# Are we having GSOC on 2026?
**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 18, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781 "2025-06-18T10:32:36Z")
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### Author:  [@c0d3h01](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/c0d3h01)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/1 "2025-06-18T10:32:36Z")
In the 2026 have Google summer of code ? on nixos org?
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### Author:  [@Infinisil](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Infinisil)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/2 "2025-06-18T13:14:47Z")
We didn’t apply last year as nobody was there to manage the process: [GSoC 2025 - Deadline 11 Feb - #4 by tomberek](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/gsoc-2025-deadline-11-feb/59674/4)
Going forward we have a new NixOS Foundation board (which I’m part of) which should stay on top of this and do the application next year. So I’m gonna guess that yes, we will have GSoC in 2026, assuming we get accepted then 🙂
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### Author:  [@tomberek](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tomberek)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/3 "2026-01-18T20:34:43Z")
Google Summer of Code Organization Applications open Jan 19, End Feb 3. I was thinking the SBOM package names identifier improvement effort would be good. Some people to write tooling to make it better, some people to manually correct where the heuristic is wrong. Some tooling to build CI. Seems plausible. I’m willing to be a mentor/organizer if we can get a few of you or others interested in running a GSoC. [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)
Any other ideas? Hydra? SBOM/PURL improvements, Dyn Derivations? We can work on reducing issue/PR count. We can work on security automation.
Ideas? Anyone interested in organizing? Mentoring? Participating?
Edit: adding the link to roles: [What is Google Summer of Code? | Google Summer of Code Guides](https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/#participant-roles)
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### Author:  [@fricklerhandwerk](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/fricklerhandwerk)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/4 "2026-01-18T22:42:17Z")
I‘d mentor measurable improvements to the CVE-derivation matching algorithm for [tracker.security.nixos.org](http://tracker.security.nixos.org).
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### Author:  [@Eveeifyeve](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Eveeifyeve)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/5 "2026-01-19T15:26:19Z")
Unfortunately I had thoughts of contributing, but according to [google you need to be 18 years of age to register for anything](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/rules) and I still got a year and a bit before I am 18. 😭
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### Author:  [@tomberek](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tomberek)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/6 "2026-01-21T22:41:47Z")
I am applying on behalf of the NixOS org for GSoC. We don’t yet need concrete project ideas, but I do need a co-organizer. Anyone interested?
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### Author:  [@Infinisil](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Infinisil)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/7 "2026-01-22T00:35:49Z")
@tomberek Please don’t do this without coordinating with the foundation board, since we’ll have to process the legal and financial matters. We also already have an account as the NixOS foundation there and just need to sign it up for 2026 which is on the agenda for this week 😉
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### Author:  [@jasonodoom](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/jasonodoom)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/8 "2026-01-22T02:52:44Z")
I’m interested in helping out as well!
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### Author:  [@tomberek](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tomberek)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/9 "2026-01-30T18:45:21Z")
Anyone have some project ideas and proposals for Google Summer of Code? Throw them (even if in raw form) in a reply or into GitHub or here.
- [init: 2026 ideas by tomberek · Pull Request #21 · NixOS/GSoC · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/GSoC/pull/21/changes)
- [GSoC/ideas/2024.md at 989a0a84ec51df780998246030e9f06c1ed59e8b · NixOS/GSoC · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/GSoC/blob/989a0a84ec51df780998246030e9f06c1ed59e8b/ideas/2024.md) ).
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### Author:  [@RossComputerGuy](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/RossComputerGuy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/10 "2026-01-30T18:56:17Z")
A few ideas:
- Adding a mechanism to get vendored dependencies from any package for any ecosystem (such as rust, dart, etc)
- Adding a mechanism to get more information out of patches
- Patch cleanup effort to get ones that fix a CVE to actually reference the CVE’s right
- Better meta on whether the package is a wrapper of an existing package (plus making sure `unwrapped` is an attribute)
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### Author:  [@mightyiam](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/mightyiam)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/11 "2026-01-31T02:45:20Z")
- Progress on [GitHub - molybdenumsoftware/statix: A linter for the Nix language](https://github.com/molybdenumsoftware/statix)
- Progress on [GitHub - molybdenumsoftware/htnl: Nix library for making websites](https://github.com/molybdenumsoftware/htnl)
- Whatever nix changes are blocking [flake: split into multiple files by mightyiam · Pull Request #433695 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/433695#discussion_r2278835089)
- Each NixOS module to explicitly import its direct dependency modules
- Progress on modular services in NixOS
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### Author:  [@ksvivek](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/ksvivek)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/12 "2026-02-02T13:22:41Z")
Not sure if it’s doable within GSoC, but would like pitch these:
1. Semantic versioning. Coz current package versions depends on the flake’s inputs. And changing a particular packages’ version is something like giving another nixpkgs input for it and using it.
We could use something like [nixhub.io](http://nixhub.io) ‘s work for the hashes and versions relation.
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### Author:  [@fricklerhandwerk](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/fricklerhandwerk)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/13 "2026-02-02T14:01:43Z")
Add bells and whistles to [tracker.security.nixos.org](http://tracker.security.nixos.org):
- [Improve matching quality](https://github.com/NixOS/nix-security-tracker/issues/391) with more structured data and heuristics
- Workflow for change [proposals by maintainers](https://github.com/NixOS/nix-security-tracker/issues/325)
- [Sharing evaluation data](https://github.com/NixOS/nix-security-tracker/issues/224) across multiple services
- Assorted things that might be interesting for students or young professionals to work with on a productive system:
- Increasing data storage efficiency
- Fixing UI problems
- Digging into the data to increase transparency or observability
- Introducing new tools or paradigms into the development process
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### Author:  [@mugiwarix](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/mugiwarix)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/14 "2026-02-03T18:13:16Z")
In my opinion, in the coming years software development and adoption will be largely driven by open source, AI, and security. NixOS is an excellent solution for the first two aspects; however, it still lacks security features compared to other common operating systems, whether immutable or not.
So I would suggest anything that can improve NixOS security. Good starting points could be:
- Secure boot: progress on [lanzaboote](https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote) (e.g., trusted userspace, [kernel signing and lockdown](https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote/issues/88))
- MAC: progress on SELinux
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### Author:  [@tomberek](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tomberek)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/are-we-having-gsoc-on-2026/65781/15 "2026-02-03T20:28:11Z")
Application for GSoC 2026 has been submitted (thanks @Infinisil and @roberth !) Please PR subsequent ideas to [GSoC/ideas/2026.md at 25dbb7395ff295921e082483bd85e090ad62b5f3 · NixOS/GSoC · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/GSoC/blob/25dbb7395ff295921e082483bd85e090ad62b5f3/ideas/2026.md) using the format and guidance linked to in the READMEs.