Hacktoberfest 2025: Contribute to Hiero!
📣 Hacktoberfest 2025: Contribute to Hiero!
It’s that time of year again and Hacktoberfest 2025 is here! 🎉
Every October, thousands of open source contributors from around the world come together to improve projects, learn new skills, and give back to the community. This year, the Hiero project is excited to take part and welcome contributors of all levels.
How to Join Hacktoberfest
-
Head over to hacktoberfest.com and click Start Hacking.
-
Register using your GitHub account.
-
Once registered, you’re ready to start contributing to hiero-ledger!
Get Started with Hiero
We’ve prepared a set of issues that are perfect for newcomers to our project. You can find them in any repo in our Hiero GitHub organization under the label good first issue.
These issues are designed to be approachable and are a great way to learn how Hiero works while making a meaningful contribution.
Guidelines for Good First Issues
To keep the experience smooth for both contributors and maintainers, we’ve documented clear guidelines for creating and reviewing good first issues. We encourage you to check them out and we welcome you to create more issues that new contributors can pick up.
Why Contribute?
✅ Be part of a growing open source project used in real-world applications.
✅ Gain experience collaborating in a global open source community.
✅ Have fun and connect with other developers while supporting the Hiero ecosystem.
💡 Whether you’re new to open source or an experienced contributor, Hacktoberfest is a great opportunity to get involved.
👉 Register today at hacktoberfest.com and start exploring the Hiero GitHub issues.
We can’t wait to see your contributions this Hacktoberfest!
Recent Hiero Posts
-
HCS Specifications Join Hiero: A Durable, Neutral Home for Production-Grade Standards
February 11, 2026
Hashgraph Online has contributed over 20 Hiero Consensus Specifications (HCS) into the Hiero project under Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust. These open, versioned specifications define interoperable message formats for file management, registries, AI agent coordination, identity metadata, and auditable engagement systems — already powering more than 33 million consensus transactions intrue
-
Understanding Fairness in Distributed Ledger Technology
4 min read• February 10, 2026
An explanation of fairness in distributed ledger technology, why it matters for certain use cases, and how Hiero enables fairness through its underlying consensus design.
-
Hiero Links For The Week of February 2nd
February 5, 2026
An overview of the updates that happened in Hiero during the week of February 2nd.
-
Hiero Links Of January
February 3, 2026
An overview of the updates that happened in Hiero during the month of January.