Each year, thousands of high schoolers across the United States participate in the Congressional App Challenge, and this year, Hack Club is here to help.
Every day, Hack Clubbers worldwide work together to build projects and win prizes in awesome hackathons and events. Join the Hack Club Slack to chat with and get support on your Congressional App Challenge submission from tens of thousands of other high school programmers.
Need a little more persuasion?
Outernet (2023)
Here are a few projects you could get involved in:
Get free stuff
Dozens of teen-led hardware and software initiatives ('You Ship, We Ship') are run each year, from Tamagotchi clones and portable game consoles to 3D websites. The best part? It's all free, and completely open source.
Ever wanted to learn how to design your own PCB? How about building a website in exchange for a boba or frappuccino? Or, have you been thinking about publishing your Congressional App Challenge submission on the App Store, but are worried about paying the publishing fee? We've got you covered.
Go on — build that project you've always wanted to.
Sprig, an open-source game console
Join a community of teen hackers
Assemble (2022)
Hackers with Linus Tech Tips (2024)
Hack Clubbers come from all over the world. In 2024, we hosted Counterspell, a game jam that ran simultaneously in 40+ locations worldwide. This year, we'll be running Scrapyard worldwide, with a flagship hackathon hosted on March 1st-2nd - just one of many events this year built and organized by a team of teenagers at Hack Club.
No matter who you are, where you're from, or how experienced (or not!) you are at programming - you're welcome here.
Meet past winners
Hack Club - Challenge Winners v2 FINAL THIS ONE
Alex (16, TX)Alex likes writing code, designing PCBs, and maintaining servers and networks.
Andrea (16, CA)Andrea is a passionate high school researcher and student developer of tools for biological research.
Hack Club - Challenge Winners (draft)
Sahiti (18, GA)Sahiti is a developer in love with computer science and entrepreneurship. She aims to make an impact by spreading opportunities.
Submissions for the 2025 Congressional App Challenge open