GSoC 2026: Will project ideas which are beyond the published projects list be accepted?

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Hello LibreHealth Community! :waving_hand:

My name is Debasmita C, a Flutter developer interested in GSoC’26.

While browsing the old projects, I came across the Cost of Care Explorer app: I have a few questions before I start contributing:

  1. Will contributions to this repository be considered valid for GSoC 2026?

  2. If yes, are you open to project proposals beyond your published ideas list? Specifically, would a Flutter modernization project for the Cost of Care app be considered?

I have already explored the codebase and have some ideas to discuss if this is something the community would be interested in!

Thank you :folded_hands:

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Unfortunately not, stick to what we have fleshed out.

But, What are your ideas that aren’t implemented? How would you improve it? Keep your answers isolated to this thread, please.

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Okay! But after digging into the codebase of the flutter app, I found two interconnected improvement areas:

1. Critical Modernization (Blocker-level issues):

  1. The app currently uses sdk: ">=2.10.0 <3.0.0" making it incompatible with Dart 3.x and Flutter 3.7+.
  2. Several packages are discontinued (share, package_info, file_utils) and core packages like bloc and dio are 2+ major versions behind with breaking API changes.
  3. The CI pipeline still uses flutter:3.3.8.

I’d like to systematically fix these, upgrade to Dart 3, and get a clean buildable app as a foundation.

2. Accessibility Extension for Community Health Workers: Building on the modernized app, I’d like to add a CHW-friendly mode for rural US health workers / non tech-savvy individuals featuring:

  1. Voice search for procedure names using speech_to_text (typing “percutaneous coronary intervention” is unrealistic in the field)
  2. AI-assisted plain language explanations of billing codes using Gemini API — not medical advice, just decoding publicly available chargemaster terminology
  3. Shareable cost reports for CHWs to share estimates with patients

Both ideas are scoped entirely within this app. Would this direction align with what you’re looking to prioritize?

Project: Enhanced Cross-Platform Synchronization for NeoRoo using d2 library
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What’s your opinion on this?

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Which Flutter app are you talking about? We have ECEB that isn’t in use and NeoRoo is already using Dart 3+

I don’t think the voice search in itself is a large endeavor. The AI-assisted needs patient privacy and we don’t want to support a proprietary model. The cost reports are extremely hard given the number of payors and plans that exist. The CHW (or the app) would have to do EOB and payor plan processing to get these reports in even somewhat accurate way.

I don’t think these enhancements are a priority for the NeoRoo app. What do you think @shbucher ?

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@Debasmita I figured from the other thread that you were referring to the cost-of-care application. That hasn’t seen much user traction, even though it is really close to our hearts. However, I think the other active apps (NeoRoo or NeoSmartML) are higher priority for GSoC 2026.

I’d still appreciate contributions to cost-of-care app outside of GSoC 2026.

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Alright, thanks for the information!