Updated Friday October 20, 2026:
We are having an IN PERSON hackathon in San Francisco on Sunday November 8th!
Feel free to have one in your town, and you can use all of our materials and projects!
Write us at aaronswartzday @ gmail.com if you have an idea or project of your own that you’d like people to hack on. ^_^
RSVP for the San Francisco event here.
We are excited to announce that there will be a hackathon at the Internet Archive on November 8, 2026 in celebration of Aaron’s memory and the projects he worked on that continue to improve our lives.
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
Event start and end times: 10am-5pm PST
Lunch: 1pm-3pm (best time to come by if you just wish to hang out, eat pizza and be social)
Location: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118 (click for directions)
Projects so far include:
SecureDrop (Freedom of the Press Foundation):
SecureDrop: https://securedrop.org/
Github: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop
Internet Archive:
Open Library:
A general description of the Open Library is here.
Here’s an explanation of the Open Library projects you can work on at the hackathon (or anytime really :)
Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/
Github: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary
More Internet Archive projects coming soon!
Onion Press:
Onion Press: https://onionpress.org/onionhome/
Github (1): https://github.com/brewsterkahle/onionpress
Github (2): https://github.com/Arikia/onionpress-1
Creative Commons:
Quantifying the Commons:
The Quantifying the Commons project measure the size and diversity of the commons–the collection of works that are openly licensed or in the public domain
A good entry point is: Ways to Contribute
Github: https://github.com/creativecommons/quantifying
Other events around the world
Portland:
Portland Civic Lab is organizing a free screening of The Internet’s Own Boy, the documentary about Aaron’s life, work, and fight for an open internet. We’ll come together to remember him, reflect on his ideas, and consider how to carry that spirit forward here in Portland.
The format will be simple: a short welcome, the film, and a brief closing. You don’t need a technical background or any familiarity with Aaron’s story to join us.
You can contact Edan Krolewicz at edan @ portlandciviclab.org to participate and/or get more information about this event.
Portland Civic Lab has projects here to check out: https://www.portlandciviclab.org/#work-with-us