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MIT App Inventor
Anyone can build apps with global impact
MIT App Inventor is a free, open source web app that anyone can use to build mobile apps. It has been used by over 8 million people worldwide who have built more than 30 million apps. It is available in twelve different languages and used by people from ages 13 and up.
- javascript
- java
- gwt
- swift
- education
- development tools
- android
- ios
Project ideas
8 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 8 that state a difficulty: 4 medium, 4 hard. 6 mentors named.
- Trainable ChatBot interface and AI component hard
- ListView Component Update medium
- Internationalization features for applications hard
- Learning Management System (LMS) Integrations medium
- User defined components/extensions hard
- Github workflow hooks medium
- Potential Projects hard
- Designer Projects medium
Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.
History
In GSoC since 2016, 10 years. Projects per year: '16: 5, '17: 4, '19: 4, '20: 6, '21: 5, '22: 5, '23: 6, '24: 5, '25: 5, '26: 3.
On GitHub
8 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Java (4), HTML (2), JavaScript (1), Python (1).
Links and channels
- Website: http://appinventor.mit.edu
- Ideas page: https://github.com/mit-cml/appinventor-sources/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2026
- Contributor guide: https://community.appinventor.mit.edu/t/google-summer-of-code-gsoc-2026/163196
- Source code: https://github.com/mit-cml/appinventor-sources
- Mailing list: https://community.appinventor.mit.edu
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