Apache Solr — Hackathon at Community over Code Glasgow 2026
Community over Code 2026 — Glasgow, UK, October 11–14
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Apache Solr — Hackathon
Coordinator
- Name — epugh@apache.org
What We’re Working On
We’re focusing on:
- Good first issues — small, well-scoped tasks suitable for new contributors: JIRA issues labeled “newdev”
- Documentation improvements — help us improve our getting-started guides and API docs
- Bug fixes — a curated set of bugs that are approachable with mentoring support
- Solr MCP - come get hands on experience using the new Solr MCP tool from Aditya!
Resources
Who’s Planning to Attend
- Eric Pugh (committer)
- David Smiley (PMC)
- Jan Hoydahl (committer)
- Aditya Parikh
Getting Started Before the Event
To make the most of hackathon time, we recommend:
- Clone the repo and get the build working: setup instructions
- Browse the issue list and pick one that interests you
- Introduce yourself on the dev@ list or chat channel
- Back to the Hackathon overview
- Questions? Join #hackathon on apachecon.slack.com