Find organizations to contribute to

Programs are the door; organizations are who you actually work with.

Full org browser notes: ../organizations/README.md.

Browse by program

Tool	What it covers
GSoC organizations (current year)	180+ mentoring orgs, contact rules, tech stacks
GSoC org history & stats	Past participation, project ideas archives
Open Source Programs Tracker — orgs	Orgs across GSoC, Outreachy, LFX by language/topic

High-signal org families (examples)

• Bitcoin: Core-adjacent tooling, wallets, education (see Summer of Bitcoin project list each year)
• Linux / infra: Kernel, systemd, GNOME, KDE, CNCF projects (often LFX + GSoC)
• Science / India: FOSSEE, eSim, Spoken Tutorial ecosystem
• Web / app: Mozilla, Wikimedia, Django, Ruby, Rails (check each org’s issue tracker)

What to do before you apply

1. Read CONTRIBUTING.md or README in the org repo.
2. Fix one small issue and get a review.
3. Introduce yourself on their official chat/list (not cold email unless they ask for it).

See how-to-apply.md.