JumboHack: Tufts' Loveliest Hackathon

When: February 21st through February 22nd, 2026
Where: Tufts University' Joyce Cummings Center, Medford, MA
Who: Hackers, designers, and lovers in the Greater Boston area
REGISTRATION OPEN: JUMBOHACK.ORG

JumboHack is a weekend-long hackathon hosted at Tufts University, bringing together coders, designers, innovators, and creators from all walks of life to turn new ideas into reality. Over 48 hours, you'll team up, learn new skills, and hack together projects of your liking. Whether you're crafting a game, building a web app, designing a mobile app, or experimenting with something entirely new, JumboHack is your space to dream big and create without any limits.

But that's not all!

  • Attend workshops to learn new tools and techniques
  • Meet new people (collaborate, network, and make new friends!)
  • Hear from speakers and industry experts sharing insights

It’s a weekend filled with creativity, excitement, and community. Beginners and pros alike are welcome– no prior experience necessary. With mentorship, food, and activities, JumboHack is your chance to explore, innovate, and have fun!

For more information on our schedule, logistics, and judging, check out our website: https://jumbohack.org

Requirements

What to Build

Anything that your heart desires! JumboHack is an excellent opportunity to tackle a social issue, learn a new language, or explore a new type of technology. Whether you create a website, a chat server, an automation script, or something else, we’re excited to see what you bring to the table. If you’re a designer, you’re welcome to submit graphic designs and wireframes for the application of your dreams.

 

For ideas to get you started, check out project submissions from last year’s JumboHack.

What to Submit

Projects are to be submitted to DevPost, with one submission maximum per team. Feel free to submit all work associated with your project: code, documentation, design files, and more. With every submission, we require that you submit a README file, with the following information:

 

  1. The Project: Include your team name, and 2 to 3 sentences describing the goal of your project. What were your goals, and what did you accomplish over the weekend?

  2. The Team: Include the names of all your team members. For each, describe in a few words how they contributed to the project!

  3. Acknowledgements: If your project uses major pieces of code from other sources— external libraries, other hackers, and ChatGPT— please cite them here! We’d love to give credit where credit’s due.

  4. Optional Reflection: Because we love learning, tell us about what you learned this weekend!

    1. What motivated your team to choose this project? Are there bigger ideas or features for the project that you’d want to implement in the future?

    2. Tell us about a tricky bug, a design challenge, or that you encountered. How did your team tackle it together?

    3. Tell us about one fun or interesting experience that you had with other hackers! Did you get coffee with new friends? Did you attend a workshop that inspired you? Did you meet someone new?

 

If you have questions about your submission, please talk to an organizer.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,500 in prizes
Overall Winner
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

Up to $3600 worth of Vercel credits

Track Winners
$500 in cash
3 winners

Up to $1800 worth of Vercel credits

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

JumboHack Board

JumboHack Board

Judging Criteria

  • Project and README
    Please submit all work associated with your project: code, documentation, design files, and more! In addition, please submit a README file, with information outlined in "JumboHack: Submissions and Judging"

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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