Best First Ship
For builders who turn an idea into a public demo for the first time.
June 5-7, 2026 • online hackathon
HackOnVibe
Build your first AI-assisted micro-product in one weekend. Code, deploy, demo, and let the community fund the projects they want to see become real.
3 days
Friday to Sunday
1-4
builders per team
AI-first
vibe coding allowed
Your first ship, not a pitch deck
HackOnVibe is for builders who want to stop postponing ideas. You do not need to build a company in 72 hours. You need a small product people can open, understand, try, and support.
Use ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Lovable, Replit, Bolt, v0, templates, APIs, and anything else that helps you move from idea to working demo fast.
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What to build
Focus on micro-products: AI assistants, bots, automations, Chrome extensions, small SaaS prototypes, developer tools, learning products, or useful creative experiments.
Best AI-Assisted Product
For the strongest use of AI in the product experience or build process.
Most Useful Micro-Product
For a project that solves a clear problem in the simplest useful way.
Best Vibe
For style, story, presentation, and the energy people want to share.
Community-Funded Favorite
For the project that receives the strongest support from the community.
Builder Community
After the weekend, we keep going with ship nights, feedback, and new challenges.
Weekend roadmap
A classic Friday-to-Sunday format: kickoff, build, polish, submit. Short enough to keep momentum, long enough to ship a real AI-assisted product.
Friday
Kickoff
Opening, rules, team formation, idea selection, first prototype, and build start.
Saturday
Build sprint
Office hours, debugging, midpoint screenshots, feedback, and first working links.
Sunday
Ship & showcase
Demo video, DoraHacks submission, community support window, and final showcase.
Funding as early validation
HackOnVibe uses DoraHacks so community support becomes more than a like. A small contribution can be a real market signal: someone understands the idea, wants it to exist, and is willing to back the team before the product is polished.
Builders can use the funding window to validate demand, collect first supporters, start conversations with potential customers, and learn which use cases people actually care about. The goal is not only to win. The goal is to leave the weekend with evidence, feedback, and the first people who want to see the product continue.
Validate
Test whether people care enough to support the idea publicly.
Discover
Identify early users, customer segments, and follow-up conversations.
Continue
Use the funding signal to decide what to improve after the hackathon.
Community-Funded Favorite
Best First Ship
Best AI-Assisted Product
Most Useful Micro-Product
Best Vibe
Code • Create • Vibe • Innovate
Bring an idea. Leave with a demo.
Register, join the community, find a team or build solo. HackOnVibe starts as one weekend, but the real goal is to gather people who keep building after the event ends.