eco October 2026 · Open Source Month

Hacktoberfest 2026

One month, one pull request at a time. PyMUG is gathering Mauritian Pythonistas to contribute to open source together — beginners very much included.

calendar_today Saturday, 31 October 2026
groups Hosted by PyMUG · Mauritius + online
Saturday
31
October 2026
The gathering

Hacktoberfest with PyMUG

Bring a laptop, pick a project from the list below and open your first pull request of the month — or your fiftieth. We will share beginner-friendly issues, pair up on fixes and celebrate every merged contribution.

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How it works

Four small steps, and you are a Hacktoberfest contributor.

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1. Register

Sign up through the PyMUG form so we know you are in and can send you the details.

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2. Pick a project

Choose one of the projects below and pick up an issue — most repos welcome small, focused pull requests.

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3. Open a pull request

Fix, document, test or translate. Quality beats size — one honest PR counts.

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4. Celebrate

Join us on Saturday, 31 October to share what you shipped and collect your swag.

Projects to work on

A curated shortlist for Hacktoberfest 2026 — 3 projects to sink your first PR into.

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angel-claw

A lean, compatible, Python-based OpenClaw, downloaded 14k times from PyPI. Agents, tools, docs and bug fixes all welcome in a fast-moving codebase.

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meteomoris

The Mauritian weather library, downloaded 78k+ times: conditions, forecasts and warnings for the island. Room for new endpoints, tests and docs.

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finance-mauritius

Helper functions for Mauritian banks and institutions - turn MCB statements into polars DataFrames, export to Excel, and work with MRA data.

intermediate mauritius finance polars
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Ready to contribute?

Registration takes a minute. Do it now, then meet us on Saturday, 31 October 2026.