Hacktoberfest, a month-long celebration of open-source software, has brought individuals together worldwide to contribute to open source projects during the month of October. Developers and maintainers have crafted innovative solutions, making technology more accessible to all. This year's Hacktoberfest saw a genuine enthusiasm among participants to work together to improve open source projects, driven by a desire for improvement rather than focusing on rewards. Despite removing the t-shirt reward that was previously offered, 98,855 people from 184 different countries registered for Hacktoberfest, with participants completing 118,469 contributions and 139,422 repositories opting-in to participate. The event has contributed 2.4 million accepted pull/merge requests to open source projects in its ten years. This year's sessions included getting started with open-source dev tools, what's new in open-source dev tools, and the future of AI and open-source. The CHAOSS Project Africa did much for open source this month, and folks loved personalizing their digital badges. Hacktoberfest continues to be a source of inspiration, consistently motivating people and successfully fulfilling its mission.