The Wikimedia Hackathon is organized by the Wikimedia Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) and is taking place in-person in Milan, Italy, from May 1 - 3, 2026.

General registration will be open from mid-January until March 30, 2026 or until we reach event capacity. Each person that attends the Hackathon is required to register.

We are requiring a $2 USD fee to register this year to address the volume of spam registrations we received in previous years. If you have any issues with the payment, please contact the organizing team at hackathon@wikimedia.org.

The Hackathon is primarily an onsite, in-person event. Those people who cannot attend the Hackathon in-person will be able to follow some of the program content online, but should not register with this form. Information on online participation will be available on the Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 event page.

The Hackathon event is free for all to attend. Catering will be provided during the event and covid-related equipment (e.g. self test kits, masks) will be available upon request. Participants are expected to book their own travel arrangements and accommodation.

Note on “no-shows”: We request that anyone who registers for the hackathon and is unable to attend cancels their registration at least 7 days prior to the start of the event. Anyone who registers for the event and does not attend without notifying the organizing team will be ineligible to receive a hackathon scholarship in future years.

If you encounter any issues while registering using this form, or have questions about the registration process, feel free to contact the coordination team at hackathon@wikimedia.org.

Data Protection disclaimer
The information that you provide - while filling out this form - will not be shared publicly and will only be accessed by the Hackathon coordination team (WMF staff), and, if you apply for a scholarship, by the scholarship committee. If you were awarded a scholarship, your information will also be shared with Wikimedia’s contracted travel agency and the conference hotel for the purposes of booking your travel, as well as our duty of care provider for medical insurance coverage.

The registration form runs on Pretix (a free, open-sourced third-party platform that helps organize and manage events) which may subject your data to additional terms. For more information on WMF’s privacy and data-handling for the Hackathon, please read the privacy statement.

To continue registration on this form, please select “General registration” click on “add to cart” and then “continue” in order to fill in the required fields (ignore the invoice information section).