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+++ title = "GNU social will be on GSoC this Summer of 2020!" description = "GNU social is happy to announce that will be participating as a hosting project in Google Summer of Code for the third time in a row!" tags = ["gsoc","funding"] categories = ["news"] date = 2020-02-20T13:37:42+01:00 draft = false author = "Diogo Cordeiro" thumbnail = "https://www.diogo.site/projects/GNU-social/soc/2019/coding_environment.jpg" +++
GNU social was again accepted into the Google Summer of Code program. View our GSoC website for details. Our ideas list was already published. You're welcome to propose other ideas in the chat or on the issue tracker.
Results from last year
In our last GSoC, we mentored two students who both completed their projects.
Bruno Casteleiro improved OpenID support, improved our URLMapper, started work in the The Free Network module - an essential element to ensure a fluid transition between federation protocols. He also improved the existing ActivityPub support by adding queues, collection caching and proper audience targetting. You can find his technical report here.
Miguel Dantas improved embedded media support as well as general media handling and improved both the existing caching and queueing system. You can find his technical report here.
What a summer!
We are truly proud of all the progress we made with the help of our students. GNU social mentees have to submit code on the level of typical contributors without spoon-feeding and that's something achieved in all of ours GSoC editions.
A GNU social contributor deals with {reliability, software and computer security} engineering. Mastery with full-stack web development and git is acquired in a hands-on way without ever dismissing theoretical computer science teachings for optimal efficiency and effective designs.
GNU social is a beautiful software that follows GNU and UNIX philosophies by heart.
A big thanks for all the support of our lovely community and devs who have been with us in yet another great journey!