Wolfram Technology for Hackathons
Absurdly Fast Development & Deployment

The latest Wolfram technology stack makes it possible for you to develop and deploy useful applications in minutes.
In the Wolfram Cloud or on local hardware, the Wolfram Language is the ultimate hackathon power tool. With its revolutionary approach of building as much as possible into the language—and automating programming and deployment—the Wolfram Language lets you take big ideas and turn them into reality in the space of a hackathon.
Recent Notable Wins

Power Up 2019
Joe Iaquinto
Wolfram Language + UiPath »

hths.hacks() 2020
Jessica Shi, Claire Morton, Aranyo Ray, Anwesha Das
TraCOV »

HackTheU 2020
Matthew Bautista, Joseph Orlando, Justin Bang, Lienne S
insights.MD »

Kent Hack Enough 2020
Srikar Kusumanchi, Om Joshi
GRASP »

PennApps XXI
Trivan Menezes, Janum Shah, Austin Li, Grant L
music.me »

FrontierHacks 2019
Sashrika Pandey, SBSX Shrestha
Compass »

Garuda Hacks 2020
Alexandra Chirita, Prahitha Movva, Anh Pham
My Fun ChemLab »

TechTogether Boston 2020
Jenny Wang, Dolma Gurung, Laxmi Gurung, Kripa Shakya
ambient—love the air around you »

HackPHS 2020
Daniel Li, Rohit Lakshman, David Chen, Nate Sawant
EduTools »

PygHack 2018
James Austgen, Kyle McNamara, Isaac Warren, Sean Coughlin
Greatest Gallon »

HackMIT 2018
Jau Tung Chan, Jean Wang, Louisa Huang, Libing Jian
r00t »

Hacktech 2017
Yifang Chen, Yuelun Yang, Chenyang Zhong and Ye Ling
Smart Fridge »

HackMIT 2016
Anand Dwivedi, Kristy Carpenter, Jason Zhang and Prasann Pandya
Breast Cancer Detection »

Mhacks 2016
Aditya Vishwanath, Azra Ismail, Ralph Blanes and Sarthak Srinivas
OrchestraAI »

TreeHacks 2016
Aashna Shroff and Farhan Kathawala
Hands-on Math »

HackIllinois 2016
Kevin Renner, Harrison Qu and Ziwei Ba
LookNote »

MHacks 2015
Olivia Walch and Matt Jacobs
Draw Anything » |Blog post »

HackNTU
Olivia Walch and Matt Jacobs
Twig »

Quickly generate ideas for your next project with the Wolfram Language Hackathon Project Generator, powered by the Wolfram Language and the Wolfram Cloud.

Behind the scenes with the winners of MHacks 6 & HackNTU »
“[The Wolfram Language] was so easy to pick up and learn quickly. By the end of the 36 hours of the hackathon, we were just writing code and created this amazing product that won.”
—Matt Jacobs
Top Wolfram Hackathon Platforms

Wolfram|One
Wolfram|One is the world's first fully cloud-desktop hybrid, integrated computation platform—the ideal entry point to using the full capabilities of the Wolfram technology stack.

Wolfram Mathematica
Wolfram's original flagship technical computation product, continuously expanded for three decades, and now available both on desktop and in the cloud. Try it now »

Wolfram Language on Raspberry Pi
Use the Wolfram Language to compute and interact with hardware on the Raspberry Pi.
Included free in standard Raspberry Pi system software »

Wolfram|Alpha API
Put Wolfram|Alpha capabilities into your project.
Contact your hackathon organizers or apply to Wolfram Research to get Wolfram|Alpha API credits »
Wolfram Language
Popular areas for hackathons
- Visualization
- Text Manipulation
- Time Series
- 3D Geometry
- Image Processing
- Audio Generation
- Geographic Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Natural Language Input
- Machine Learning
- Social Network Analysis
- Financial Data & Computation
- Cities, Chemicals, Movies & 1,000s of Types of Data
- Instant API Creation
- External API Connectivity
- Device Connectivity
- Mobile App Deployment
- Automated Webpage Creation
- Interactive Webpages
- Automated Email
- Automatic Java & .NET Connectivity
- Instant User Interface Construction
- Report Generation
- Computable Documents
- External Program Scripting
- Neural Networks
- Wolfram Data Repository
- Data Science
Note: If you know Mathematica programming, you already know the core of the Wolfram Language.
Sample Projects
Resources

An Elementary Introduction to
the Wolfram Language
Stephen Wolfram's online book is an introduction to the Wolfram Language and modern computational thinking—no prior knowledge of programming is required.

Fast Introduction for Programmers
A 15-minute introduction to the Wolfram Language.

Wolfram|One
Wolfram|One is the world's first fully cloud-desktop hybrid, integrated computation platform—the ideal entry point to using the full capabilities of the Wolfram technology stack.

Create, Code, Deploy Workshop
This workshop showcases the fast development and deployment possible with the Wolfram Language and cloud services.

Wolfram Tweet-a-Program
See amazing things that even tweet-length Wolfram Language programs can do.

Stephen Wolfram's Formative Moment
Watch this episode of Formative, produced by Reddit, to hear from Stephen Wolfram on his views and contributions to computing tools and scientific education.

Wolfram Language Home Page
All about the Wolfram Language, including Q&A and a code gallery of projects.

Stephen Wolfram's Introduction
Video introduction to the Wolfram Language by its creator.

Wolfram Language Documentation
Full documentation for the Wolfram Language, with 100,000+ immediately usable examples.

Wolfram Demonstrations Project
More than 10,000 open-code interactive Demonstrations implemented in the Wolfram Language.

Wolfram Community
Ask questions and get ideas from the diverse Wolfram Community.

Wolfram Device Framework
Integrated Wolfram Language framework for connecting to devices.

Wolfram Language Microcontroller Kit
Integrated Wolfram Language framework for connecting to devices.

Geek Out Conference Videos
See how to build an app in 60 seconds, connect to Arduino and much more.

Wolfram Events & Conferences
Virtual and in-person events, from office hours to Technology Conference to Summer Camp.
What to Do
Before the Hackathon
Get familiar with the Wolfram Language and its deployment and possibilities.
Contact Wolfram for any additional resources needed.
At the Hackathon
We typically provide Wolfram|Alpha API keys and access to Wolfram|One; please contact your hackathon organizer for additional information.
After the Hackathon
Tell Wolfram Community what you did! If it's cool, we'll send you a T-shirt and some other great Wolfram goodies.