Wagtail’s Google Summer of Code

Welcome! This repository contains all resources for Wagtail’s participation to Google Summer of Code: for contributors, mentors, and organizers.

2026

👋 we don’t know whether we’ll take part. If you want to participate with us, please register your interest with our form: wagtail.org/gsoc-apply. View our GSoC 2026: expression of interest discussion for more details or to ask questions.

2025

We are taking part!

• We received 334 expressions of interest.
• And then 69 proposals for concrete projects (15 for grid-aware websites, 16 for CSP).
• We shortlisted 10 proposals for our mentors to rank.
• We’re expecting to select 2-4 proposals based on our mentoring capacity.

2024

In 2024, we took part with two projects. Our org admins were Thibaud Colas and Meagen Voss.

• Alt text capabilities
  • Contributor: Chiemezuo Akujobi @Chiemezuo
  • Mentors: Saptak S @SaptakS, Storm Heg @stormheg
• Low-carbon accessible project templates
  • Contributor: Nandini Arora @nandini584
  • Mentors: Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas, Shakhrizoda "Sherry" Y @shyusu4, Paarth Agarwal @PaarthAgarwal

We received 398 expressions of interest and 32 proposals in 2024.

2023

In 2023, we took part with two projects. Our org admins were Sage Abdullah and Thibaud Colas.

• Greener coding 💚: Backend development
  • Contributor: Aman Pandey @salty-ivy
  • Mentors: Chris Adams @mrchrisadams, Sage Abdullah @laymonage
• Greener coding: Wagtail’s climate impact
  • Contributor: Paarth Agarwal @PaarthAgarwal
  • Mentors: Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas

We received 102 expressions of interest and 35 proposals in 2023.

2022

In 2022, we took part with three projects and an additional unofficial project. Our org admins were Dawn Wages and Thibaud Colas.

• Toolkit for StreamField data migrations in Wagtail
  • Contributor: Sandil Ranasinghe @sandilsranasinghe
  • Mentors: Jacob Topp-Mugglestone @jacobtoppm, Joshua Munn @jams2, Karl Hobley @kaedroho
• Editor's Guide - A standalone project
  • Contributor: Hitansh Shah @Hitansh-Shah
  • Mentors: Meagen Voss @vossisboss, Phil Dexter @phildexter, Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas, Coen van Der Kamp @allcaps, Sage Abdullah @laymonage
• High Contrast Themes
  • Contributor: Anuj Raj @anujaraj
  • Mentors: Jane Hughes @janehughes, Scott Cranfill @Scotchester, Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas
• UX Unification
  • Contributor: Paarth Agarwal @PaarthAgarwal
  • Mentors: LB (Ben Johnston) @lb-, Helen Chapman @helenb, Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas

We received 18 proposals in 2022.

2021

In 2021, we took part within the Django Software Foundation umbrella organization, with two projects:

• New database search backend
  • Contributor: Aldán Creo Mariño @ACMCMC
  • Mentors: Karl Hobley @kaedroho, Cynthia Kiser @cnk
• Wagtail Live
  • Contributor: Tidiane Dia @Tijani-Dia
  • Mentors: Coen van Der Kamp @allcaps, Tom Dyson @tomdyson, Lucas Moeskops @lucasmoeskops, Storm Heg @stormheg
  • Support: Nick Lee @nicklee, Andy Babic @ababic

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

ACMCMC 💻	Karl Hobley 🧑‍🏫	Cynthia Kiser 🧑‍🏫	Tidiane Dia 💻	Tom Dyson 🧑‍🏫	Coen van der Kamp 🧑‍🏫 📝 📋	Lucas Moeskops 🧑‍🏫
Storm Heg 🧑‍🏫	Andy Babic 💬	Nick Lee 🎨	Sandil Ranasinghe 💻	Jacob Topp-Mugglestone 🧑‍🏫 📋	Joshua Munn 🧑‍🏫	Hitansh Shah 💻
Meagen Voss 🧑‍🏫 📝 📋	dex 🧑‍🏫	sag​e 🧑‍🏫 📋	Thibaud Colas 🧑‍🏫 📝 📋	anujaraj 💻	janehughes 🧑‍🏫	Scott Cranfill 🧑‍🏫
Paarth Agarwal 💻	LB (Ben Johnston) 🧑‍🏫	Helen Chapman 🧑‍🏫	Dawn Wages 📋	Aman Pandey 💻