Hacktoberfest #9 has officially ended, and it was a huge success with 146,891 participants from 194 countries contributing to open source projects. The event aimed to support low- and no-code contributions, which saw 54% of registrants interested in participating through these means. Participants earned digital badges for registering and completing PR/MRs, and the event featured community-focused workshops and events, including a weekly livestream with DigitalOcean. The Hacktoberfest Community is active and shared their enthusiasm on social media, citing benefits such as advancing careers, developing new passions, and improving open source projects. The event stringently enforced its rules to prevent spam and remained opt-in, with over 125k repositories opting in on GitHub and another 800 on GitLab. Companies like Appwrite and Docker participated in the event, citing its impact on their open source projects and communities. DigitalOcean looks forward to more community building in the future.