Macondo

Make personal projects. Win free prizes.

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What is

Macondo?

Macondo is a program where you design and ship personal projects, hardware or software or both. We fund your hardware parts up to $1,000 USD, give you prizes for learning how to code, and end the program with a 3 day hackathon in Bogotá, Colombia.

Qualify by shipping projects to earn fruits (our points). Trade fruits for shop prizes, more hardware funding, or a free plane ticket to the hackathon.

100 teens in San Francisco, at Undercity

How Macondo works

Pick the path that fits your project. Both end at the same prizes.

1. Get an idea for a project

Hardware or software, anything you want to make.

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2. Start working on it

Plan, sketch, or start building your idea.

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Hardware

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3a. Journal your progress

Post photos, notes, and timelapses as you design.

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3b. Ship it and receive a grant

Submit your design for review and we'll fund the parts, up to $1,000 USD.

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3c. Earn fruits for hours of building

Cash in your build hours for fruits, then build more to earn more.

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Software

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3a. Log your hours as you code

Use Hackatime to track time you code.

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3b. Ship your project

Submit it for review once you're finished with your project.

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3c. Earn fruits for every hour you code

Cash in your logged hours for fruits, then update it to earn more.

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4. Unlock cool stuff

3D printers, laptops, tools, kits, stickers, and more, or save up for a free ticket to Bogotá.

20 hours of building

Earn your Macondo Certificate

After 20 hours of building personal projects, you can earn an official Macondo Certificate of Completion, recognized by industry leaders.

Recognized by

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The shop

Earn hours, turn them into real-world prizes.

