Railway

Hack. Ship. Win.

Earn up to $1000 · Online · Closed · August 6-11th

Build projects, templates, and content for Railway.

Create for the community, win cash prizes.

Vote For Your Favorite Submission

Timeline

Wed, Aug 6th @ 8am ET

Hackathon Starts

Start your project on this date. Submission form goes live.

Mon, Aug 11th @ 12pm ET

Submissions Close

Submit your project by this date. No edits allowed after.

Aug 11th - 14th

Community Voting

Vote with emojis on station.railway.com

Fri, Aug 15th

Winners Announced

Winners announced online. Cash prizes go out after.

Submission Categories

Software Track

A project and template that you built with your warm, alive, hands. (Or with a LLM.)

Content Track

Write a guide showcasing Railway and your project to help others learn how to use the platform.

Submission Criteria

Required
Must meet these requirements for prizes and credits
Create Railway project after start date
Your Railway project is public
Create template from your project
Create written content showcasing Railway project
Meet basic depth criteria
Enhancements
Additional steps to boost your own content discoverability.
Publish template to marketplace
Post on social media about project
Add referral code to Railway links to boost earnings
Did someone say prizes?
Everyone wins, but some win bigger! Two chances for a $1000 prize. We will also be handing out credits and accolades to top category submissions.
First place
$
1,000
USD
Second place
$
500
USD
Third place
$
200
USD
All participants get $25 in Railway Credits

Ideas and Suggestions

Need inspiration? Here are some ideas we'd love to see.

AI and MLOps
We're seeing a lot of interest in AI and LLMs. We're excited to see how you can wrap models into agents on our platform.
Headless CMSes
Marketing tech is booming. Everyone is a developer now. We want to see how devs can enable marketing teams to build more better faster.
Modern Frameworks
There's an explosion of new frameworks, and we're looking for new templates that showcase how they can be deployed on Railway.
The Next Big Thing
Many companies start on Railway. If you've been interested in building a new product, why not submit here?
Technical Content
As much as we like LLMs, there's nothing like an opinionated guide that helps users. If you're one to teach, we'd love it.
Community Requests
Ever wanted to get involved in Railway's community? Our users would love to guide you towards the biggest opportunities.

Build something amazing

Closed to new entries. Vote for your favorite submission. Winners announced August 15th.

Vote For Your Favorite Submission

Questions? Ask in our Discord #hackathon25 channel