Project and Submission Requirements

Teams may have 1–4 members.

Solo builders are welcome and will be treated as a team of one.

Each team must choose one main track only:

Health Impact

Build with Zymix

Teams may apply for multiple sponsor special awards if relevant.

Projects should be substantially built during the hackathon period. Teams may use open-source libraries, APIs, frameworks, templates, AI tools, sponsor tools, and their own general skills, but should not submit a pre-existing project as if it was built during VibeHack.

Teams must submit before the official Devpost deadline.

Teams must be ready to demo their project live during offline table-side judging.

If a live demo fails, teams may show a backup video, screenshots, architecture diagram, or deployed link, but judges may consider demo reliability when scoring.

Teams should submit a GitHub / code repository link, or another relevant public code/project/build link where applicable. If a project uses no-code tools or hosted builders, teams should provide the most relevant public project, deployment, or build link available.

Teams are responsible for making sure all submitted links are accessible.

If a link is private, broken, inaccessible, or unrelated to the submitted project, it may affect judging or award eligibility.

Teams retain ownership of their own ideas, code, designs, demos, and submitted materials.

VibeHack, Zymix, and event sponsors do not automatically take ownership of team projects or receive commercial usage rights over submissions.

However, this is a public hackathon submission process. Teams may submit public demo links, GitHub repositories, screenshots, videos, published Fotor links, Manus links, Orbit packages, or other materials for judging and showcase purposes.

Teams should not submit confidential or proprietary information that they are not comfortable sharing.

If a team uses third-party assets, datasets, code, templates, models, generated content, or prior work, they must make sure they have the right to use them and should disclose this clearly in their submission.

The organisers and sponsors may feature public project information, team names, screenshots, demo links, and publicly submitted materials in event recap, judging, showcase, and promotional materials, especially for winning or shortlisted teams. This does not transfer ownership of the project to the organisers or sponsors.

Prizes

Current award categories include:

Health Impact Track

Build with Zymix Track

Z.ai × Orbit Builder Workflow Awards

Fotor Vibe Marketing Award

Manus Real-World Use Case Award

Some awards may be cash prizes, while others may include sponsor credits, product access, subscriptions, memberships, swag, or post-event showcase opportunities.

Teams may be eligible for multiple awards, but the organising team reserves the right to avoid excessive prize concentration and ensure awards reflect distinct strengths.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Main track judging will take place offline during Demo Day through table-side judging.

Each team should prepare one 3-minute demo pitch.

Judges will move between teams and score projects using the criteria for the team’s selected main track.

Health Impact judging will focus on:

Health problem relevance

User understanding and equity

Practical real-world value

Appropriate and safe use of AI

Clarity and quality of demo

Build with Zymix judging will focus on:

Relevance to Zymix users

Originality of concept

Quality of user experience

Clarity and polish of demo

Effective use of AI

Sponsor special awards may use additional criteria depending on the award.

Fotor Vibe Marketing Award judging will focus on storytelling, feature completion, and business awareness.

Manus Real-World Use Case Award judging will focus on use case clarity, practical workflow value, and published evidence quality.

Z.ai × Orbit Builder Workflow Awards are reviewed through Orbit submissions. Teams applying for these awards should use Orbie during the hackathon and upload one team ZIP to Orbit. Onsite judge notes may be used as supporting evidence.

 

Final winners will be confirmed through judge scores, submitted materials, sponsor award evidence, and organiser / sponsor calibration.