Google Summer of Code
Get paid to write open-source software with a real project and a mentor. Remote, from anywhere.
- Computer Science
- Who can enter
- 18+ worldwide. Open to newcomers to open source, not only students; stipend paid
- What it costs
- Free to take part, and Google pays a stipend: roughly $1,500-3,300 for a medium project and $3,000-6,600 for a large one, adjusted to your country's purchasing power, so the figure for Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan sits below the US headline. You are never asked for money. Anyone charging you for GSoC is a scam.
- When it closes
- We could not confirm this year's date against the organiser's own page, so we are not showing a countdown for it. Last published: Contributor proposals in spring; you build with a mentor over the summer.
Sending this to someone sends the four facts above, not just a name. They will see who can enter and what it costs before they decide.