88 MPH
1.21 GW
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METADATA
DISCOVERY
LINEAGE
GOVERN
OUTATIME

UPCOMING

Online Hackathon
BacktotheMetadata

Great Scott! Travel through time and build the future of data discovery, observability, and governance with OpenMetadata.

$7,000in prizes
Dates
Apr 17 - Apr 26, 2026
Starts In
0d0h0m0s
Top Prizes
MacBooks, iPads, Keychron keyboards
The Mission

Fixing the Timeline of Data

OpenMetadata is an open-source unified platform for data discovery, data observability, and data governance, powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth column-level lineage, and seamless team collaboration. Whether you're building MCP servers, observability tools, custom connectors, governance automations, or AI-powered metadata agents, this hackathon is your proving ground. Fire up the flux capacitor and build something that changes the timeline of data management forever.

6 Temporal Paradoxes Detected

Choose Your Timeline

Six alternative realities have fractured the data timeline. Each is an unsolved paradox waiting for a time traveler to fix it. Pick your reality, build your solution, and restore order to the metadata universe.

Paradox #T-01

MCP Ecosystem & AI Agents

Build MCP servers, AI agents, or intelligent assistants that interact with OpenMetadata's APIs. Think auto-classification, smart data discovery, or natural language metadata queries.

Paradox #T-02

Data Observability

Create monitoring dashboards, data quality alert systems, anomaly detection tools, or pipeline health monitors that leverage OpenMetadata's observability features.

Paradox #T-03

Connectors & Ingestion

Build new connectors for data sources, improve ingestion frameworks, create ETL integrations, or extend metadata ingestion to new platforms and databases.

Paradox #T-04

Developer Tooling & CI/CD

Build CLI tools, GitHub Actions, CI/CD integrations, IDE plugins, or developer-facing utilities that make working with metadata effortless.

Paradox #T-05

Community & Comms Apps

Build Slack bots, notification systems, collaboration tools, or community dashboards that leverage OpenMetadata to keep teams informed and aligned.

Paradox #T-06

Governance & Classification

Build governance automation, auto-tagging, PII detection, compliance tools, or policy enforcement systems powered by OpenMetadata's classification capabilities.

Temporal Treasures

The best time travelers get rewarded.

🎁Every team member receives the full prize!

Prizes for All Team Members

Maximum team size of 4

1st Place

Apple MacBook Neo

The ultimate machine for developers

2nd Place

Apple iPad

Power meets portability

3rd Place

Keychron Mechanical Keyboards

Premium mechanical typing

Job interviews at CollateParticipation certificates for all
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Contribution Track: $100 per merged PR

Solve any OpenMetadata issue labeled good-first-issue and get your PR merged.

View good-first-issues

Side Quest

Star the OpenMetadata repository on GitHub and share your participation on social media.

10 Random Winners Get Swag Boxes

Career Opportunities

Top winners get job interview opportunities with Collate, the company behind OpenMetadata.

Interview at Collate
⚖️ Evaluation Protocol

Judging Criteria

01

Potential Impact

How effectively does the project address a meaningful problem or unlock a valuable use case in the metadata and data management space?

02

Creativity & Innovation

How unique is the idea? Does it push the boundaries of what's possible with metadata discovery, observability, or governance?

03

Technical Excellence

How well is the project implemented? Does it demonstrate strong engineering practices and clean, maintainable code?

04

Best Use of OpenMetadata

How deeply and effectively does the project integrate with OpenMetadata's APIs, connectors, lineage, governance, or observability features?

05

User Experience

Is the project intuitive to use? Does it provide a seamless, polished experience that users would actually want to adopt?

06

Presentation Quality

How clearly is the project presented? Does the demo, README, and submission effectively communicate the problem, solution, and impact?

Frequently Asked Questions