For the ones
who love to
build.
An independent, student-run community for people who love to build. Recurring hackathons for seasoned hackers and first-timers alike. Born at Tandon, open to everyone who wants to build.
[ About ]
Explore a new idea, join a team, or keep pushing a project you already love. VioletLab is the room where it actually gets made. Where music, art, and design meet engineering, and you ship things you're proud of.
No membership. No gatekeeping. If you want to build, you belong here.
[ Programs ]
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01
Mini hackathons
Fast two-hour builds to get the reps in. Low stakes, high energy, make something by the time it's over.
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02
Creative jams
Music, art, and design meet code. Live-coding visuals, music-tech, physical computing.
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03
Hack Day
Our north star. A full weekend hackathon, nine to twelve hours, that we're working toward running with Major League Hacking.
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04
The open org
Everything made here lives in the open on GitHub. Explore an idea, join a team, or continue an existing project.
Every session ends with something real.
A repo, a demo, a thing that runs. For first-timers and seasoned hackers alike. You leave holding what you made.
[ Build Log ]
Everything we make is open. Browse the GitHub org ↗[ Join · Fall 2026 ]
Come build
with us!
Jump in the Discord, show up to a hackathon, and make something with people who actually finish.