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GNOME Foundation

A diverse and sustainable free software desktop.

The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization that believes in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust. We do this by building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem.

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Project ideas

6 ideas on its 2026 ideas page. Sizes: 1 large. 6 mentors named.

[In HIGH DEMAND] Add Native Uninstallation Support to GNOME Shell App Grid large
Recover from GPU resets
Overlay plane unredirection of client buffers in GNOME Shell
Add Vocab-style Puzzles to GNOME Crosswords
Gitg moving to GTK4
Pitivi Timeline Ruler Widget

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2016, 11 years. Projects per year: '16: 18, '17: 19, '18: 13, '19: 8, '20: 14, '21: 12, '22: 9, '23: 9, '24: 8, '25: 5, '26: 6.

On GitHub

No GitHub organization found in its official listing.

Links and channels

Website: https://gnome.org
Ideas page: https://gsoc.gnome.org/2026/
Contributor guide: https://gsoc.gnome.org
Source code: https://gitlab.gnome.org/
Chat: https://handbook.gnome.org/get-in-touch.html
Mailing list: https://discourse.gnome.org/

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "GNOME Foundation" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "GNOME Foundation"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "GNOME Foundation"

or ask your assistant:
"Which GNOME Foundation repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.