"united globally we hack a better world"

Geeklist #hack4good unites the world's leading minds to build solutions to humanity's greatest problems.

Uniting across every country of the world, we are comprised of software engineers, hackers, ui/ux designers, product developers, founders, thought leaders and civic-minded organisations.

We give products built at our hackathons perpetual life to create real impact in the world.

Join the next hackathon:

#hack4good 0.6: hack against catastrophic climate change

12-14 Sep 2014 - Global

Biggest hack against climate change ever mobilised - 3,000 developers in 40+ cities

Meet our panel of global judges for hack4good 0.6

Global winners for #hack4good 0.5 announced!

1st. Whitecane
Whitecane is a mobile app to help blind or partially sighted people recognise the faces of their loved ones as well as their emotions.
built in New Delhi by Manish Singh Bisht, Sonu Raj, Hitesh Dua and Siddharth SudhakarView the achievement card on Geeklist
2nd. V.I.S.I.O.N.
V.I.S.I.O.N replaces the walking stick of a blind person with a sonar system enabling detection and avoidance of obstacles
built in Bangalore by Anirvan Maiti, Shrey Rupani and Ritvik GautamView the achievement card on Geeklist
Joint 3rd. Air Triage
Air Triage makes it easy to create and use georeferenced aerial photography from drones in disaster situations
built in London by Rob Finean, Olivia Comberti, Andrew Curtis, Florian Rathgeber and Jon Somerscales
in collaboration with Ivan Gayton of MSFView the achievement card on Geeklist
Joint 3rd. Offline Connect and Communicate
Provides voice communication during a disaster via ad-hoc wi-fi network, even when mobile networks are down
built in Hyderabad by Praneeth Kalluri, Raghava Yamsani and Vishal VarunView the achievement card on Geeklist

Check out more projects

Previous Geeklist #hack4good judges

Andy GrignonFounder of Quake Labs, starter of webOS and iPhone
Fumi YamazakiDeveloper Advocate and Developer Relations at Google
Kathryn R. StriffolinoAdvocate & Science for Human Rights, Amnesty International
Renaud VisageCo-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Eventbrite
Yuri RabinovichChief Executive Officer at StartupMonthly
Nima BadieyBusiness Development, Cloud Foundry at Pivotal
Joseph HsiehChief Operating Officer
at VisionNexus
Thomas StockingChief Operating Officer at Gandi SAS in USA
Max ClarkManaging Director at Phyber Communications
Kat BorlonganCo-founder at Five by Five
Volkan ÖzçelikJack of all Trades, Samurai of JavaScript.
Jacob SheaChief Digital Officer at Digital Boss

Why participate at the #hack4good

It’s amazing to think that after six years of operation, all the IT capabilities we long lacked to help us get to the next level, in terms of building an online presence, was solved in one night!

Charlotte Joyce

UK Country Director, Nukanti Foundation

Geeklist #hack4good is an extraordinary engine of creativity and innovation. With initiatives like this we are uniting the world's humanitarian field work and technology.

Ivan Gayton

Director, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF)

Geeklist has a fantastic community of developers who truly care about their craft. These are the type of people my team and I want to work with day in and day out. They share our values.

Kevin Stewart

Senior Engineering Manager, Adobe

Geeks, nerds, hackers... Call them whatever you'd like. The best are on Geeklist and I can't wait to see them build the future of music with Deezer APIs.

Julie Knibbe

Partnerships manager, Deezer