CoFests!
CollaborationFests, also known as CoFests (and sometimes as "hackathons" - see below), are collaborative work events where we expand and improve the Galaxy community and the Galaxy ecosystem. Sometimes these gatherings are focused on Galaxy, and sometimes they are part of larger communities.



What's in a name: CollaborationFests and Hackathons
We collaborate.
Galaxy collaborative events are emphatically called CollaborationFests rather than Hackathons. Putting Collaboration in the name emphasizes what the events are about for us, and Fest communicates that there are fun events (which they are).
"Hackathon" implies an emphasis on code. CoFests are about contributing and learning how to contribute to all aspects of Galaxy, including training material, community infrastructure, documentation, unit tests, bug reports, and yes, even code. First and foremost Galaxy CoFests are about growing the community of future contributors.
Papercuts!
Papercut events are CoFests that address annoying, but easy to fix bugs ("paper cuts"). Papercut CoFests are 24 hour, worldwide collaborative events, dedicated to
- reducing irritants in the Galaxy ecosystem
- and welcoming new contributors by guiding them through the process of fixing these irritants and thus becoming contributors to Galaxy.
See the Papercuts CoFests home page for more information and the date of the next event.
Stay Informed
Want to know when CoFests are coming? Follow @GalaxyProject on Twitter or subscribe to the Galaxy-Announce mailing list. See the Galaxy Event Horizon for a complete list of upcoming events.
If you know of a CoFest that should be added to this page then please send it to outreach@galaxyproject.org.
Upcoming CoFests
Date | Topic/Event | Venue/Location | Contact |
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June 28th 2021 | 2021 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2021) Galaxy's annual community gathering | ![]() | ![]() |
Recent CoFests
Events in the past 12 months:
Date | Topic/Event | Venue/Location | Contact |
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February 25th 2021 | Galaxy Papercuts CoFest Day: February 25 A community contribution day | ![]() | Community |
February 25th 2021 | Galaxy Training Network day - (online) CoFest and community call Connect with the Galaxy Training Community! | ![]() | ![]() |
January 21st 2021 | Galaxy Papercuts CoFest Day: January 21 A community contribution day | ![]() | Community |
December 17th 2020 | Galaxy Papercuts CoFest Day: December 17 A community contribution day | ![]() | Community |
December 7th 2020 | Hackathon sur les outils interactifs de Galaxy (GxIT) Un Hackathon pour partager des compétences en terme du développement logiciel et d'administration système des Interactive Tools de Galaxy. | ![]() | Animateurs |
November 19th 2020 | Galaxy Training Network day - (online) CoFest and community call | ![]() | ![]() |
November 18th 2020 | Galaxy Paper Cuts Day: November 18 A community contribution day | ![]() | Community |
November 9th 2020 | Galaxy @ BioHackathon-Europe 2020 Advance the development of an open-source infrastructure for data integration | ![]() | Project organizers |
October 21st 2020 | Galaxy Paper Cuts Day A community contribution day | ![]() | Community |
July 18th 2020 | Bioinformatics Community Conference 2020 (BCC2020) Galaxy & BOSC join forces again for 8 days of training, meeting, networking and collaborative work | ![]() | ![]() |
May 28th 2020 | Galaxy Training Network day - (online) CoFest and community call | ![]() | ![]() |
March 20th 2020 | WirVsVirus Hackathon Looking for bold and innovative ideas that will help society to show solidarity now and emerge stronger | ![]() | ![]() |