Program Announced
Jan 5, 2026
Applications Open
Jan 20, 2026
Acceptances Sent
Apr 2026
Contribution Period Starts
May 15, 2026
Contribution Period Ends
Aug 14, 2026
Results & Certificates
Sep 2026
The GSSoC 2026 contribution period officially began on May 15, 2026. Accepted contributors can now submit PRs to any accepted project repo. Mentors are reviewing and labelling PRs. Project admins should ensure their repos have beginner-friendly issues open and properly labelled with gssoc:approved on merged PRs. Contributions count through August 14, 2026.
The GSSoC 2026 team reviewed all applications and sent acceptance emails in batches through April. All accepted participants received a confirmation email with program details, scoring breakdown, Discord onboarding steps, and next actions. If you applied and did not receive an email, check your spam folder or open a support ticket.
The Cloudinary C2C Certification bounty task is temporarily offline. The 4 available social bounty tasks — Twitter/X (50 pts), Instagram (50 pts), Substack (100 pts), and LinkedIn (150 pts) — remain live and collectively earn 350 bonus points. Any update on the Cloudinary task will be announced via Discord, the newsletter, and this page.
Smartly Labs has officially partnered with GirlScript Foundation to power the Agents for India track in GSSoC 2026. Smartly Labs provides dedicated mentorship, infrastructure credits, and industry exposure for teams building AI agents targeting Indian use cases — education, agriculture, healthcare, and governance.
Applications for GSSoC 2026 officially opened to the public. All roles were available: Contributor / Mentee, Mentor, Project Admin, Team Volunteer, Ambassador, and GSX Chapter Lead. The program is completely free — no registration fee, no payment required at any stage, open to everyone worldwide.
GirlScript Foundation announced the 8th edition of GirlScript Summer of Code. GSSoC 2026 introduces two parallel tracks: the Open Source Track for traditional GitHub contributions, and the brand-new Agents for India Track for building real-world AI agents. Both tracks are free, open to all, and run simultaneously from May 15 through August 14, 2026.
The contribution period began May 15, 2026 and runs through August 14, 2026.
Yes. Completely free. No registration fee, no payment at any stage. Run by GirlScript Foundation, a registered non-profit.
GSSoC is run by GirlScript Foundation and is open to everyone worldwide — no competitive selection, includes an AI Agents track unique to India. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is run by Google with paid stipends and a competitive application process.
Yes. All accepted participants who complete the program receive a digital certificate from GirlScript Foundation.
GSSoC 2026 does not pay a stipend — it is a free program run by a non-profit. Top contributors receive cash prizes up to 50,000 INR, swag, certificates from tech partners, and Letters of Recommendation.
Your score appears on the real-time leaderboard at gssoc.girlscript.org/leaderboard once you are accepted and start contributing.