Qubes OS

Project ideas

15 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 15 that state a difficulty: 2 easy, 8 medium, 5 hard. Sizes: 7 medium, 8 large. 9 mentors named.

1. Graphical package manager support in templates medium medium
2. Automate template version upgrade large medium
3. Qubes as a Vagrant provider large medium
4. System health monitor large medium
5. Mechanism for maintaining in-VM configuration medium medium
6. Qubes Live USB large hard
7. LogVM(s) medium easy
8. GUI agent for Windows 8/10 medium hard
9. Generalize the Qubes PDF Converter to other types of files medium easy
10. Progress towards reproducible builds large medium
11. Porting Qubes to ARM/aarch64 large hard
12. Android development in Qubes large hard
13. Admin API Fuzzer medium medium
14. Secure Boot support medium hard
15. Reduce logging of Disposable VMs large medium

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

History

In GSoC since 2017, 4 years. Projects per year: '17: 2, '20: 1, '21: 1, '26: 3.

On GitHub

81 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (22), Makefile (18), Shell (15), C (12), Ruby (2), Brainfuck (1).

Links and channels

• Website: https://qubes-os.org
• Ideas page: https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/developer/general/gsoc.html#project-ideas
• Contributor guide: https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/developer/general/gsoc.html#information-for-students
• Source code: https://github.com/QubesOS/
• Mailing list: https://forum.qubes-o.org
• Mailing list: https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/introduction/support.html#qubes-devel
• Chat: https://internal-team.matrix.instance

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