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OpenWISP

The Hackable Network Management System

OpenWISP is an open source network management system which runs on low cost hardware and can be used to manage networks: from public wifi, university wifi, to mesh networks and IoT.

  • python
  • javascript
  • django
  • lua
  • openwrt
  • networking
  • network management system
  • wifi
  • vpn
  • sdn

Project ideas

8 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 8 that state a difficulty: 5 medium, 3 hard. Sizes: 2 medium, 6 large. 5 mentors named.

  1. Automatic Extraction of OpenWrt Firmware Image Metadata large hard
  2. WiFi Login Pages Modernization medium medium
  3. Mass Commands large medium
  4. X.509 Certificate Generator Templates medium medium
  5. Add more timeseries database clients to OpenWISP Monitoring large medium
  6. OpenWISP VPN Deployer Linux Package large hard
  7. Persistent & Scheduled Firmware Upgrades large medium
  8. Resource Aware Priority Task Scheduling for OpenWISP large hard

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

History

In GSoC since 2017, 10 years. Projects per year: '17: 5, '18: 2, '19: 2, '20: 3, '21: 5, '22: 2, '23: 1, '24: 1, '25: 5, '26: 5.

On GitHub

36 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (25), JavaScript (3), Jinja (2), Lua (2), Shell (2), HTML (1).

Links and channels

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