Application Template

Please join our Discord chat and mention your intention to apply for GSoC, we recommend that you briefly discuss the potential project in the chat before submitting the proposal. After that, use the scheme shown here for your contributor application. If you have any questions, ask in the chat.

You

  • Name
  • Discord handle
  • Current/last occupation (Job/Position/University/College/…)
  • Short bio / overview of your background

Your Coding Skills

In your application let us know

  • What platform do you use to code? Hardware specifications and operating system
  • Did you ever code in C++/python/…, yes/no? What is your experience?
  • If you apply for a project on our ideas list, do you have experience in the areas listed under “Skills needed”?

Set yourself up

  • Set up your platform to build a Git snapshot of the current state of the project you are interested in.
  • If you need help, ask in the chat.
  • Report success, after which you will be asked for a small code contribution.

You and Us

  • Were you involved in LeelaChessZero in the past? What was your contribution?
  • Were you involved in other open source development projects in the past? Which, when and in what role?
  • Why have you chosen your development idea and what do you expect from your implementation?

Your Project

  • What do you want to achieve?
  • If you have chosen an idea from our list, why did you choose this specific idea?
  • If you are proposing a project of your own, what is unique about it?
  • What makes you suited to carry the project?
  • How much time do you plan to invest in the project before, during and after the Summer of Code?
  • Please provide a schedule of how this time will be spent on subtasks of the project. While this is only preliminary, you will be required to provide a detailed plan with weekly milestones before the coding period starts and during the project you are expected to attend mandatory weekly check-ins to review progress against those milestones.

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Last Updated: 2026-01-28 Edit on GitHub