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VideoLAN

Open Source Multimedia for everyone!

The VideoLAN project is led by and composed of a team of volunteers who believe in the power of open source to rock the multimedia world. We produce multimedia software notably the famous VLC media player as well as designated libraries and codecs.

  • c
  • c++
  • qt
  • assembly
  • video
  • audio
  • streaming
  • video
  • codecs
  • media database

Project ideas

33 ideas on its 2026 ideas page. Sizes: 11 medium, 22 large. 18 mentors named.

  1. Advanced Audio Filters large
  2. VLC Qt interface redesign large
  3. VLC Skins2 interface update large
  4. VLC macOS interface redesign large
  5. VLC watchOS port large
  6. Add back netsync module large
  7. VLC iOS UI update large
  8. Android Medialibrary cache management large
  9. Qt integration tests large
  10. Update the Lua integration large
  11. Port the remote access webserver to VLC Desktop large
  12. demux Rust bindings and AVI module for VLC large
  13. integrate checkasm tooling and improve existing asm coverage medium
  14. Vulkan video filters: tonemapping and subtitles large
  15. Vulkan video filters: deinterlace, adjust and others large
  16. Lua Declarative UI Framework for Extensions large
  17. Lua API HTTP bindings large
  18. Lua Script Test Harness medium
  19. Use vcpkg contribs large
  20. Cloud integration for desktop large
  21. Improve libnoidea and integrate in VLC large
  22. libmicrodns refactoring medium
  23. libspatialaudio acceleration medium
  24. Improve the LibVLCSharp developer experience and ecosystem medium
  25. Improve the VLC for Unity developer experience and ecosystem medium
  26. Improve the VideoLAN crash reporter in Go and Vue.js large
  27. dav1d RISC-V optimizations medium
  28. dav2d RISC-V optimizations medium
  29. dav2d ARM optimizations medium
  30. dav1d statistics extractions medium
  31. Direct3D 11 backend medium
  32. Dolby Vision Profile 5 (IPT-PQ) large
  33. GPU motion interpolation (mvtools) large

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: 3, '17: 9, '18: 10, '19: 9, '20: 8, '21: 9, '22: 6, '23: 10, '24: 13, '25: 13, '26: 15.

On GitHub

No GitHub organization found in its official listing.

Links and channels

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