Moonhack 2026
Moonhack gets kids together to engage in digital making and coding. Join over 30,000 kids worldwide to build a fun project this year focusing on the theme of online safety and security. It's easy, fun, fully resourced, and free!
2026 project briefs
🎉 7 brand-new Moonhack projects!
This year’s challenge is packed with fresh, fun, and inspiring ways to code — and we’re launching them on the same day registrations open!  We can’t share the projects yet, but you can get a hint about them below!
Sep 1 – Registrations open
Oct 14 – Moonhack begins!
Oct 14 – Submission button will go live
Nov 14 – Project submissions close
Nov 20 – Winners announced!
Scratch
Safe Sprite Sprint
Create a platformer game that helps people learn about safe downloads.
AI
Profile Protector
Train a machine learning model to tell the difference between photos and avatars.
Python
Phishy Finder
Program a quiz that helps people learn about safe URLs.
micro:bit
Identity Guard
Use micro:bits to simulate an Encrypted Handshake.
WHAT IS MOONHACK?
Moonhack is a free international event bringing kids from across the world together for two weeks of coding!
Suitable for kids ages 8-15, it’s a free, easy and hands-on way to get coding, no matter where you are.
Over the last 10 years over 300 000 children have been coding Moonhack projects.
Moonhack is organised and run by Code Club Australia. Code Club is a nationwide network of volunteer-led coding clubs with a mission to #getkidscoding with #digitalmaking! We are a charity with the aim of giving every child the skill, confidence and opportunity to shape their world.
302, 543
children
have taken part in the Moonhack Coding Challenge
10
years
of global coding, innovation, and digital empowerment.
75
countries
uniting young minds in a global coding movement.
HOW DO I BECOME A HOST?
🚀 Host your own Moonhackathon – anytime, anywhere!
Whether you’re a household, classroom, library, office, or Code Club, anyone can gather a group and take part in the global Moonhack fun.
These events are independently run — but don’t worry! We’ve got easy steps to guide you from launch to landing.
✨ Ready to blast off?
step 1
Register
Complete the registration form. This will open on September 1.
step 2
Plan and recruit
Decide on when and where your event will be held, and send out invitations. Check our resources folder.
Step 3
Event choices
View the 7 new projects and select which ones you will offer your coders. Practice the project before it all starts.
Step 4
Moonhack and celebrate
Hold your event and celebrate at the end. Will you submit your projects and enter the competition?
founding partners
Telstra Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Telstra. We back initiatives that enable young people to thrive in their connected world including Code Club Australia. Code Club is a nationwide network of volunteer-led coding clubs with a mission to #getkidscoding! All Code Clubs are free to join, and are supported by volunteers, parents, educators and our partners.
Telstra Foundation