HackMIT 2025

Stats from the public project gallery. Refreshed each sync.

Rankings

Judging placements from Plume.

Beginner · top 10 of 62

  1. #1MoodRing Markets
  2. #2Hyperfeed
  3. #3DeskPet
  4. #4Luminara
  5. #5DashOS
  6. #6Study Buddy
  7. #7LootMap
  8. #8Beat Rush
  9. #9Minuet
  10. #10SmartRehab: RL-Powered Assistive Technology

Only the top 10 per track are shown.

250 of 319 projects ranked so far.

At a glance

Projects

319

Hackers

956

Schools

185

Avg team size

3.0

With code link

94%

With demo video

50%

Hackers by school

956 hackers from 185 schools, as listed on their project pages.

  1. MIT24726%
  2. Stanford University333.5%
  3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor293.0%
  4. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)262.7%
  5. University of Waterloo262.7%
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology242.5%
  7. University of Massachusetts, Amherst202.1%
  8. University of Maryland, College Park192.0%
  9. Arizona State University181.9%
  10. Northeastern University181.9%
  11. Harvard University161.7%
  12. Princeton University161.7%
  13. Cornell University151.6%
  14. Carnegie Mellon University131.4%
  15. Columbia University131.4%
170 more schools
  1. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)131.4%
  2. University of Pennsylvania131.4%
  3. Duke University121.3%
  4. Wellesley College121.3%
  5. Boston University111.2%
  6. University of Texas at Austin111.2%
  7. Brown University101.0%
  8. University of Southern California101.0%
  9. University of Wisconsin-Madison101.0%
  10. Tufts University90.9%
  11. University of California, San Diego (UCSD)90.9%
  12. New Jersey Institute of Technology80.8%
  13. Rutgers University – New Brunswick70.7%
  14. University of Southern Mississippi70.7%
  15. University of Toronto70.7%
  16. Yale University70.7%
  17. New York University (NYU)60.6%
  18. Stony Brook University60.6%
  19. Texas A&M University60.6%
  20. University of British Columbia60.6%
  21. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign60.6%
  22. McGill University50.5%
  23. Ohio State University50.5%
  24. Pennsylvania State University50.5%
  25. Purdue University50.5%
  26. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya50.5%
  27. Caldwell University40.4%
  28. Dartmouth College40.4%
  29. Imperial College London40.4%
  30. McMaster University40.4%
  31. San Jose State University40.4%
  32. Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)40.4%
  33. Boston College30.3%
  34. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)30.3%
  35. Clemson University30.3%
  36. De Anza College30.3%
  37. Georgia State University30.3%
  38. Harvey Mudd College30.3%
  39. Michigan State University30.3%
  40. National University of Singapore (NUS)30.3%
  41. Northwestern University30.3%
  42. Simmons University30.3%
  43. University of Florida30.3%
  44. University of Texas at Arlington30.3%
  45. University of Virginia30.3%
  46. Washington University in St. Louis30.3%
  47. Worcester Polytechnic Institute30.3%
  48. Amherst College20.2%
  49. Babson College20.2%
  50. Bryn Mawr College20.2%
  51. California State University Long Beach20.2%
  52. Colby College20.2%
  53. CUNY Hunter College20.2%
  54. EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne20.2%
  55. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)20.2%
  56. Johns Hopkins University20.2%
  57. University of Arizona20.2%
  58. University of California, Irvine20.2%
  59. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill20.2%
  60. University of Pittsburgh20.2%
  61. University of South Florida20.2%
  62. University of Texas at Dallas20.2%
  63. University of Washington20.2%
  64. Vanderbilt University20.2%
  65. Wilfrid Laurier University20.2%
  66. York University20.2%
  67. Aalto University10.1%
  68. Arkansas State University10.1%
  69. Bard College10.1%
  70. Berea College10.1%
  71. Bilkent University10.1%
  72. Binghamton University10.1%
  73. Birla Institute of Technology And Science - Pilani10.1%
  74. Bowdoin College10.1%
  75. Bowling Green State University10.1%
  76. Brandeis University10.1%
  77. Bunker Hill Commnunity College10.1%
  78. Cascadia College10.1%
  79. Centennial College10.1%
  80. Claremont McKenna College10.1%
  81. Clark University10.1%
  82. Colorado College10.1%
  83. Colorado School of Mines10.1%
  84. Community College of Philadelphia10.1%
  85. Connecticut College10.1%
  86. CUNY Brooklyn College10.1%
  87. Diablo Valley Collage10.1%
  88. Drexel University10.1%
  89. Emory University10.1%
  90. ETH Zurich & MIT10.1%
  91. ETH Zürich, Princeton University10.1%
  92. Fordham University10.1%
  93. George Mason University10.1%
  94. Grambling State University10.1%
  95. Grinnell College10.1%
  96. Gwinnett Technical College10.1%
  97. Haverford College10.1%
  98. Huston Tillotson University10.1%
  99. IIT Bombay10.1%
  100. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)10.1%
  101. INSTUTITO POLITECNICO DE TOMAR10.1%
  102. Laguardia Community College10.1%
  103. Las Positas10.1%
  104. Leiden University10.1%
  105. Lewis & Clark College10.1%
  106. Loyola University New Orleans10.1%
  107. Marist University10.1%
  108. Mcneese State University10.1%
  109. MFF CUNI10.1%
  110. Mississippi State University10.1%
  111. Missouri University of Science and Technology10.1%
  112. Montclair State University10.1%
  113. Mount Holyoke College10.1%
  114. Newton School of Technology , Rishihood University10.1%
  115. North Carolina State University10.1%
  116. Oregon State University10.1%
  117. Pacific Lutheran University10.1%
  118. Parsons School of Design10.1%
  119. Penn Engineering (CS + AI) & Wharton (Finance)10.1%
  120. Politecnico di Milano10.1%
  121. Polytechnique Montréal10.1%
  122. Portland State University10.1%
  123. Queen's University, Ontario10.1%
  124. Rhodes College10.1%
  125. Rice University10.1%
  126. Rochester Institute of Technology10.1%
  127. Rollins College10.1%
  128. rowan university10.1%
  129. Santa Monica College10.1%
  130. Sheridan College10.1%
  131. Sofia University10.1%
  132. Sungkyunkwan University10.1%
  133. Swarthmore College10.1%
  134. Talladega College10.1%
  135. Technical University of Munich10.1%
  136. Temple University10.1%
  137. Texas Christian University10.1%
  138. Texas State University10.1%
  139. The George Washington University10.1%
  140. Truman State University10.1%
  141. Union College, Schenectady, NY10.1%
  142. Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)10.1%
  143. Universidad Tecnologica de Durango10.1%
  144. University at Buffalo10.1%
  145. University of California, Davis10.1%
  146. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)10.1%
  147. University of California, Santa Cruz10.1%
  148. University of Chicago10.1%
  149. University of Cincinnati10.1%
  150. University of Colorado Boulder10.1%
  151. University of Connecticut10.1%
  152. University of Hawaii at Manoa10.1%
  153. University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)10.1%
  154. University of Massachusetts Lowell10.1%
  155. University of Mississippi10.1%
  156. University of North Carolina at Charlotte10.1%
  157. University of North Texas10.1%
  158. University of Oklahoma10.1%
  159. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus10.1%
  160. University of San Francisco10.1%
  161. University of Southampton10.1%
  162. University of St Andrews10.1%
  163. University of St. Thomas10.1%
  164. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire10.1%
  165. Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)10.1%
  166. Wayne State University10.1%
  167. Weber State University10.1%
  168. Wesleyan University10.1%
  169. Whitman College10.1%
  170. Williams College10.1%
  1. Other / not listed10.1%

