Campus Edition
Saturday Hack Night
at your campus
SHN is designed to run anywhere — a college lab, a maker space, a classroom. If you have 5 builders and a Wi-Fi connection, you can host a campus hack night that runs in sync with the main online event.
Your campus builders compete in the same event, build on the same theme, and submit to the same pool. Top teams — from anywhere — get invited to TinkerSpace Kochi for the 24-hour finale.
01 / Overview
What is SHN at Campus?
Saturday Hack Night Campus Edition is a decentralized physical meetup where student communities assemble in real life to participate in the live bi-weekly Saturday Hack Night sprint.
Instead of hacking alone from home, your campus opens up a lab or room where creators, coders, and makers sit side-by-side, brainstorm, share pizza or chai, and push code before the midnight deadline.
02 / Eligibility
Who Can Participate?
Any student from your institution can join — whether they are in their first semester or final year, and regardless of their branch or technical background.
Build alone. Your project, your vision, your pace. Perfect for testing an ambitious concept solo.
Pair up with a friend. One to architect and build, one to design and debug. Maximum 2 builders per team. Both members receive offline finale invitations if selected.
03 / Process
How It Works
Apply to Host
Fill out the campus host form. We'll get back within 48 hours with confirmation and the theme kit for the upcoming hack night.
Register Your Builders
Share the hub.app registration link with your campus community. Each participant registers individually.
Run the Hack Night
On Saturday at 6 PM, open the theme, start hacking. The online SHN runs simultaneously — your campus group joins the same event.
Submit by Midnight
Each team pushes their project to GitHub and submits the link before midnight. Campus lead collects and verifies.
Celebrate & Report
Showcase projects at the end. Share a photo or video to the SHN Discord. The best campus project gets featured in the archive.
04 / Requirements
What You Need to Host
A Space
A room, lab, or open area where builders can sit and hack for 6+ hours. College labs work great.
Internet
Stable Wi-Fi for everyone. GitHub pushes must go through by midnight.
Projector / Screen
To share the theme, stream the online session, and show off projects at the end.
Energy & Snacks
Optional but strongly recommended. Builders who are fed, build better.
A Campus Lead
One person to coordinate registration, manage the space, and report project submissions.
05 / The Flow
What Happens at the Campus?
The challenge brief drops on the statewide Discord and website. Mentors come online. Everyone at your campus starts building.
Builders code, tinker with hardware, pair-program, test endpoints, and debug. Mentors are available in Discord channels for quick blockers.
Hard deadline. Each team pushes their commits to a public GitHub repo and submits their prototype link.
Showcase on screen! Gather in the campus room to see what peers created. Take photos, post to Discord, and celebrate.
06 / Archive
Previously Run Topics
07 / Community
Campus Community & TinkerHub Chapters
Saturday Hack Night is powered by TinkerHub Foundation, connecting over 50,000 makers, student developers, and technologists across Kerala and beyond.
If your campus already hosts a TinkerHub Learning Station or Campus Chapter, Saturday Hack Night is the ultimate recurring bi-weekly sprint to put learned skills into production code. If you don't have a chapter yet, hosting an SHN is the fastest way to start one.
08 / Host With Us
Bring Saturday Hack Night
to Your Campus
Reach out on Discord or email us. We'll send you the theme kit, posters, and everything you need to run a smooth hack night.