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If you need to comment about a weekly status report, do it on your respective project threads, linking the report post. The goal is so I can see at a glance when someone misses a report and extra posts make that harder. …

Congratulations to the 4 contributors selected to work with LibreHealth during Google Summer of Code 2026! We’re very excited about this excellent group of @gsoc2026contributors as part of our community and look forward …

All accepted GSoC 2026 contributors are required to post at least one blog entry every week during GSoC. Start now so you get in the habit of writing a post every week! You don’t have to create a new blog for GSoC; it’…

We are going to try something new that we introduced in 2020. This is in addition to your blog post. The goal is to catch things early if you are behind in your timeline early. @gsoc2026contributors, Answer the followi…

Introduce yourselves here.

I have thus far handled allegations of AI usage in proposals on a case-by-case basis, but this isn’t working. I am running your proposals through GPTZero. There should be very little AI detected; it won’t be zero, sadly…

NO AI LLMs may be used for any parts of your proposals(starter tasks count) or work product. No exceptions. Don’t use AI – even for grammar and spelling. We don’t mind if your grammar and spelling aren’t 100% perfect. Th…

We have been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2026 (GSoC)!!! The timeline is as follows (we have no control over this aspect; Google sets the timeline, not us): 2026-02-19T18:00:00Z (UTC): Google announces the list…

Hey folks, If you have blockers, you should just state the blockers, and then if you need to communicate with your mentor, do so on your project threads. This is because I go and look for four posts from our selected c…

I had a student DM me on Instagram and blocked them. It is highly inappropriate to DM mentors outside of our Chat and Forums. Matter of fact, do not even ever send private messages to any mentors since all communication …

The use of AI is forbidden for both your proposals and your work product if you are selected. LLM usage is forbidden, even for grammar/spelling. Do not use it. This only refers to code generation. If your project is AI-r…

A friendly reminder that LibreHealth mandates that all communication happens publicly either here on the forums or on our chat. Private messaging in any form between students and mentors is forbidden except under very li…

Folks, We understand your eagerness, but you need to be patient. Mentors are all volunteers. Please don’t ping us, we know you’re waiting, so just bear with us.

Advice for Students interested in Google Summer of Code… This is the time of year when a lot of questions coming to the discuss list are about “How do I get started?”". Here is some step by step advice that should he…

Hey All, The timeline has been modified as follows: February 20, 2020 : Organizations Announced March 16- 31 (18:00 UTC) : Student Application period March 31 - April 20, 2020 : Mentors review submitted student prop…

If you want to be selected, you MUST join our chat for GSoC. It is unacceptable to just submit a proposal and not engage with us. Not working on any issues – submitting non-trivial pull requests means we automatically w…

Hi all, I reviewed some of the draft proposals we have received this year and I’m worried that some of you are not scoping your project correctly. Aim for 40 hours per week, if you go slightly over or slightly under, i…

Hi there folks, You should be avoiding use of abbreviations. DO NOT type messages like: “plz tell me what is expected” DO type messages like: “Could you please tell me what is expected of us?” This looks unprofess…

In case you haven’t heard, we are in GSOC 2020 !! and are pretty excited …Let’s use this thread for general information for students who are interested in Google Summer of Code 2020. You can view our current project ide…

Look at this link for a great GSOC proposal - The wireframes seem to be missing but this can help guide you https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Patient+Narratives+Upload+-+Project+Proposal

You need to be able to work with Git if you wish to be successful with us for Google Summer of Code, this is a cool Electron application for learning Git: