There are not very many strict requirements for Google Summer of Code Ideas pages, but there are some things that students often ask us for. This page is intended as a starting template for organizations so you don't forget those things.

Warning: In 2014, many orgs got rejected because their ideas pages were offline when google checked. Make sure your ideas page is hosted somewhere that Google's Open Source Programs Office will be able to access when they check!

About MyOrg

What software are you creating? Why is it interesting? What language is it written in? How is it going to change the world?

Contacting MyOrg

• IRC channel:

• Mailing list(s):

Any special instructions/info about communicating: e.g. what time zones are your mentors in? do you prefer it if gsoc students introduce themselves first or just dive in?

Getting Started

Links to setup instructions go here.

Writing your application

Links to advice about applications and the application template goes here.

Project Ideas

1. Project name

• Project description: Make sure you have a high-level description that any student can understand, as well as deeper details

• Related Readings/Links: was there a mailing list discussion about this topic? standards you want the students to read first? bugs/feature requests?

• Skills: programming languages? specific domain knowledge?

• Difficulty level: Easy/Intermediate/Hard classification (students ask for this info frequently to help them narrow down their choices)

2. Project name

• As above. etc.