأخرى.
مناقشة على الويكي: استخدموا صفحة النقاش الهاكاثون لطرح الأسئلة.
مدونة قواعد السلوك
لضمان توفير بيئة إيجابية وشاملة للجميع، يجب على جميع المشاركين في الهاكاثون الالتزام بـقواعد السلوك الخاصة بالمساحات التقنية. إننا نولي الأولوية للاحترام والتعاون بين المشاركين وقد يؤدي عدم الامتثال لهذه القواعد إلى طلب مغادرة الفعالية، فلنعمل معًا لخلق تجربة ترحيبية وآمنة للجميع.
ملفات الوسائط
فريق التنظيم
يقوم هذا الفريق بتنسيق كافّة جوانب هاكاثون ويكيمانيا. يدعمون منظمي المشروع والموجّهين والمشاركين، ويضمنون أن المساهمين التقنيين لديهم مساحة ترحيبية للتعاون. كما أنهم مسؤولون عن صفحات الهاكاثون على ويكيمانيا ويكي وإدارة الأدوات مثل فبريكاتور لتقديمات المشاريع.
Wikimania Hackathon throughout the years
Frankfurt 2005 ● Cambridge 2006 ● Taipei 2007 ● Alexandria 2008 ● Buenos Aires 2009 ● Haifa 2011 ● Washington, D.C. 2012 ● Hong Kong 2013 ● London 2014 ● Mexico City 2015 ● Esino Lario 2016 ● Montréal 2017 ● Cape Town 2018 ● Stockholm 2019 ● Online 2021 ● Online 2022 ● Singapore 2023 ● Katowice 2024 ● Nairobi 2025 ● Paris 2026 ● (+/-)