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Social Impact Hackathon Winners

933 winning projects · 185 hackathons

Best Art & Gaming

Chord-less

Chord-less is an interactive guitar practice demo: your phone captures strums, your webcam estimates chord hand signs, and the dashboard provides live audio and

HooHacks 2026 · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
JavaScriptOpenCVPythonSwift
Source pending review
CH
Best Use of Google Gemini

CHRONOS-LEX

A "Terms of Service" (ToS) shredder. Most people sign away their digital souls because legal jargon is intentionally dense.

JagHacks 2026 · 2026

CybersecuritySocial Impact
Python
Source pending review
Best Use of Hermes -- Nous Research

CiteSite

agentic peer review citation verification for research papers

YHack Spring 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIPython
Source pending review
CI
Linkup Challenge - Best use of the Linkup search API

CityPulse

NYC has a 1.4% vacancy rate. CityPulse maps all 59 NYC districts — simulate any housing policy, paste a headline, and watch the neighborhood impact update insta

Claude Hackathon 2026 Columbia X NYU · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
Tailwind CSSTypeScriptVercel
Source pending review
Best AI/ML Hack

Clair

Patients shouldn't have to be the memory of their hospital. We turn spoken updates into a shared record every clinician can inherit.

HackDavis 2026 · 2026

Social Impact
FlaskPostgreSQLPythonReact+2
Source pending review
MLH || Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry || Digital Gift Card

Clara

This is a new way to learn public speaking. Record your talks, get a diagnostic breakdown of your speaking patterns, and catch mistakes that no human could with

HooHacks 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIOpenAIPythonReact+1
Source pending review
Best Digital Forensics Related Hack - Cipher Tech Solutions

Clarify

Revolutionizing Digital Forensics through Novel Data Modeling

Bitcamp 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIReactTypeScript
Source pending review
Linkup Challenge - Best use of the Linkup search API

Clauduck

As a student, keeping up is hard. ClauDuck uses Claude and Linkup to prime you before class, talk to slides, and update you on events around campus.

Claude Hackathon 2026 Columbia X NYU · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
ClaudePythonReact
Source pending review
CL
Best Project in Entertainment

ClawTV

A reality show where your AI agent enforces dystopian law on humans — and you can only watch. Every decision is its own. Every hidden thought is exposed.

ACM Trojan Hacks 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceHealthcare
ReactTypeScript
Source pending review
Top 10 Best Performers

Climate DNA Forest

Personalized Ecosystem Restoration Through Plant Intelligence

1st Nature's Blueprint Ideathon 2026 !! · 2026

EducationClimate
Source pending review
MOST CREATIVE IDEA

ClinicScribe

ClinicScribe turns clinic conversations into SOAP notes, summaries, translations, and dashboards so clinicians spend less time typing and more time caring.

Girls in STEM: AI for Social Good Hackathon · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
CloudflareJavaScriptOpenAIReact+3
Source pending review
MOST CREATIVE IDEA

ClinicScribe

ClinicScribe turns clinic conversations into SOAP notes, summaries, translations, and dashboards so clinicians spend less time typing and more time caring.

ML Empowerment Build Challenge · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
CloudflareJavaScriptOpenAIReact+3
Source pending review
[MLH] Best Use of Gemini API

Comida de mama

Meet the first AI that doesn't just read recipes, it watches you cook. Our app uses Gemini's live feed to provide real-time, multilingual coaching for Hispanic

SolHacks 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
ClaudeGemini
Source pending review
Best use of Hex API

Commons

for the love we have in common

YHack Spring 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ReactSolanaSQLiteTypeScript
Source pending review
- Best Data Science Hack

compl.ai

90% of biotech startups never reach patients — not because the science fails, but because nobody maps the path. Compl.ai does. Regulatory clarity, IP risks, tes

SacHacks VII · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
AnthropicFastAPIPython
Source pending review
WiC: Best Game Hack

Connectunes

New York Times Games style minigames but based on your personal Spotify statistics!

WiCHacks '26 · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
FigmaJavaScript
Source pending review
Best UI/UX Design

Council AI

Council AI is an AI-powered decision chamber where your dilemma gets put before a council of distinct voices that challenge, defend, and pressure-test your thin

HackSMU VII · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ElevenLabsGeminiJavaScriptTypeScript
Source pending review
[MLH] Best Use of .Tech

Crisis-Net

Crisis-Net is a real-time disaster response dashboard that utilizes AI agents to detect threats, record severity, map impact, locate shelter, and send targeted

HackUSF 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
GeminiPythonReactSupabase+2
Source pending review
Best User Research

Crisper

Enabling students to access the food they prefer, not just what's affordable.

HackDavis 2026 · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
JavaScriptReact
Source pending review
CR
Best Sustainability Hack - Bitcamp

Cropora - Field Intelligence Platform

Know your fields before the season starts.

Bitcamp 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
PythonStreamlit
Source pending review
Best Financial Hack - Capital One

cryptX

is a reverse-engineered hardware ledger for the Solana blockchain, with custom PIN + seed phrase authentication, real-time balance monitoring, and live fraud de

Bitcamp 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ArduinoGeminiMongoDBReact+3
Source pending review
[MLH] Best Use of Solana

DataCrawl

DataCrawl turns plain-English data requests into fresh datasets. AI agents plan, scrape, generate, normalize, and validate the data you need, then deliver clean

HackDuke: Code For Good 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
FastAPIFirebaseGeminiPython+4
Source pending review
Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

DavisVerse

Turn campus life into a living 3D multiplayer adventure. Discover live events, chat with classmates, and explore together in real-time.

HackDavis 2026 · 2026

Social Impact
Source pending review
Best Wild West (Opt-in)

Dead... Not Alive!

A little game about a town on the borders of the Wild West. Many wanted individuals are hiding out in the town, attracting a stampede of competing bounty hunter

HooHacks 2026 · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
Unity
Source pending review