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PROGRAM YEAR · 16th EDITION

GSoC 2020 with 1,107 contributors.

199 organizations took part, and the median one took 4 contributors. 33 were new to the program and 166 had taken part before.

Organizations

199

166 returning

First time

33

17% of organizations

Contributors

1,107

5.6 per organization

Mentors

1,848

1.7 per contributor

Median per organization

4

4 in 2019

ORGANIZATIONS

Where the 2020 contributors went

Contributors per organization

Organizations by the number they took in 2020

  1. 201
  2. 382
  3. 733–5
  4. 386–10
  5. 2211–20
  6. 521+
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Organizations by contributors in 2020
Contributors in 2020Organizations
120
238
3–573
6–1038
11–2022
21+5

73 organizations took 3 to 5 contributors, the most common size. The median was 4.

TECHNOLOGIES

Contributor slots by technology 2020 against 2019.

  1. Python773+25
  2. JavaScript647−38
  3. C++631+31
  4. C603+13
  5. Java328−40
  6. Android237same
  7. Machine learning196−9
  8. Go150+6
  9. PHP150+1
  10. HTML149−23
  11. React149−29
  12. CSS143−19
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Contributor slots by technology in 2020 and 2019
Technology20202019
Python773748
JavaScript647685
C++631600
C603590
Java328368
Android237237
Machine learning196205
Go150144
PHP150149
HTML149172
React149178
CSS143162

Slots are accepted projects at organizations that list the technology today. Organizations list several, so rows overlap.

IN CONTEXT

2020 among all cycles

Organizations

Per cycle, 2020 highlighted

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Organizations per cycle
Organizations
2016178
2017201
2018212
2019206
2020199
2021202
2022202
2023168
2024195
2025185
2026183

Contributors

Per cycle, 2020 highlighted

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Contributors per cycle
Contributors
20161,032
20171,127
20181,071
20191,134
20201,107
20211,204
20221,054
2023908
20241,127
20251,276
20261,140

MENTORS

1,848 mentors for 1,107 contributors.

Mentors per cycle

2020 highlighted

  11. n/a
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Mentors per cycle
Mentors
20161,396
20171,579
20181,648
20191,754
20201,848
20211,783
20221,529
20231,414
20241,592
20251,663
2026n/a

FIRST TIME

33 organizations new to GSoC in 2020.

EVERY ORGANIZATION IN 2020

199 organizations by projects that year.

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PROJECTS AND PEOPLE

1,107 accepted projects with their contributors and mentors.

  1. CERN-HSF

    (QMLHEP Proposal) Quple - Quantum Machine Learning Framework for High Energy Physics

    Chi Lung ChengMentored by Wen Guan, shaojun sun, Chen Zhou +1

    Project

  2. NumFOCUS

    Abstraction of Linear Algebra Data Structures in QuTiP

    Jake LishmanMentored by Nathan Shammah, Eric, Alex Pitchford

    Project

  3. SCoRe Lab

    A DLT-based Trust Framework for IoT Ecosystems

    Pasindu KuruppuarachchiMentored by Tharindu Ranathunga, Raveen Perera

    Project

  4. Python Software Foundation

    Adding new checkers to CVE Binary Tool

    Saurabh KhandelwalMentored by John Andersen, Terri Oda, mdwood +2

    Project

  5. INCF

    A reduced time-series feature library to efficiently characterize neural dynamics

    Imran AlamMentored by Joseph Lizier, benfulcher

    Project

  6. R project for statistical computing

    A package for robust-GARCH model

    Echo LiuMentored by alexiosg, Daniel Hanson, R. Douglas Martin

    Project

  7. KDE Community

    Adding multiple datasets to several activities

    deepak2431Mentored by Aman Gupta, Emmanuel Charruau, Johnny Jazeix

    Project

  8. Zulip

    Authentication, Admin/Org Settings and User Settings

    Clara Moraes DantasMentored by Rhea Parekh, Rohitt Vashishtha

    Project

  9. CNCF

    Anomaly Detection of the CoreDNS Server through Machine Learning

    Chanakya EkboteMentored by Yong Tang

    Project

  10. TensorFlow

    A fast, cross-platform image loader in Swift

    AyushiMentored by Saleem Abdulrasool, Ayush Agrawal (Ayush517)

    Project
See all 1,107 projects from 2020

SHARED BY THE 2020 COHORT

Proposals and progress posts

No 2020 contributor has shared a proposal or progress post yet. Were you one of them?

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READING FOR GSOC 2020

Guides for this cycle and every one after it.

All articles

Data: Google Summer of Code public archive. Contributor counts are accepted projects. Participation history is not a prediction of selection. Official 2020 archive