Find an idea you like? Want to propose your own? See the GSoC Getting Started Guide.
Students Welcome
If you are a student looking forward to participate the GSoC 2017 with Fedora, please feel free to browse this idea list which is still growing. Do not hesitate to contact the mentors or contributors listed on this page for any questions or clarification. You can find people on the #fedora-summer-coding IRC channel.
If you are new to the Fedora Project, the following material will help you to get started. You should also follow the GSoC Student Guide #fedora-devel can be used for getting help with programming problems.
Supporting Mentors
The following contributors are available to provide general help and support for the GSoC 2017 program (existing contributors, feel free to add yourselves and your wiki page). If a specific project mentor is busy, you can contact one of the people below for short-term help on your project or task.
- Brian (bex) Exelbierd
- Radka (rhea) Janek (C#, webserver or dotnet related stuff on linux, general support)
- Justin W. Flory
- Corey Sheldon (Python, 2Factor/Multi-Factor Auth, QA Testing,General Mentoring, see my fas page)
Draft of an idea
Please add your idea using the following template with examples:
Project Name
| Status | Proposed - draft |
| Skill level | //How do you judge this project, is it fit for beginner contributor, or does it already require some advanced knowledge about Fedora |
| Skills required | //Whatever programming languages or other skills you require of the student to already have. Keep in mind that we are trying to teach them something, so don't list completely everything required to complete the task. |
| Mentor(s) | DotNet SIG - Radka (rhea) Janek, ... //If your SIG is taking the responsibility, specify as in this example (and always link to people or groups) |
| Contacts (IRC & email) | #example-irc-channel[?] & example-list //Mentors email or mailing list of your SIG. |
| Idea description | ... |
| Notes & references | ... |
Idea list for GSoC 2017
Open Ideas From GSoC 2016
In addition to the above list of ideas, you may want to check out ideas from previous years and contact the mentors for those projects to see if they're still interested in mentoring someone this year.
Note: Do not submit a proposal for an idea from a previous year without contacting the mentor to ensure they will be available to mentor you. Without a mentor, proposals will be rejected.
Previous years: