Do you develop open source software around OpenStreetMap? Would you like to take part in Google Summer of Code? Are you willing to be a mentor for students?
We're looking for project ideas and mentors from OpenStreetMap’s open source software ecosystem. If you have suitable projects and/or are willing to mentor a contributor, please add to the 2024 Project ideas wiki page.
GNOME will be mentoring 8 new contributors for Google Summer of Code 2024
We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned eight slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year!
GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the program a very valuable entry point for new members in our project.
In 2024 we will mentoring the following projects:
Project Title
Contributor
Assigned Mentor(s)
Add TypeScript Support to Workbench
Angelo Verlain Shema
Sonny Piers
Port Workbench demos to Vala, build a new Workbench Library, and replace the current code search
Bharat Tyagi
Sonny Piers
Improve Tracker SPARQL developer experience by creating a “web IDE” for developing queries
Demigod
Carlos Garnacho
Papers’ small screen and touch support for mobile and tablet
Markus Göllnitz
Pablo Correa Gomez
More durable synching for FlatSync
Mattia Formichetti
Rasmus Thomsen
Port libipuz to Rust
pranjal_
jrb
Improve Tracker SPARQL developer experience by creating “web IDE” for developing queries
rachle08
Carlos Garnacho
Add support for the latest GIR attributes and gi-docgen formatting to Valadoc
sudhanshuv1
Lorenz Wildberg
As part of the contributor’s acceptance into GSoC they are expected to actively participate in the Community Bonding period(May 1 – 26). The Community Bonding period is intended to help prepare contributors to start contributing at full speed starting May 27.
The new contributors will soon get their blogs added to Planet GNOME making it easy for the GNOME community to get to know them and the projects that they will be working on.
We would like to also thank our mentors for supporting GSoC and helping new contributors enter our project.
I've read it here already, so chances are you did as well. It is true: I will make Papers – the soon-to-be default document viewer in GNOME – work on mobile, while improving the UI in general.
I'm granted a #gsoc stipend to work on Papers – together with my mentor @pabloyoyoista. We looked into some things today, already.
I'm excited to make Linux on Mobile a viable alternative for more people. But probably you knew that already, from my other involvements.
I published another blog summarizing my progress during the 3rd and 4th weeks of my #GSoC'23 journey with #KDE. In the blog, I shared how my merge request for the Account Moderation Tool finally got merged into @tokodon along with the further progress made.
More code being reviewed these days, again by another #GSoC interns, Shubham Daule, who is doing a really great work so far: the ability for paint tools to grow layers as you paint past their boundaries.
I was not planning on having this in @GIMP 3.0 initially, and it's not merged yet, but seeing how well it is progressing, it might just get in soon!
Screencast of #dev build of #GIMP showcasing a layer being automatically resized as you paint over its boundaries.
KDE will participate Google Summer of Code 2024 with many new projects
From frameworks to translations, from Krita to KStars, GSoC recruits will work on improving performance, boosting interoperability, and adding features to a long list of KDE projects.
Haskell is one of the organizations selected for Google Summer of Code 2024! 🌟 This is a great chance for OSS newcomers to dive into the #Haskell ecosystem and make a lasting impact. Huge thanks to all who submitted project ideas and volunteered as mentors! #GSoChttps://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-selected-for-gsoc-2024/8916
:google: Who out here is going to the #GSoC Mentor Summit and willing to propose an unconference session on why locking down the web is a Bad Thing? #GoogleSummerOfCode
Congrats to the 9 applicants who got accepted into GSoC with GNOME! 🧑🎓
They'll be working on
• Rework Bustle's Diagram
• Add TypeScript Support to Workbench
• Port Workbench demos to Vala, new library
• Create a web IDE for Tracker SPARQL (2x)
• Mobile/touch support for Papers
• More durable synching for FlatSync
• Port libipuz to Rust
• Add support for the latest GIR attributes and gi-docgen formatting to Valadoc