Event Invite ~20 hours

Travel Stipend ~1 hours

MACBOOK NEO ~106 hours

FLIPPER ZERO ~40 hours

BLÅHAJ ~4 hours

Ti-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator ~24 hours

RASPBERRY PI 5 ~22 hours

AI CREDITS ~2 hours

SMALL PRECISION SCREWDRIVER SET (24 PACK) ~2 hours

COMPACT JUICE MAKER ~20 hours

IPAD 11 IN ~70 hours

STEAM LICENSE ~20 hours

Anker MagGo Battery Bank ~18 hours

SanDisk USB DRIVE (512GB) ~10 hours

Wacom Intuos S CTL-4100 ~11 hours

Sony WH-CH720N ~24 hours

FRUIT KEYCHAIN :3 ~48 minutes

JUAN VALDEZ COFFEE ~2 hours

(SPICY!) MEXICAN SWEETS ~10 hours

AREQUIPE ~1 hours

ALFAJORES ~4 hours

COCADAS Y BOCADILLO ~4 hours

MAZAPAN ~4 hours

SMALL COFFEE TREATS ~1 hours

MOLCAJETE ~13 hours

QUIPITOS :P ~1 hours

Logitech MX Master 3S ~20 hours

KEYCHRON K3 QMK WIRELESS MECHANICAL KEYBOARD ~20 hours

Fursuit ~150 hours

Minecraft ~7 hours

Grant for filament ~5 hours

Pinecil ~10 hours

Bambu A1 Mini ~44 hours

SO-101 ROBOTIC ARM ~50 hours

APPLE PENCIL (USB-C) ~14 hours

TOMODACHI LIFE: LIVING THE DREAM ~12 hours

Shipping & Taxes ~12 minutes

Creeper Plushie ~5 hours

$100 Laptop Grant ~20 hours

$50 RAM/Storage Grant ~10 hours

Signed photo of @NotARoomba ~1 hours

Nintendo Switch Lite ~46 hours

Mac Mini ~122 hours

AirPods Pro 3 ~60 hours

Meta Quest 3 ~140 hours

Colombian Football Team Jersey ~24 hours

Domain Grant ~2 hours

Framework 12 ~170 hours

Bambu Lab AMS Lite ~56 hours

Bambu Lab P1S ~90 hours

Macbook Air ~220 hours

Apple Developer Program Grant ~20 hours

Hot Plate ~8 hours

Nintendo Switch 2 ~102 hours

Samsung T7 External SSD 1TB ~62 hours

SanDisk 16GB microSD Card ~6 hours

YubiKey 5C NFC ~14 hours

Steam Gift Card ~4 hours

10 USD Hardware Grant ~2 hours

Chrome Web Store Developer Grant ~1 hours

Nothing Phone 4a Pro ~130 hours

PineTime ~8 hours

Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro ~62 hours

Desktop CNC Machine ~160 hours

Spotify Premium Grant ~3 hours

Soldering Iron ~5 hours

Digital Caliper ~3 hours

Hosting Credits Grant ~2 hours

Bambu Lab X2D ~200 hours

Roomba ~40 hours

Sony WH-1000XM5 ~78 hours

AOC Q27G3XMN 27" ~60 hours

Streak Freeze ~2 hours

Steam Controller ~24 hours

Dedicated IPv4 on Nest ~4 hours

Nest Game Hosting ~2 hours

Subnautica ~7 hours

Factorio ~8 hours

Kerbal Space Program ~9 hours

Creality Ender-3 V3 SE ~40 hours

ELEGOO Centauri Carbon ~64 hours

Anycubic Kobra 3 ~60 hours

Subnautica 2 ~7 hours

Play Console Developer License ~5 hours

$50 CPU Grant ~10 hours

Apple Pencil Pro ~24 hours

Meta Glasses Gen 2 (Wayfarer) ~96 hours

Browse the full shop

Projects

Real projects built by teenagers just like you

DoomPDF

A source port of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF document

By Allen, an 18-year-old from the US

LibrePods

Airpods liberated from Apple's ecosystem

By Kavish, a 17-year-old from India

Vert

A file converter that uses WebAssembly to convert files on your device

By Maya, a 17-year-old from Qatar

The Biblically Accurate Macropad

A macropad in the form of a biblically accurate angel

By Alex, a 16-year-old from the US

Specter

A game about a knight escaping a cave, haunted by his own ghost

By Ayessa, an 18-year-old from the Philippines

Blind Defusal

A two-player cooperative bomb defusal game

By Joshua, a 17-year-old from Australia

Cyberboard V2

A cyberpunk-themed STM32 dev board with Bluetooth 5.1

By Nathan, an 18-year-old from Colombia

KillerSplit

An ergonomic, wireless, split low-profile keyboard

By Shaunak, a 13-year-old from India

CyberPad

A sleek, cyberpunk inspired macropad

By Kai, a 17-year-old from Canada

GlowPad

A glowing macropad

By Raygen, a 17-year-old from the US

Meko

A high definition music player

By Marcell, a 17-year-old from Romania

Bitlace

A retro accessory with an 8x8 monochrome screen

By Vladislav, a 17-year-old from Russia

3DP Motherboard

A powerful, yet affordable 3D printer motherboard

By Kai, a 17-year-old from Canada

TwoSwap

An epic wearable TV head

By Nick, an 18-year-old from the US

PiCat

An RP2040-based devboard with 16mb of flash memory

By Silas, a 17-year-old from the US

FAQ

Absolutely! We have beginner friendly guided projects and weekly calls where you can ask for help!

Yes! After creating a new project, you can invite your teammates!

You must be a teenager (ages 13-18), and under 19 before August 2026.

We will have an online shop where you can purchase prizes such as 3D printers, tools, and more!

Yes! Each of your projects will be funded, and the event itself is 100% free. We also have need-based flight stipends available.

Hack Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499) that helps high school students learn to code and build projects. We're the largest teen-led coding community, with over 50,000 students building projects with their friends each year.

Bogotá is the capital of Colombia and a hub for tech businesses across South America. It's vibrant, creative, and full of incredible energy, which makes it the perfect place to bring teenagers together from around the world to hack, explore, and build.

Ask us in #macondo on the Hack Club Slack, or email us at [email protected]!