Community Choice: Vote for your favorite Packs through August 17th in the voting doc.

The Coda Packathon is a six-week, virtual hackathon for makers to build innovative Packs—and submit them for a chance to win $20,000 in prizes.  

Coda is the all-in-one doc that brings words, data, and teams together. Coda comes with a set of building blocksーlike pages for infinite depth, tables that talk to each other, and buttons that take action inside or outside your docーso anyone can make a doc as powerful as an app.

WHAT ARE PACKS? 

Packs take the core building blocks of Coda—like tables, formulas, and buttons—and let you re-write the rules, so you can customize how your doc looks, works, and integrates. You might connect the apps you use every day, create custom formulas to simplify complex calculations, or even start your business with a Coda Pack.  

Here’s a glimpse into what we’ve seen:

• Gumroad Pack: Manage and analyze your Gumroad subscriptions and product sales.
• Mermaid Pack: Create beautiful flowcharts and complex diagrams using text.
• Strava Pack: Track and analyze your Strava activities over time.

Looking for more? Get inspired in the Coda Gallery.  Or get started building, all you need is a Coda account, which you can create for free on our signup page.  

THE CHALLENGE :

At Coda, we believe everyone is a maker, so we built the Pack Studio so anyone can make a Pack.  If you have a little time and some Javascript familiarity, you can build a Pack in your browser through the Pack Studio—or opt for your local CLI if you’d prefer. Beginners and seasoned experts are welcome!  

The challenge is simple. We’re calling all makers—no matter your skill level—to create Packs that transform what’s possible in your doc. Submit your Pack and a Coda doc that demonstrates how it works. Our panel of judges will review your submission for the chance to win $20,000 in cash prizes. Packs will be judged based on their potential impact to Coda makers and team, the experience of your Pack, and how well the Pack is demo’d in a Coda doc.

As a bonus, if you submit one of the first 100 eligible entries you'll get a limited-edition Packathon mug and laptop sticker.

Check out the Resources tab to get started!

$20,000 in prizes

• Potential Impact
  How useful would the Pack be to Coda makers and teams? How many new scenarios does it unlock in Coda?
• Design and Features
  Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out? Have you taken advantage of relevant features of the platform to make your Pack more useful? How well have you adhered to our best practices?
• Caliber of Demonstration
  How well do you demonstrate the value of the Pack? Is the demo doc well designed and visually interesting?
• Quality of the Idea
  How creative and unique is the project?