Contributors per cycle
Accepted projects each year, against the median organization that year
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| appleseed | Median organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
Last took part in 2020
appleseed
A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects
Contributors in 2026
–
Not taking part
Projects since 2016
11
2.8 a cycle on average
Cycles
4 of 11
First in 2017
Rank in 2026
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By contributors
Mentors
3
for 3 projects in 2020
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Technologies
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Quick answers
- Is appleseed in GSoC 2026?
- No. It last took part in 2020.
- How long has it taken part?
- 4 of 11 cycles since 2016, first in 2017.
- How many contributors does it usually take?
- 2.8 a cycle on average, 11 in total. Its largest cycle was 2017, with 3.
- What does it build with?
- Python, C++, Qt, C, OpenGL, C++11.
Accepted projects
3 projects in 2020 · All 11 projects since 2016
Microfacet-based Normal Mapping
Lovro BosnarMentored by Lars
Texture maps are used for defining material properties for every point per object surface. Normal maps are textures that are efficient for...
New Post-Processing Stages
Tiago Loureiro ChavesMentored by Kevin Masson
This project aims to equip the post-processing pipeline with a good amount of new artistic effects, to allow users to tweak the overall look and feel...
Revisiting Physical Sun and Sky Model
João Marcos Mororó CostaMentored by François Beaune
This project will improve the current Appleseed's implementation of physical sun and sky models. Fixing the current blue tint present on Appleseed...
Light Paths Visualization and Viewport Unification
Gray OlsonMentored by oktomus - Kevin Masson, Esteban Tovagliari
Light path recording is a unique and potentially extremely valuable tool in appleseed; however, it is currently relatively limited in capability of...
Practical Path Guiding
Stephen AgyemangMentored by François Beaune, Esteban Tovagliari
For my Google Summer of Code project proposal I suggest implementing the technique described in the paper “Practical Path Guiding for Efficient...
Embree Integration
Fedor MatantsevMentored by François Beaune
Embree is a collection of high-performance ray tracing kernels, developed at Intel and being adopted by a range of commercial renderers such as VRay...
Hair Rendering II - Hair shader and binary format
Girish RameshMentored by François Beaune
The project aims to add three main components to the appleseed render to improve the hair and fur pipeline. Firstly, the addition of per vertex...
Adaptive image plane sampling proposal
Kevin MassonMentored by François Beaune
Current implementation of adaptive sampling needs to be overwriten so that it is more efficient, easier to use for any user and more robust regarding...
Python scripting feature for appleseed.studio
Gleb MishchenkoMentored by Esteban Tovagliari
Python is an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use language which is often used to automate actions with scripts and to accelerate development of modules,...
Implementation of the Improved Many-Light Sampling Algorithm by Nathan Veghdal
Petra GospodnetićMentored by Franz
In order to render a nice looking scene (where light is concerned) we need to take into consideration that an object is lit by a combination of...
Volume Rendering
Artem BishevMentored by Franz
Currently, appleseed only renders the surfaces of objects, and treats the space between objects as a void. Hereby, one of the most requested features...
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Data: Google Summer of Code public archive. Contributor counts are accepted projects.