Welcome to the resource page for the hackathon. This is your one-stop spot for all relevant information, starter kits, docs, tools, and tips to help you build on Apify.

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📋 Basic info

Date: Saturday, 6 December 2025

Venue: European Startup Embassy, 461 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94107

The goal of the hackathon is to build and publish a new Actor on Apify for any use case that you’d like. For inspiration, see existing Actors in Apify Store. The jury will select three Actors for special prizes, and all Actors can then be submitted to the Apify $1M Challenge.

Schedule

• 9:00 AM – Doors open and breakfast
• 10:00 AM – Teams finalizing
• 10:20 AM – Apify fundamentals, Apify $1M challenge details, judging criteria & inspiration for projects
• 11:00 AM – 👨🏼‍🏫 Apify & Actor building workshop [optional]
• 11:30 AM – Start hacking!
• 1:00 PM – Lunch
• 1:30 PM – Expert office hours [optional]
• 5:00 PM – Finish hacking & submit projects
• 5:10 PM - Dinner time
• 5:30 PM – Project demos (finalists pitch live!)
• 7:00 PM – Demo wrap-up and time for judging
• 7:30 PM – Winner announcement! 🏆