Great Scott! Travel through time and build the future of data discovery, observability, and governance with OpenMetadata.
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Project submissions
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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.
What Participants Said
Last 10 days were crazy. Timely completed the project. Had 3 exams in between (2 viva and 1 nptel) but still managed. Honestly worth it. Happy with my performance. Thanks @open_metadata @WeMakeDevs @kunalstwt for the experience! 🙌
ManshuBuilt a prototype integration with @open_metadata for the @WeMakeDevs × @open_metadata hackathon. Developed a custom connector to ingest source-of-truth metadata from repositories — deep-wiki context for humans and agents, and tighter collaboration between data, platform, and engineering teams.
Jay GhiyaShipped the first @open_metadata node on @n8n_io as my submission for the @WeMakeDevs hackathon. Went from exploring nodes to actually building my own. Here's to breaking the cycle of half-finished projects 🥂
LekanRename a column? FluxGuardian walks @open_metadata's column-level lineage and finds every affected dashboard, pipeline & ML model. Built end-to-end with @Ajays_16 🤝. Huge thanks to @WeMakeDevs × @open_metadata for the platform 🙌
Dev GroverChoose Your Timeline
These are just inspiration categories to get you started — the theme is completely open-ended. You can build anything you want, as long as it uses or integrates with OpenMetadata. You are not limited to the ideas on the GitHub project board.
The project board has curated ideas if you need a starting point, but your own original idea is equally welcome.
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.
Data Observability
Create monitoring dashboards, data quality alert systems, anomaly detection tools, or pipeline health monitors that leverage OpenMetadata's observability features.
Connectors & Ingestion
Build new connectors for data sources, improve ingestion frameworks, create ETL integrations, or extend metadata ingestion to new platforms and databases.
Developer Tooling & CI/CD
Build CLI tools, GitHub Actions, CI/CD integrations, IDE plugins, or developer-facing utilities that make working with metadata effortless.
Community & Comms Apps
Build Slack bots, notification systems, collaboration tools, or community dashboards that leverage OpenMetadata to keep teams informed and aligned.
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.
Prizes for All Team Members
Maximum team size of 4
Apple MacBook Neo
The ultimate machine for developers
Apple iPad
Power meets portability
Keychron Mechanical Keyboards
Premium mechanical typing
Contribution Track: $100 per meaningful merged PR
Solve any OpenMetadata issue labeled good-first-issue and get your PR merged. PR winners are chosen by the OpenMetadata team. Low-effort or spam PRs will be rejected.
Side Quest
Star the OpenMetadata repository on GitHub and share your participation on social media.
Career Opportunities
Top winners get job interview opportunities with Collate, the company behind OpenMetadata.
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OpenMetadata is an open-source unified metadata platform for data discovery, data observability, and data governance. It provides a central metadata repository, in-depth column-level lineage, seamless team collaboration, and robust governance capabilities. With support for 70+ connectors, automated data quality tests, and a powerful API-first architecture, OpenMetadata is the backbone of modern data teams. Your mission: push the boundaries of what's possible with metadata.
Judging Criteria
Potential Impact
How effectively does the project address a meaningful problem or unlock a valuable use case in the metadata and data management space?
Creativity & Innovation
How unique is the idea? Does it push the boundaries of what's possible with metadata discovery, observability, or governance?
Technical Excellence
How well is the project implemented? Does it demonstrate strong engineering practices and clean, maintainable code?
Best Use of OpenMetadata
How deeply and effectively does the project integrate with OpenMetadata's APIs, connectors, lineage, governance, or observability features?
User Experience
Is the project intuitive to use? Does it provide a seamless, polished experience that users would actually want to adopt?
Presentation Quality
How clearly is the project presented? Does the demo, README, and submission effectively communicate the problem, solution, and impact?