
The forest remembers

Past Knight Hacks events, project counts, and site links from UCF's student-built hackathons and hackdays.
Enter The TimelineKnight Hacks IX was held Oct 9 - 11, 2026 as a hackathon with 36 hours and 2027 season.

The forest remembers
Oct 9 - 11, 2026
Hackathon
BloomKnights was held July 11, 2026 as a hackday with 12 hours and BA1 ucf.

Beginner-friendly hackday
July 11, 2026
Hackday
Knight Hacks VIII was held Oct 24 - 26, 2025 as a hackathon with 1000+ hackers and 180+ projects.

The biggest Knight Hacks yet
Oct 24 - 26, 2025
Hackathon
GemiKnights was held June 28, 2025 as a hackday with 200+ hackers and 60+ projects.

First summer hackday
June 28, 2025
Hackday
Knight Hacks VII was held Oct 4 - 6, 2024 as a hackathon with 400+ hackers and 90+ projects.

Community built weekend
Oct 4 - 6, 2024
Hackathon
Knight Hacks VI was held Oct 6 - 8, 2023 as a hackathon with 400+ hackers and 95+ projects.

Builds made for demo day
Oct 6 - 8, 2023
Hackathon
Morgan & Morgan Hackathon was held Apr 28 - 30, 2023 as a hackathon with $20K prizes and 3 days.

Morgan & Morgan build weekend
Apr 28 - 30, 2023
Hackathon
Hack-A-Day II was held Apr 15, 2023 as a hackday with 1 day and 2nd run.

One-day build sprint
Apr 15, 2023
Hackday
Hack-A-Day I was held Feb 4, 2023 as a hackday with 1 day and First run.

Hack-A-Day begins
Feb 4, 2023
Hackday
Knight Hacks V was held Nov 12 - 14, 2021 as a hackathon with 200+ hackers and 55+ projects.

Virtual season build weekend
Nov 12 - 14, 2021
Hackathon
Knight Hacks IV was held Oct 9 - 11, 2020 as a hackathon with 200+ hackers and 60+ projects.

First virtual Knight Hacks
Oct 9 - 11, 2020
Hackathon
Knight Hacks III was held Mar 1 - 3, 2019 as a hackathon with 200+ hackers and 75+ projects.

Early archive energy
Mar 1 - 3, 2019
Hackathon
Knight Hacks II was held Oct 7 - 8, 2017 as a hackathon with 150+ hackers and 55+ projects.

The archive grows
Oct 7 - 8, 2017
Hackathon
Knight Hacks I was held Jan 15 - 16, 2016 as a hackathon with 70+ hackers and 30+ projects.

Where the run started
Jan 15 - 16, 2016
Hackathon

The forest remembers

Beginner-friendly hackday

The biggest Knight Hacks yet

First summer hackday

Community built weekend

Builds made for demo day

Morgan & Morgan build weekend

One-day build sprint

Hack-A-Day begins

Virtual season build weekend

First virtual Knight Hacks

Early archive energy

The archive grows

Where the run started