In GSoC 2026

OpenAFS

OpenAFS is a distributed filesystem originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University and IBM. It offers a client-server architecture for federated file sharing and replicated read-only content distribution, providing location independence, scalability, security, and transparent migration capabilities. OpenAFS is available for a broad range of systems including UNIX, Linux, MacOS X, and Microsoft Windows.

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Contributors in 2026

+1 from 2025

Projects since 2016

2.3 a cycle on average

Cycles

3 of 11

2-cycle streak

Rank in 2026

#119

of 183, 0.3% of slots

Mentors

for 2 projects in 2025

Contributors per cycle

Accepted projects each year, against the median organization that year

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OpenAFS contributors per cycle
	OpenAFS	Median organization
2016	0	4
2017	0	4
2018	0	3
2019	0	4
2020	0	4
2021	0	4
2022	2	3
2023	0	4
2024	0	4
2025	2	5
2026	3	4

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Testing Network Storage Filesystems Kernel

Quick answers

Is OpenAFS in GSoC 2026?: Yes, with 3 contributors.
How long has it taken part?: 3 of 11 cycles since 2016, first in 2022, with a 2-cycle streak running.
How many contributors does it usually take?: 2.3 a cycle on average, 7 in total. Its largest cycle was 2026, with 3.
What does it build with?: C, Python, Git, Ansible, Filesystems, JavaScript and 1 more.

Accepted projects

3 projects in 2026 · All 7 projects since 2016

Adding cell creation support to afsio
Junsouh Hong
Currently, OpenAFS provides the afsio command that supports read, writes, and locks to both files and directories in the AFS environment without...
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Proposal - Bastien Desert "Enhance fs to examine path components"
LaLoutre
Users who want to understand how the AFS cache manager resolves each element of a path (plain directory, mount point, or symlink) must manually run...
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Enhance fs to examine path components
Minca Maria-Alexandra
This project extends the OpenAFS fs examine command to provide visibility into each component of a given path, instead of only the final object. In a...
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