A lot of the members on this site are only members of a single club, or not members at all. Joining is free for all Swinburne students and helps us raise funds for bigger and better events. We encourage everyone to join all of the clubs below, as each one focuses on unique and engaging aspects of Computer Science.

The Swinburne Cybersecurity Club

The Swinburne Cyber Security Club is a student-led community for anyone passionate about cyber — from ethical hacking and digital forensics to networking, OSINT, and career pathways. signup here

The committee is pleased to announce the continuation of FOSS Game Nights for Semester 1 of 2026.

FOSS Game Nights showcase free, open source games that highlight the best of what the spirit of Open Source has to offer. We encourage everyone to join in the fun as we explore different types of games from various genres. It’s an excellent opportunity to get together and socialise with fellow club members.

The committee is pleased to announce FOSS Game Nights for Semester 1 of 2026.

FOSS Game Nights will showcase free, open source games that highlight the best of what the spirit of Open Source has to offer. We encourage everyone to join in the fun as we explore different types of games from various genres. It’s an excellent opportunity to get together and socialise with fellow club members.

On Thursday 12th of March @ 7PM, join the committee & club members of Swinux on Discord as we race to the finish line in Super Tux Kart in this inuagural event!

We’re pleased to announce that our weekly meetups for Semester 1 of 2026 has been confirmed! Join us weekly every Tuesday from 4:30PM at EN405 to hang out with members from the Swinux, Cybersecurity and Programming clubs.

Swinux will attend Orientation and Launch Week for Semester 1 of 2026!

Last week, the club announced that it would be attending launch week on the 25th and 27th of Feburary. Today, we are also confirming that we will be attending Launch week from the 2nd to the 4th of March.

This Year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) date is confirmed, and will be held this Thursday 16th of October 2025 @ 4pm. It will be held online via Discord, and elections will be conducted using Rubric.

We have just announced the first C++ Workshop for Semester 2 of 2025!

Taking place in Week 5, this workshop will focus on explaining the basics to novice to intermediate programmers. This workshop is hosted by the Swinux President, Dylan, who has industry experience with C++. Previous coding experience is recommended, although not neccessary to attend and learn more about programming. The workshop will conduct the following:

That’s a wrap on the inaugural C++ Workshop for Swinux!

We hope all that attended in person or remotely had a great time learning about the fundamentals of C++. We have a list of resources hosted on our club GitHub repository should you wish to revisit the workshop, including slides, code and documentation regarding setup on Linux, Windows and Mac:

Congratulations to Swinux (the Swinburne Linux Hardware Code Club) for meeting qourum for Semester 2 2025!

Your votes have enabled the club to extend into Semester 2 of 2025. The club has nominated the following club members to the committee: