OSS Programs
Google Summer of Code
International program where contributors 18 plus are paid by Google to work on open source projects over the summer.
Region
global
Outreachy
Diversity focused program offering paid remote internships in open source and open science.
Region
global
MLH Fellowship
Remote fellowship where students and early career developers work on real world open source or production code.
Region
global
Linux Foundation Mentorship Program
Mentorship program that matches contributors with maintainers on Linux Foundation projects.
Region
global
Summer of Bitcoin
Global online program that introduces university students to Bitcoin open source development and design.
Region
global
European Summer of Code
Program that funds interns to work on applied AI and open source research projects with European hubs.
Region
europe
GirlScript Summer of Code
Three month open source program by GirlScript Foundation for beginners to contribute to many projects.
Region
global
GirlScript Winter of Code
Open source contribution program during winter focused on building educational content and code.
Region
global
Season of KDE
Mentorship program by KDE community for code and non code projects similar in style to GSoC.
Region
global
Processing Foundation Fellowship
Fellowships that support individuals or small teams building creative coding projects with Processing or p5.js.
Region
global
Igalia Coding Experience Program
Summer program by Igalia giving newcomers experience working on open source browsers and graphics projects.
Region
global
FOSSEE Summer Fellowship
Internship and fellowship program at IIT Bombay where students work on FOSSEE free software projects.
Region
india
Google Summer of Earth Engine
Pilot program for Indian students to work on Earth Engine based environmental and geospatial projects.
Region
india
Summer of Nix
NixOS Foundation program where participants work in remote teams to improve Nix ecosystem and package free and open source software.
Region
global
Redox Summer of Code
Redox OS program that uses project donations to fund students or contributors to work on Redox OS and ecosystem projects.
Region
global
Advent of Code
Annual December programming puzzle event.
Region
global
Open Source Promotion Plan
Program by Chinese Academy of Sciences for college students.
Region
global
JGEC Winter of Code
Winter open source program by Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College.
Region
india
Open Mainframe Project Mentorship
Mentorship for mainframe and COBOL projects under Linux Foundation.
Region
global
Linux Kernel Mentorship
Linux kernel developer mentorship.
Region
global
Apertre 2.0
30-day OSS event Resourcio Community.
Region
india
DMP by C4GT Code for GovTech
India govt tech projects.
Region
india
Hacktoberfest
A global event run by DigitalOcean that encourages developers of all levels to contribute to open source projects during October. Participants earn digital badges, tree plantings, and swag by completing pull requests and making meaningful contributions to the community.
Region
global
CNCF Mentorship
Cloud Native Foundation.
Region
global
IIIT Kalyani Winter of Code
GDSC IIIT Kalyani.
Region
india
Build for Bharat Fellowship
Bharat Digital govt.
Region
india
GitHub Campus Experts
A leadership program for university students who want to establish and expand tech communities on their campuses. Participants gain public speaking skills, leadership training, and access to GitHub resources while fostering innovation and collaboration among their peers.
Region
global
24 Pull Requests
December PR event.
Region
global
FOSSASIA Codeheat
Continuous contest.
Region
global