Our mission is to let you code anything you want while enjoying food, bubble tea, and awesome prizes worth hundreds in total! And the best part - it's totally free!
Bobabyte 2025 will be on November 8th, 2025 at the Reuben Hoar Library in Littleton . It will be from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
On October 26, 2024, 14 students met at the Boston Public Library - Adams Street Branch, Dorchester to enjoy a day of coding, learning, boba, and fun!
Our 2024 event featured Yucoo Bubble Tea in Brighton + guest speaker Hosea Siu, an AI research engineer at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory!
View Yucoo Bubble Tea's Instagram post about our event!
Have more questions? Feel free to email us at team@bobabyte.org.
BobaByte is an social coding event for students in grades 7-12. Everyone from newbies to experienced coders are invited! Projects will be judged on many categories, so everyone has a chance to win awesome prizes. Free food, merch, and boba will be served!
We'd especially love to see students who've never attended a social coding event (i.e. hackathon) before. We'll be offering numerous coding workshops and mentoring students as they code. There's even an award specifically dedicated to newbies!
The BobaByte 2025 team attended the original Bobabyte 2024, and are hoping to share how that experience helped foster our love for computer science!
Food, merch, and boba served during the day are all fully covered by our amazing sponsors. You can even get reimbursement for travel to BobaByte!
Judging categories are broad and range from Fan Favorite all the way to Judges' Choice. There's a category for everyone! Top winners will receive all sorts of prizes, and everyone who shows up gets a free .xyz domain!
BobaByte is run by students of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, MA. We believe that with today's world becoming increasingly digital, it is crucial for youth to become well-versed in programming for success in the modern workforce. As attendees of Bobabyte 2024, we have firsthand experience of the effectiveness of the hackathon in supporting our interest!
Anyone in grades 7-12!
Free! Our generous sponsors will fund all merchandise, food, boba, and prizes. Hack Club's Gas Fund may even cover travel costs.
Teams of up to 4 people are accepted! You can make new friends when you arrive, bring your own, or work alone!
Code any project you can make within the eight hours of BobaByte! A video game, a webapp, a Scratch project - the possibilities are endless.
Prizes include gift cards, gaming keyboards, boba plushes, board games, and more! All participants will also take home a free .xyz domain!
We will be giving out awards to every member of teams that win in three categories: Fan Favorite, Judges' Choice, Most Technical, and Most Creative. For the Fan Favorite category, you'll vote on which project wins the award! Judges' Choice and Most Creative will be selected by the judges.
A traditional hackathon is an event where teams "hack" (code projects) for a period of time, often 24 hours. These projects are then judged, and the winners receive prizes. BobaByte is like a mini-hackathon, but we especially emphasize the learning aspect. We will be hosting workshops throughout the day to help young people of all skill levels.
This social coding event is about teaching people how awesome coding is. Our high school programming leads, experienced in Java, Python, and Scratch, can help guide you in the right direction!
Tentative Schedule (may change based on unforeseen circumstances)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Check-In
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM: Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM: Coding Starts!
11:00 AM: Bubble Tea (Boba) Serving Begins
12:00 PM: Catered Lunch
3:00 PM: Coding Ends, Presentations Begin
3:45 PM: Awards Ceremony and Wrap-Up
4:00 PM: Event Ends
We deeply appreciate our sponsors and donors! Sponsors may contribute in cash or in kind for awards. Sponsors get their logos on our website and merchandise plus shoutouts during the event! The size of the logo on merchandise is proportional to the donation amount. T-shirts will be printed in early October.
Donate to BobaByte!We've made the decision to make all our finances transparent. All financial transactions can be seen through our Hack Club Bank page. Rest assured that funds are being put to good use.
Thank you to all donors and sponsors!
Big shoutout to Jukebox for our custom stickers!
We are fiscally supported by The Hack Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit of student coding clubs and robotics teams. EIN: 81-2908499. Your donation is tax-deductible.
Please reach out if you have any questions!
Email: team@bobabyte.org
Website Art by Mei Teng Shao
Website Designed by Eddy Zhao (with some help from Owen Wang!)
