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Hacktoberfest 2017: The results are in

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Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Elizabeth Barron
Word Count
192
Company Posts That Month
15
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

Hacktoberfest has concluded with significant success, marked by over 200,000 merged pull requests across almost 65,000 repositories, involving nearly 32,000 participants from around the globe and over 100 community-organized events. The event saw contributions from Berlin to Bangalore, with open source maintainers playing a crucial role by preparing and merging issues, ensuring the smooth flow of projects. DigitalOcean's sponsorship and support were pivotal in making the event possible. Participants are encouraged to continue their involvement in open source projects beyond Hacktoberfest, with resources available for finding new projects to contribute to. Additionally, participants who completed the necessary pull requests can inquire about their special edition shirts if they haven't received emails regarding them.

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