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The NetBSD Foundation

Of course it runs NetBSD

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent for use in both production and research environments, and the source code is freely available under a business-friendly license. NetBSD is developed and supported by a large and vivid international community. Many applications are readily available through pkgsrc, the NetBSD Packages Collection.

  • c
  • shell script
  • make
  • unix
  • bsd
  • kernel
  • packaging
  • userland
  • unix
  • bsd

Project ideas

13 ideas on its 2026 ideas page.

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: 4, '17: 3, '18: 4, '19: 7, '20: 6, '21: 0, '22: 5, '23: 2, '24: 4, '25: 3, '26: 5.

On GitHub

4 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: C (2), Makefile (2).

Links and channels

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