Introduction

CodeSprout Beginner’s Hackathon is a learning-focused, community-driven hackathon designed especially for beginners, students, and first-time hackathon participants.

This event provides a safe and encouraging environment where new developers can explore ideas, build simple projects, and gain confidence without the pressure of advanced technical requirements.

Theme:
Build for Everyday Life
Simple tech solutions for real-world problems

Tools and Technologies

Participants are free to use any beginner-friendly tools or technologies, including but not limited to:

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript

  • No-code or low-code platforms

  • UI/UX design tools

  • Beginner frameworks

  • Open-source libraries (properly credited)

There is no requirement to use advanced APIs, databases, or backend services.

Inspiration

You may draw inspiration from:

  • Daily routines

  • Personal challenges

  • School or work experiences

  • Community needs

  • Simple improvements to existing tools

Think small, think useful, and think realistic.

 

Contact Us & Support Channels

For questions, updates, or support:

 Featherless.ai — Sponsor Introduction & Getting Started 🔹 What is Featherless.ai?

Featherless.ai is an AI inference platform and research lab that allows developers to use powerful AI models (including open-weight and long-context models) without setting up servers or infrastructure.

They are also an official Hugging Face Inference Partner, which means their platform is trusted and production-ready.

For beginners, this removes the hardest part of AI projects:
👉 deployment, setup, and scaling.

🔹 How Featherless.ai Can Help You in This Hackathon

If you want to build:

  • 🤖 Chatbots.

  • 📄 AI assistants.

  • 🧠 Smart recommendation systems.

  • 📝 Text analysis or summarization tools.

Featherless lets you:

  • Use AI models instantly.

  • Focus on your idea and logic, not backend complexity.

  • Experiment safely during your first hackathon.

You do not need prior AI or ML experience.

🔹 What You Get as a CodeSprout Participant

🎁 1 Month FREE AI Inference Access
💰 Total value: $1,000+

This includes:

  • Free inference usage for the entire hackathon.

  • Access to advanced AI models.

  • No credit card required (hackathon access).

🔹 How to Get Your 1-Month Free Featherless Access

  1. Join the official CodeSprout Discord.

  2. Go to the #sponsors / #resources channel.

  3. Follow the Featherless.ai access guide (to be posted).

  4. Create your Featherless account using the provided instructions.

  5. Start integrating AI into your project 🚀.

 

Participants can use MeDo to quickly turn ideas into working, AI-powered applications without needing prior coding or infrastructure setup. MeDo is especially helpful for prototyping MVPs, testing real-world solutions, and building functional demos within a short hackathon timeframe. All participants who sign up on MeDo will receive 300 free credits to use during the event, along with access to platform support. Using MeDo is optional, but projects built with MeDo are eligible for MeDo sponsor prizes, including one-month memberships for selected winners.

You can see the full guide on how to get MeDo 300 free credits in our Discord Resources Channel click here to join our discord channel