Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
253 organisations took part between 2024 and 2026. 200 have repositories measured so far, last updated 11 Oct 2026.
The ranking rule. Share of pull requests from outside the core team that got a reply from a person within 7 days, across all of the organisation's measured repositories. Ties go to the higher outside merge rate. An organisation needs at least 20 outside pull requests to take a place; smaller ones follow, unranked.
Each year Google funds new contributors to spend about 12 weeks building something for an open source project.
You work with a mentor from the organisation you applied to. You do not need to be a student, only new to open source and 18 or older.
You write a proposal to one of the organisations below. That is why it matters which of them reply to newcomers.
Details and dates are on the official Google Summer of Code site.
Now is the best time to start: contribute small fixes to the organisation you want, so the mentors know your name before applications open.
Oct
You are here.
Organisations
213 organisations measured on GitHub
Machine learning applications in science
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 8 repositories measured
pythonmachine learningc++data analysisartificial intelligence
40 organisations cannot be measured on GitHub. They host their code elsewhere, or they are umbrella organisations whose projects change every year. They are listed so the ranking does not pretend they do not exist.
Mid January
Many publish their idea lists now.
Late February
Pick two or three and read their ideas.
Applications
Mid March
Send mentors a draft early for feedback.
End of March
About two weeks after opening.
End of April
Meet your mentor before coding starts.
Coding
Late May
About 12 paid weeks, midterm in July.
Late August
Larger projects can run into November.
Google has not published the 2027 dates yet; these follow the 2026 programme, which has kept the same shape for years. Official timeline
Start with ML4SCI/CMS
Innovative ideas & technologies in geoinformatics
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 11 repositories measured
javascriptandroidjavaweb servicesogc standards
Start with 52North/WRT-QGIS
Scalable geometric and statistical software
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 4 repositories measured
pythonc++rjupytergithub-actions
A free/open-source machine translation platform
GSoC 2024 · 12 repositories measured
pythonjavascriptc++xmlbash
Start with apertium/apertium-kir
Building platforms for reproducible AI Research
GSoC 2024, 2025 · 2 repositories measured
pythondjangodockerangularjsaws
Building equity in education to transform lives
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 1 repository measured
pythonjavascriptdjangovue.js
Start with learningequality/kolibri
The community open to science and technology.
GSoC 2025, 2026 · 1 repository measured
pythonjavascriptllvmc++docker
Start with OpenScienceLabs/opensciencelabs.github.io
Honeypots and Threat Intelligence R&D
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 8 repositories measured
pythonjavascriptdjangogodocker
Start with honeynet/honeynet.org
AI for the Arts and the Humanities
GSoC 2024, 2025, 2026 · 3 repositories measured
pythonmachine learningc++data analysisartificial intelligence
The Most Versatile Data Management Platform
GSoC 2024 · 3 repositories measured
javascriptjavasqlangularllm
Start with polypheny/Polypheny-DB
Dates for the next round are published by Google on the official timeline. Contributable is independent and not affiliated with Google.