Terence Eden’s Blog<p><strong>Making My Own Hacktoberfest T-Shirts</strong></p><p><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/making-my-own-hacktoberfest-t-shirts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/makin</span><span class="invisible">g-my-own-hacktoberfest-t-shirts/</span></a></p><p></p><p>Between 2014 and 2022, DigitalOcean sent free t-shirts to developers who completed the Hacktoberfest challenge. For entirely sensible reasons related to sustainability and spammy entrants, they stopped doing physical merchandise in 2023.</p><p>I'm the sort of hip fashionista who <em>only</em> wears free conference t-shirts.</p><blockquote> <a href="https://twitter.com/GDSTeam" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><p></p> <p class="">GDS</p><p>@GDSTeam</p> </a><p><a href="https://twitter.com/GDSTeam" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a></p> We support open source. And we’ve got the t-shirts to prove it (thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/github" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@github</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/digitalocean" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@digitalocean</a>). GDS took part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hacktoberfest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hacktoberfest</a> this year, contributing to open source projects as part of a global community <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com</a> <a href="https://x.com/gdsteam/status/958377102641893376/photo/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pic.x.com/AkM09LGono</a><p></p> <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUzWotoW0AAFMmK.jpg" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GDSTeam/status/958377102641893376" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="">❤️ 24</span><span class="">💬 3</span><span class="">🔁 0</span>16:31 - Tue 30 January 2018</a> </blockquote><p>Sadly, after several years of constant catwalk modelling, my beloved Hacktoberfest shirts are full of holes. I couldn't find any for sale on eBay or Vinted - so I decided to make my own.</p><p>Note: <a href="https://github.com/Hacktoberfest/hacktoberfest-2022/blob/main/src/assets/brand-guidelines.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DigitalOcean's Brand Guidelines</a> say that you shouldn't create physical merchandise or sell any products featuring the logo. Well, I'm not selling these nor, do I think, they are merchandise. Hacktoberfest aren't using these to incentivise anyone any more. They're just cool t-shirts.</p><p><strong>The Logos</strong></p><p>There are <a href="https://dev.to/fernandezbaptiste/last-10-years-of-hacktoberfest-merch-a-journey-through-time-8od" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">lots of photos of the t-shirts</a> but it is surprisingly hard to find the original assets.</p><p><strong>Low Resolution</strong></p><p>Kotis - a design agency - did the Hacktoberfest swag from 2015-2020. They have a <a href="https://go.kotisdesign.com/portfolio/digital-ocean-hacktoberfest/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">brand portfolio</a> with the t-shirt icons. Sadly, all a bit low resolution for printing, but good for getting accurate background colours for the material.</p><ul><li>2020 </li><li>2019 </li><li>2018 </li><li>2017 </li><li>2016 </li><li>2015 </li></ul><p>Similarly, there are a few low resolution promo shots of the t-shirts or their logos:</p><ul><li><a href="https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2f1eggqi7zgs0cj38j2p.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2022</a> (back of t-shirt)</li><li><a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/99407553/194741467-af241be9-e0df-4f43-88a8-9236a253a555.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2021</a> (t-shirt)</li><li><a href="https://cerealtree.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hacktober.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2016</a> (more accurate colours)</li><li><a href="https://github.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/d13f20be-66f9-11e5-8478-992126efc469.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2015</a> (logo)</li><li><a href="https://hacktoberfesthowto.github.io/images/2014Logo.webp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2014</a> (logo)</li></ul><p>AI upscaling looked typically rubbish.</p><p><strong>Higher Resolution Bitmaps</strong></p><p>Some designers have their logo designs on Dribbble. Not <em>very</em> high resolution, but good enough for stickers.</p><ul><li><a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/8192199-Hacktoberfest-2019-logo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2019</a></li><li><a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/5333694-Hacktoberfest-2018" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2018</a></li><li><a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/3814307-Hactoberfest-2017" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2017</a></li><li><a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/2988111-Hactoberfest-2016" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2016</a></li></ul><p><strong>Archived Logos</strong></p><p>The official Hacktoberfest website had some logos embedded on it:</p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221001041836/https://hacktoberfest.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2022</a> (SVG logo)</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190930141101im_/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/assets/logo-hf19-full-10f3c000cea930c76acc1dedc516ea7118b95353220869a3051848e45ff1d656.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2019</a> (SVG)</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181001075142if_/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/assets/logo-hacktoberfest-658b5aa2bd34e782d29c40bf6afbdff00f20fe1328efa6da17743878ba8db66f.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2018</a> (PNG with transparent background)</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170913052813/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2017</a> (SVG)</li></ul><p><strong>Best of the bunch</strong></p><p>These are the best available logos. The SVGs are suitable for printing at any size, the PNGs may be harder.</p><ul><li><a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/7/7f/Hacktoberfest_icon_2022.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2022</a> (SVG logo)</li><li><a href="https://github.com/Hacktoberfest/hacktoberfest-2020/blob/master/app/assets/images/HF-full-logo.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2020</a> (SVG)</li><li>2019 (SVG)</li><li><a href="https://hacktoberfesthowto.github.io/images/2018Logo.webp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2018</a> (WebP 1155x898)</li><li>2017 (SVG embedded in page)</li><li>2016 (SVG)</li></ul><p><strong>Missing</strong></p><p>The following are missing 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022 (comic). There are photos of the shirts, and some low-resolution artwork available, all of which are too low quality to be printed. If you know how to get high-resolution images of them - please leave a comment!</p><p><strong>2021</strong></p><p>There are <em>some</em> elements out there. For example:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/128630281/HacktoberFest-2021" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This Behance profile of Hacktoberfest 2021</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210930065625im_/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/_nuxt/img/logo-hacktoberfest-full.f42e3b1.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The official logo</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210928150155im_/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/_nuxt/img/logo-hacktoberfest-full2.aa1e9d9.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The logo with the t-shirt colour scheme</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210928150151/https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/brandguidelines" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The brand guidelines</a> for more accurate colour reproduction.</li></ul><p><strong>2014</strong></p><p>There's not much available about the first t-shirt. There's a <a href="https://hacktoberfesthowto.github.io/images/2014Logo.webp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">version of the logo used</a> and <a href="https://community.nodebb.org/topic/2948/digital-ocean-free-t-shirts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">some photos</a> but that's about it.</p><p><strong>Photos of T-Shirts</strong></p><p>If you want to compare the logos to the originals, and see what colour fabric they used, there are lots of photo online:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hacktoberfest/comments/16vzkes/here_is_my_collection_which_design_is_your/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reddit collection</a></li><li><a href="https://hacktoberfesthowto.github.io/history/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">History of Hacktoberfest</a></li></ul><p><strong>End Result</strong></p><p>If I can't find the missing logos, I'll create my own design for my own personal use. Something like this:</p><p></p><p>If you have a source for vectors of the missing logos, please drop me a comment.</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/hacking/" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/hacktoberfest/" target="_blank">#Hacktoberfest</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/t-shirt/" target="_blank">#tShirt</a></p>