Google Summer of Code
Get paid to write open-source software with a real project and 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.