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In GSoC 2026Every cycle since 2016

GNOME Foundation

The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization that believes in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust. We do this by building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem.

Contributors in 2026

6

+1 from 2025

Projects since 2016

121

11 a cycle on average

Cycles

11 of 11

11-cycle streak

Rank in 2026

#51

of 183, 0.5% of slots

Mentors

6

for 5 projects in 2025

Contributors per cycle

Accepted projects each year, against the median organization that year

  1. 19
  2. 6
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GNOME Foundation contributors per cycle
GNOME FoundationMedian organization
2016184
2017194
2018133
201984
2020144
2021124
202293
202394
202484
202555
202664

Quick answers

Is GNOME Foundation in GSoC 2026?
Yes, with 6 contributors.
How long has it taken part?
11 of 11 cycles since 2016, first in 2016, with a 11-cycle streak running.
How many contributors does it usually take?
11 a cycle on average, 121 in total. Its largest cycle was 2017, with 19.
What does it build with?
C, Python, JavaScript, GTK+, Gobject, Rust and 4 more.

Accepted projects

6 projects in 2026 · All 121 projects since 2016

  1. Add Debug Adapter Protocol Support to GJS

    Angelo Verlain Shema

    GJS is a JavaScript runtime built on Firefox's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine and the GNOME platform libraries. It allows the use of the GNOME...

  2. Laureen Caliman Vocab Style Puzzles to GNOME Crosswords

    Laureen Caliman

    Created in the early 2020’s, GNOME Crosswords became a well-liked application powered by the libipuz C library. While robust, it does not have...

  3. Pitivi Timeline Ruler: Native GTK4/Rust Rewrite

    Michael Calabrese

    The Pitivi timeline ruler currently relies on a legacy Python implementation using GTK3 and the Cairo drawing model. As Pitivi updates to a modern...

  4. Gitg moving to GTK4

    Shivam_.

    GNOME Gitg is a graphical user interface for Git that aims to be a small, fast, and easy-to-use tool for visualizing repository history and managing...

  5. Implementing App Uninstallation in the GNOME Shell App Grid

    Shyam Jagath

    This proposal aims to add a simple built in way to uninstall applications directly from the GNOME shell App Grid Right now users have to open the...

  6. Recover from GPU Resets

    Toluwaleke Ogundipe

    Mutter is the Wayland display server and compositor library powering GNOME Shell. Currently, an unexpected GPU reset causes the compositor to freeze...

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Data: Google Summer of Code public archive. Contributor counts are accepted projects.