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Welcome to Joomla Google Summer of Code 2021

This page will aim to be a general informational page for students, mentors and others interested in Joomla's Google Summer of Code Program.

Make sure to check out the 2021 project list

CMS

Joomla developers are currently working on multiple projects: the Joomla CMS main 3.x Version and the upcoming new major version 4.0 (2021). Additionally there are many side projects related to testing, performance, and other things. The Joomla CMS is the very popular and well known FOSS content management system powering currently around 3-4 % of the internet.

What is GSoC?

Google Summer of Code is a program run by Google for college students interested in getting a stipend to contribute to Open Source Software. They will spend their summer with improving and writing new features for the project. Visit the Google Summer of Code website to learn more.

• Joomla GSoC Team on Joomla Volunteers Portal

Project Timeline

• February 20 - Mentoring organization application deadline
• March 10 - Mentoring organizations announced
• March 29 - Student application period begins
• April 13 - Student application deadline
• May 17 - Student projects announced
• May 17 to June 7 - Community bonding period
• June 7 to August 16 - Coding period [1]

Project Proposal

Please check the GSoC Student Application Template to understand what we are expecting from your proposal.

Last years projects:

• Google Summer of Code for Joomla! 2019
• Google Summer of Code for Joomla! 2018

Information For Students

• Joomla's project list
• GSoC Student Selection Criteria
• GSoC Student Application Template
• Joomla GSoC Mailing List
• General Joomla CMS Developer Mailing List

Information for Mentors

• Want to be a mentor? Please check the GSoC Mentor Guidelines.
• GSoC Mentors Selection Criteria

Any questions please do contact the Joomla GSoC Core Team 2021:

• Philip Walton (Lead and Admin)
• Shivam Rajput (Assistant)
• Benjamin Trenkle
• Llewellyn van der Merwe

Related Articles

Google Summer of Code 2019

• Joomla GSoC 2019 blog articles.

Google Summer of Code 2018

• Joomla GSoC 2018 blog articles.

Google Summer of Code 2017

• Joomla GSoC 2017 blog articles.

Google Summer of Code 2016

• GSoC: Every Story Has An Ending. Every Ending Is A New Beginning.
• The brains behind the Joomla! GSoC projects
• Interview with one of the 2016 students Ruchiranga Wickramasinghe
• Joomla's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is Proud to Announce Team Lead: Puneet Kala
• Joomla! has been selected as a Google Summer of Code 2016 mentor organization
• Joomla! is going to the 2016 Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit
• Articles on Joomla Community Magazine