InterSystems Full Stack Contest 2026
Hi Developers,
We are happy to announce the first InterSystems online programming contest of the year:
🏆 InterSystems Full Stack Contest 🏆
Duration: February 2 - March 1, 2026
Prize pool: $12,000
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The topic
Develop a full-stack solution using InterSystems IRIS, InterSystems IRIS for Health, or IRIS Cloud Service as a backend. By full stack, we mean a frontend web or mobile application that inserts, updates, or deletes data in InterSystems IRIS via REST API, Native API, ODBC/JDBC, or Embedded Python.
General Requirements:
- An application or library must be fully functional. It should not be an import or a direct interface for an already existing library in another language (except for C++, there you really need to do a lot of work to create an interface for IRIS). It should not be a copy-paste of an existing application or library.
- Accepted applications: new to Open Exchange apps or existing ones, but with a significant improvement. Our team will review all applications before approving them for the contest.
- The application should work either on IRIS Community Edition or IRIS for Health Community Edition. Both could be downloaded as host (Mac, Windows) versions from Evaluation site, or can be used in a form of containers pulled from InterSystems Container Registry or Community Containers: intersystemsdc/iris-community:latest or intersystemsdc/irishealth-community:latest .
- The application should be Open Source and published on GitHub or GitLab.
- The README file to the application should be in English, contain the installation steps, and contain either the video demo or/and a description of how the application works.
- Only 3 submissions from one developer are allowed.
NB. Our experts will have the final say in whether the application is approved for the contest or not based on the criteria of complexity and usefulness. Their decision is final and not subject to appeal.
Prizes
1. Experts Nomination - a specially selected jury will determine winners:
🥇 1st place - $5,000
🥈 2nd place - $2,500
🥉 3rd place - $1,000
🏅 4th place - $500
🏅 5th place - $300
🌟 6-10th places - $100
2. Community winners - applications that will receive the most votes in total:
🥇 1st place - $1,000
🥈 2nd place - $600
🥉 3rd place - $300
🏅 4th place - $200
🏅 5th place - $100
❗ If several participants score the same number of votes, they are all considered winners, and the prize money is shared among the winners.
❗ Cash prizes are awarded only to those who can verify their identity. If there are any doubts, organizers will reach out and request additional information about the participant(s).
Who can participate?
Any Developer Community member, except for InterSystems employees (ISC contractors allowed). Create an account!
Developers can team up to create a collaborative application. 2 to 5 developers are allowed in one team.
Do not forget to highlight your team members in the README of your application – DC user profiles.
Important Deadlines:
🛠 Application development and registration phase:
- February 2, 2026 (00:00 EST): Contest begins.
- February 22, 2026 (23:59 EST): Deadline for submissions.
✅ Voting period:
- February 23, 2026 (00:00 EST): Voting begins.
- March 1, 2026 (23:59 EST): Voting ends.
Note: Developers can improve their apps throughout the entire registration and voting period.
Helpful Resources:
✓ Example applications:
✓ Templates we suggest starting from:
- iris-fullstack-template
- iris-dev-template
- Interoperability-python
- rest-api-contest-template
- native-api-contest-template
- iris-fhir-template
- iris-interoperability-template
- iris-analytics-template
✓ For beginners with IRIS:
✓ For beginners with ObjectScript Package Manager (IPM):
- How to Build, Test and Publish IPM Package with REST Application for InterSystems IRIS
- Package First Development Approach with InterSystems IRIS and IPM
✓ How to submit your app to the contest:
Need Help?
Join the contest channel on InterSystems' Discord server or talk with us in the comments to this post.
We're waiting for YOUR project – join our coding marathon to win!
By participating in this contest, you agree to the competition terms laid out here. Please read them carefully before proceeding.
Comments
By full stack, we mean a frontend web or mobile application
On a client-side, can commercial libraries/frameworks be used to create this web contest application?
will that require license to run it by anyone else?
It will not require a license to run/test it by anybody.
The web application will be open source itself and can be built(if required) with trial commercial third-party components.
REST ObjectScript - is open source by default.
Hey @Dmitry.Konnov! As long as your submission isn't violating the license(s) of the software it depends on, there's no restriction on using commercial software. Keep in mind that contest submissions are Open Source, which might impact your choice of commercial software!
Hi, about the backend language, what do you mean by saying:
Develop a full-stack solution using InterSystems IRIS, InterSystems IRIS for Health, or IRIS Cloud Service as a backend. By full stack, we mean a frontend web or mobile application that inserts, updates, or deletes data in InterSystems IRIS via REST API, Native API, ODBC/JDBC, or Embedded Python.
For example, is it allowed to implement the application backend completely through irisnative python package or REST API or PEX, without any line of ObjectScript or Embedded Python? Moreover, should the application be able to perform every CRUD operation or is it fine to perform just a few, like only insert and update?
irisnative python uses Native API.
I'm curious if you want to use Python, could you look at SQLAlchemy IRIS, and maybe even at Django.
Hi Dmitry,
thank you, I'll have a look at them
Yes, it is OK to avoid any ObjectScript or Embedded Python.
Yes it's OK to have only R from CRUD or UD from CRUD. Or only C :) All CRUD are also welcomed!
Thank you Evgeny!
Hi Devs!
Recording of the kick-off webinar is now available on the InterSystems YouTube channel! 🤓
Hey Devs!
The Technology Bonuses for this contest have been announced!
These bonuses can help you earn extra points during the voting phase, so don’t miss out!
Let’s see what you’ve got - good luck!
Hey Developers!
Only one week left to upload your application and join the contest!
Don't miss your chance, register now!
Developers!
Three applications have been added to the contest. Check them out!
iris-table-editor by Joshua Brandt
SpectraSight by Joshua Brandt
facial-matching by @Yuri Marx
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Hello Community!
More applications have been added to the contest! And here they are:
IrisWebClient by @Dmitry.Konnov
Creating-Components-Based-on-Dialogue by @Chan Cinmen
iris-searchtable-config by @david Brown
iris-medmatch by @Ashok Kumar T
CSMDM-Dynamic-Data-Mapping by @Sanjib Pandey
M-U5K-3T by @henry, @Henrique Dias , @José Pereira
withLove by @henry, @Henrique Dias , @José Pereira
iris-queue-manager by @Ashok Kumar T
iris-copilot by @Zhong Li
Only 2 days left until the registration period is over, don't miss your chance to join the contest!