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Internet Archive

Universal Access to All Knowledge

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library. We are the home of the Wayback Machine.

  • python
  • javascript
  • go
  • elasticsearch
  • hadoop
  • library
  • media
  • archiving

Project ideas

4 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 3 that state a difficulty: 1 medium, 2 hard. Sizes: 3 large. 1 mentor named.

  1. Form: How to express interest & connect
  2. Idea 1: Wayback Machine large hard
  3. Idea 2: Open Library large medium
  4. Idea 3: Submitter’s Choice large hard

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

History

In GSoC since 2017, 9 years. Projects per year: '17: 2, '18: 5, '19: 2, '20: 3, '21: 2, '23: 5, '24: 2, '25: 5, '26: 3.

On GitHub

92 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: TypeScript (29), Python (23), JavaScript (18), Go (7), HTML (4), Shell (3).

Links and channels

go deeper in your terminal
git-into-gsoc org "Internet Archive" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "Internet Archive"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "Internet Archive"
or ask your assistant:
"Which Internet Archive 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.