Introduction

Welcome to another tools jam for the Amiga Computer. The Amiga celebrates it's 41st year in this universe in the Summer of 2026. My name is lifeschool, and I'm a co-Global Admin of Lemon Amiga.com.   Last year, I hosted the tools jam, and hundreds of dollars in cash prizes were given out!  So this year I'm hoping for the same.

This year there is a small change. Any submitted tool or app must be completed (e.g. V1.0 or better) before the submission deadline. You can of course submit WIPs and demos, as long as the tool is considered finished by the deadline, or at least in a stable and releasable state. Any tool or app which was started before 2026, but completed before the submission deadline, is acceptable.  Any tool which has already been released, (e.g. IFFChunkTool now V2.0) is not acceptable, as this would be a tweak or revision, and not a new tool.    So entries already submitted in previous years are not suitable.  But hopefully long-standing projects being developed over many years can finally be submitted.

The jam is now open, and will close November 26th at midnight. Voting will then commence, ending on December 24th 2026 at midnight.
Cash prizes will be awarded once again to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd most popular submissions. Initial funding for the prizes comes from my patreons, who have backed my efforts over the years, and it is purely from their donations which I am initially using to fund the jam. All other contributions welcome.

Use #amigatools2026 to share progress or tweet about this jam :)

EAB Thread: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=120502 (copy and paste)

Submissions

Submissions must be entered by November 26th 2026. After that, there will be a period where submission entries are be judged by the public, with votes being hidden and shown after the closing date for voting. This makes sure there is no delay to hand out the prizes after the compo is closed.

Submissions can be anything as long as it is NOT a Game, a Graphics demo, or Music demo, a Slideshow etc. Other examples which are not acceptable entries are: Icon packs, Workbench wallpapers, Artwork etc, as these are not tools.

Some good examples of entries include: a Tool, Utility, Paint, Audio, Multimedia, App, Command, Commodity, Font, Library, Resource, Guide, AmigaGuide, Productivity, Workbench, Hack, Screensaver, Device Driver, Script, Colour Util, Screen/Sound Ripper, etc.

Rules

You may only submit something that was completed during 2026, and before the closing date for submissions.
You may submit more than one entry to the jam, but please dont submit separate revisions of the same tool as new entries.
Tools must work on a real/emulated Classic Amiga, e.g. Workbench 1.0-1.3, 2.0-2.1, 3.0-3.9, or Cloanto/AROS. No OS4.
You may use any programming language and/or compiler to make your entry.
You must include information about system requirements, bugs, WIPs, ToDOs etc.
Documentation on how to install and/or use the tool must be included.
Topics such as soft and legal drug use, sexual innuendo, and faiths and religious tools ARE allowed.

You may NOT submit anything that is malicious or harmful in content. For example, hard drug use, pornography, self harm, rape, or questionable psychological or religious manipulation tools (such as Racism, Provocation Speech, Extremism, Scientology, etc).

You many NOT submit comments or tools which seem impolite, rude, or in bad taste. However, it is ok to submit tools which seem to go against a politically correct stance, if those tools are meant as a joke.

lifeschool has the right to kick and ban anything or anybody.

lifeschool's decision about the winners of the compo, based on user submitted votes only, is final.

Amiga Tools Jam 2026 Results

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Total Ratings: 

Please can the winners contact me using my spam email: "lifeschool22@gmail.com".

Current Prizes

The prize pool currently looks like this, but could change if more funds become available.

- First prize is £140 or equivalent in your currency.

- Second prize is £80 or equivalent in your currency.

- Third prize is £45, or equivalent in your currency.

Podium winners will be contacted after the jam closes, where they can submit their bank account and sort code for transfer, or a PayPal email address, or some way to fund them. If anyone wants to contact me directly, or to arrange financial transfer, you can contact my spam account here: lifeschool22@gmail.com. Please be patient, as I dont check my spam account very often.

The Prize Pool

The following existing patreon backers and community people have contributed to the prize pool so far:

lifeschool @ LemonAmiga

Kim Lemon @ LemonAmiga

Sepp @ LemonAmiga

Predseda @ LemonAmiga

Bloxyman22

Ed Heaton

Mahen

Eric Johnson

Bernhard Lukas

Glenn Main

Paolo Mirabella

Martin Roeleveld

If you wish to contribute to the prize pool, you can contact me on lifeschool22@gmail.com, or use this email to send donations via PayPal, along with your name, and how you wish to be written on the list above. If you also have a logo you wish to share, please send it to the above address, and I will post it at the foot of this page.

Contributions are broken down as 50%, 30% and 20%. So if you contribute £10 (or the equivalent amount in your currency), this would be broken down as £5, £3, £2 to the winners  Please use this table below to help you decide:

Disclaimer: This is a non-profit public-funded community-driven enterprise. No money is being used for me.

---£1.00 = 0.50p / 0.30p / 0.20p
---£2.00 = £1.00 / 0.60p / 0.40p
---£2.50 = £1.25 / 0.75p / 0.50p
---£3.00 = £1.50 / 0.90p / 0.60p
---£5.00 = £2.50 / £1.50 / £1.00
---£10.0 = £5.00 / £3.00 / £2.00
---£20.0 = £10.0 / £6.00 / £4.00
---£50.0 = £25.0 / £15.0 / £10.0
etc