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### ### Welcome to the HACKTOBERFEST-22 wiki!

## What is Hacktoberfest ?

Hacktoberfest is a month-long challenge. It happens every year in the month of October.

Hacktoberfest is open to everyone and it marks the celebration of Open Source. It's the biggest Open Source event that encourages newbies to participate in Open Source and create their 1st meaningful PR. Hacktoberfest encourages participation in giving back to the open-source community by completing pull requests, participating in events, and donating to open source projects. Also, all backgrounds and skills levels are encouraged to complete the challenge.

Of course, to participate, you must have a GitHub account first. New to GitHub? Check out my GitHub Blog and Playlist to learn more.

## Who can Join?

contributors: Anyone around the globe who desires to help drive the growth of open source and make positive contributions to an ever-growing community. All backgrounds and skill levels are encouraged to participate.

maintainers: Anyone that runs an open-source project on GitHub or GitLab and desires help from the community to improve their project can join Hacktoberfest.

companies: Encourage people to contribute to your company’s repositories, organize community events, and engage internal employees.

event organizers: Create events to bring people together for mentorship and code collaborations, so even more people around the world help support open source!