Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software brought to you by DigitalOcean in partnership with Dev & Intel. Maintainers guide potential contributors towards issues that will help move the project forward, and contributors get the opportunity to give back to projects they like. To participate, individuals must submit four quality pull requests to public GitHub repositories between October 1-31, and can choose a prize such as a Hacktoberfest shirt or a $5 Open Collective Gift Card upon completing their contributions. The event is open to everyone, regardless of coding background or skill level, and Vonage will be supporting participants through various channels including daily streams on Twitch, blog posts, tutorials, and developer community support.