InterSystems programming contests

Create open source application on a given topic and
compete for a cash prize.

More than $14,000 in prize fund

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Current contest

InterSystems Programming Contest: Build Your Own Management Portal

General Requirements

Task

Create a GUI powered by InterSystems IRIS management APIs for certain Management Portal tasks. Check out the [contest announcement](https://community.intersystems.com/post/intersystems-programming-contest-build-your-own-ma...

Dates to submit your app: September 14, 2026 - September 27, 2026

Why participate in the InterSystems contest?

This is a great chance to show off your coding skills in InterSystems technology and win great prizes:


Experts Nomination - a specially selected jury will determine winners:

πŸ₯‡ 1st place - $5,000
πŸ₯ˆ 2nd place - $2,500
πŸ₯‰ 3rd place - $1,000
πŸ… 4th place - $500
πŸ… 5th place - $300
🌟 6-10th places - $100

Community winners - applications that will receive the most votes in total:

πŸ₯‡ 1st place - $1,000
πŸ₯ˆ 2nd place - $600
πŸ₯‰ 3rd place - $300
πŸ… 4th place - $200
πŸ… 5th place - $100

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How to participate

1. Log in to Open Exchange or create an account
2. Submit your open source app
3. Apply with your app for the contest page

The application should:

be aligned with the contest topic
be new to Open Exchange or existing one but with a significant improvement
work either on InterSystems IRIS Community Edition or InterSystems IRIS for Health Community Edition or InterSystems IRIS Advanced Analytics Community Edition
be Open Source and published on GitHub


Experts Nomination - a specially selected jury will determine winners:

πŸ₯‡ 1st place - $5,000
πŸ₯ˆ 2nd place - $2,500
πŸ₯‰ 3rd place - $1,000
πŸ… 4th place - $500
πŸ… 5th place - $300
🌟 6-10th places - $100

Community winners - applications that will receive the most votes in total:

πŸ₯‡ 1st place - $1,000
πŸ₯ˆ 2nd place - $600
πŸ₯‰ 3rd place - $300
πŸ… 4th place - $200
πŸ… 5th place - $100
The README file to the application should be in English, contain the installation steps, and contain either the video demo and/or a description of how the application works.

Previous contests

"Bringing Ideas to Reality" Contest 2025

November 17 - December 14
November 17 - December 14

InterSystems Programming Contest: AI Agents for FHIR

May 25 - June 14
May 25 - June 14

InterSystems Programming Contest: Build Your Own Management Portal

September 14 - October 04
September 14 - October 04

InterSystems Full Stack Contest 2026

February 02 - March 01
February 02 - March 01

InterSystems Employee Programming Challenge #1

June 22 - August 09
June 22 - August 09

Some winners of previous contests

IRIS-production-chat-robot

Author: Ste Sharma

Place: 4

InterSystems Python Contest 2024
StarChat

Author: Anna Diak

Place: 5

InterSystems Java Contest 2023
FHIR Data Studio Connector

Author: Dmitry Maslennikov

Place: 1

InterSystems FHIR Accelerator
promjet-stats

Author: Evgeniy Potapov

Place: 1

InterSystems IRIS Analytics
FemTech Reminder

Author: Katsiaryna Shaustruk

Place: 2

InterSystems IRIS for Health Contest: FHIR for Women's Health
zpm-explorer

Author: Henrique Dias

Place: 2

InterSystems Developer Tools
iris-unit-test-dashboard

Author: Chi Nguyen-Rettig

Place: 5

"Bringing Ideas to Reality" Contest
langchain-iris-tool

Author: Yuri Marx

Place: 3

InterSystems AI Programming Contest
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