Someone built their project at 2am with excitement. Then the hackathon ended, school started again, and the repo went quiet. But the code and the idea of the author are still there. Inherit gives abandoned Hack Club projects a second life and rewards the teen who brings them back.
By contributing to those projects you not only get the satisfaction of reviving a Project but also some cool rewards from Hack Club.
Your personal Hackable Conference Badge. This will definitely make you the coolest hacker around!
10+ hours of tracked time · 1+ meaningful contribution
Some cool cards for your next Poker Night.
5+ hours of tracked time · 1+ meaningful contribution
An exciting book about the history and modern culture of open source, written by Nadia Asparouhova.
5+ hours of tracked time
Some cool stickers to decorate your laptop and show off your open source contributions to the world.
2+ hours of tracked time
Spend your prize on something good. We will donate the equivalent amount of your prize to a charity of your choice to a charity of your choice found on Every.org.
Scales with your contribution, starting at 5+ hours of tracked time · 1+ meaningful contribution
Search through our archive of abandoned projects. Find one that sparks your interest and get to know it.
Found something? Claim it. Set your prize goal upfront — the bigger the contribution, the better the reward.
Fork it. Understand it. Make it better. Track your time with Hackatime and build something the original author would be proud of.
Open a pull request. Peers who've worked on similar projects review your code — real feedback, real open source workflow.
PR merged. Project lives again. Hack Club ships the prize you set as your goal on day one. You earned it.
(Forked And Questioned)
Inherit is open to all Hack Club Members. Whether you're a seasoned coder or just starting out, if you have a passion for open source and a desire to learn, you're welcome to join.
Any contribution adding a real usable feature, rewriting large portions of the codebase, or reworking a core concept counts. Typo fixes, README edits, and minor style changes don't count — we're looking for work that moves the project forward.
If the original author does not merge your PR in a few days, we still value and evaluate your contribution the same, you will still receive your prize. The original author can still merge your changes later. We have a team of staff who will review your work independently.
If you're still learning a language, our recommendation engine will match you with more beginner-friendly projects. We encourage you to challenge yourself, but we'll make sure the project is a good fit.
Hackatime helps you track your Project time, it quietly runs in your IDE and tracks your coding time automatically. Install it once and forget about it.
You get your prize shipped as soon as you complete your goal, we will try to cover all taxes but there may still arise some taxes to specific countries, that we simply can not cover. Shipping is free worldwide.