Zero Dependency | 72-Hour Hackathon

by Hackathon Raptors

About the Hackathon: Zero Dependency 2026 is a 72-hour online hackathon built around one deceptively simple rule: your dependency manifest must be empty. No third-party runtime packages. No frameworks. No external libraries — just your language's standard library and your engineering skills. The challenge is to build something genuinely useful with nothing but what your language already provides. The goal isn't to prove that packages are bad; it's to prove that you understand what sits und