Team size

Average 3.0 hackers per project.

14%
17%
23%
45%
1
2
3
4
5
6+

Tracks

Projects per judging track.

  1. Education7624%
  2. Beginner6219%
  3. Entertainment5016%
  4. General4815%
  5. Healthcare3912%
  6. Sustainability3712%

Sponsor challenges

Which sponsor challenges projects entered, as a share of projects.

  1. Anthropic: Best Use Of Claude14445%
  2. Windsurf Challenge9831%
  3. Rox Challenge6721%
  4. YC Challenge: Challenge an Iconic YC Company with AI5818%
  5. Cerebras: Best Use of the Cerebras API5216%
  6. Wispr: Yap ur App5116%
  7. Suno: Best Musical Hack4715%
  8. Mentra Challenge3912%
  9. Infosys: Carbon-Conscious Intelligence – Building Smarter AI with a Smaller Footprint3611%
  10. Arrowstreet: Best Graph Visualization Hack3411%
  11. Fetch.ai: Bridge Intent and Action: Build AI Agents That Think, Plan, and Deliver3411%
  12. Interaction: Best MCP Automation319.7%
10 more challenges
  1. EigenCloud Challenge #1: Build a Domain-Specific AI Judge278.5%
  2. Warp Dev: Best Developer Tool268.2%
  3. Voloridge Challenge237.2%
  4. Extraordinary: Deep Research Challenge196.0%
  5. Modal Challenge196.0%
  6. Warp: Best Financial Visualization Agent134.1%
  7. Tandemn Challenge123.8%
  8. Knot: Build a product using Knot's TransactionLink product113.4%
  9. Lica Challenge103.1%
  10. EigenCloud Challenge #2 - Build an Autonomous AI Agent or Private Verifiable App82.5%

Challenges entered per project

19%
19%
17%
15%
30%
0
1
2
3
4+

Tech stack mentions

Share of projects whose write-up mentions each technology — 305 of 319 2025 projects have one.

  1. JavaScript11136%
  2. Claude / Anthropic10936%
  3. React9030%
  4. Python7826%
  5. TypeScript6020%
  6. Tailwind5217%
  7. Next.js5117%
  8. FastAPI4013%
  9. OpenAI / GPT3612%
  10. Node.js3411%
  11. Supabase3110%
  12. Flask309.8%
  13. Express237.5%
  14. SQLite216.9%
  15. PostgreSQL175.6%
40 more technologies
  1. Vercel165.2%
  2. MCP154.9%
  3. WebSockets154.9%
  4. Modal144.6%
  5. React Native134.3%
  6. Chrome extension123.9%
  7. Computer vision123.9%
  8. Firebase113.6%
  9. RAG113.6%
  10. Figma103.3%
  11. LangChain103.3%
  12. OpenCV103.3%
  13. Gemini93.0%
  14. MongoDB93.0%
  15. Whisper82.6%
  16. AWS62.0%
  17. Docker62.0%
  18. Redis62.0%
  19. Google Cloud41.3%
  20. Hugging Face41.3%
  21. Raspberry Pi41.3%
  22. TensorFlow41.3%
  23. Arduino31.0%
  24. Llama31.0%
  25. Swift31.0%
  26. Three.js31.0%
  27. Twilio31.0%
  28. Django20.7%
  29. ElevenLabs20.7%
  30. ESP3220.7%
  31. Flutter20.7%
  32. YOLO20.7%
  33. Azure10.3%
  34. Cloudflare10.3%
  35. Electron10.3%
  36. PyTorch10.3%
  37. Rust10.3%
  38. Solidity10.3%
  39. Stripe10.3%
  40. Unity10.3%