Recapping Hacktoberfest #6 and Looking to Next Year

Hacktoberfest 2019 was the most successful yet with over 483,000 pull requests from participants in 154,767 repositories across 142 countries. The top language used during the event was JavaScript, and the MIT license was the most commonly used. There were also a record number of in-person events held around the world, with 673 gatherings taking place in 393 cities across 73 countries. DigitalOcean is planning to invest more in community support and rewarding maintainers and event organizers for Hacktoberfest 2020.