🚀 GSoC 2026 Org Finder

Find your perfect Google Summer of Code 2026 organization — filtered by tech stack, domain, competition level, and live GitHub activity.

Live site → https://findmygsoc.vercel.app/

Join our Channel for community-related questions and feedback Discord → https://discord.gg/mgWV3xSV7

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✨ What is this?

A fast, beautiful, single-page tool that helps GSoC 2026 applicants cut through all 184 selected organizations and instantly find the ones that match their skills and interests.

No sign-up. No install. No build step. Just open and explore.

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📖 Table of Contents

• What is this?
• Features
• Flowchart
• Project Structure
• URL Validation
• Deploy Your Own
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing
• Key Dates
• Tips for Users
• License

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📈 Flowchart

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🎯 Features

Features at a glance

Feature	Details
🔍 Search	Full-text across 184 orgs
🏷️ Filters	15+ domains, 30+ languages
⚖️ Compare	Up to 3 organizations side-by-side
🟢 Good Issues	Browse beginner-friendly issues
⌨️ Keyboard Nav	Full accessibility support
🌙 Dark Mode	Fully themed
📱 Responsive	Mobile to desktop

🔍 Discovery & Filtering

• 🔎 Full-text search by org name, technology, or topic
• 🏷️ Domain filter — Science, Web, Security, AI, OS, Media, Infrastructure, and more
• 💻 Language filter — Python, Rust, Go, C++, Java, JavaScript, Haskell, Julia, and more
• 🎯 Multi-select language pills — stack multiple languages for combined matching
• ⚡ Quick chips — one-tap filters for Veterans only, Newcomers, High/Low competition, Actively Maintained
• 📊 Sort by — Alphabetical, Most Experienced, Newcomers First, Least Competitive, Most Stars, Good First Issues

📊 Live GitHub Data

• 🌟 Live GitHub stats — Stars , Forks , Open Issues , Last Commit — fetched via a serverless proxy
• 🟢 Good First Issues count — shown on every card and sortable, perfect for finding beginner-friendly orgs
• 🎖️ Activity badge — Active / Moderate / Low based on last commit date
• 🔗 Smart repo links — single-project orgs link directly to their repo ; umbrella orgs (Apache, OWASP, KDE…) link to their GitHub org page

📋 Organization Detail Modal

• 📖 Full description, tech stack tags, "Best Fit For" profiles
• 📅 GSoC participation timeline (every year the org has participated)
• 📈 Key metrics: years in GSoC, competition level, first year, Good First Issues count
• 💡 Project Ideas Link — direct link to organization's ideas page (with security-hardened 🔒 URL validation)
• ⚠️ Fallback message when no ideas link is available
• ➕ One-click add to comparison

⚖️ Comparison Mode

• 🏆 Select up to 3 organizations side-by-side
• 📊 Compares: category, GSoC years, competition, stars, forks, open issues, last commit, 🟢 Good First Issues, languages
• 🟢 Green/🔴 red highlighting for best and worst values across each metric

🟢 Good First Issues Page

• 📄 Dedicated full-screen page listing Good First Issues from all 184 orgs
• ⚡ Fetched live via the GitHub API proxy (uses your token , respects rate limits )
• 🔎 Filter by category , language , or free-text search
• 🔗 Each issue links directly to GitHub — sorted newest first
• 🖼️ Shows org logo, issue title, labels , comment count , and relative date

⏱ Deadline Countdown

• ⏰ Live countdown banner to application open date (March 16, 2026)
• 🔄 Automatically switches to "Applications Closing In" during the open window (Mar 16 – Apr 8)

🔥 Trending Section

• 📈 Shows the most-viewed organizations based on your own browsing history 👀
• 💾 Powered by localStorage analytics — zero data sent to any server (100% private)

⌨️ Keyboard Navigation

• ↑ ↓ ← → — move focus between cards
• Enter — open focused card's modal
• C — toggle compare for focused card
• Esc — close any open panel

📊 Usage Analytics Panel

• Tracks your own session: visits, searches, org views, filters used, session time
• Top categories browsed, most-viewed orgs, popular search terms
• All stored locally in your browser — nothing leaves your device

🌙 Dark / Light Mode

• Fully themed dark mode with warm ink/cream palette
• Preference persisted across sessions

📱 Fully Responsive

• Works on mobile, tablet, and desktop
• Three breakpoints: 900px (tablet), 640px (phone), 380px (small phone)
• Stats bar scrolls horizontally on mobile instead of stacking

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🗂️ All 184 GSoC 2026 Organizations

Domain	Examples
Science & Medicine	OpenAstronomy, DeepChem, MDAnalysis, ArduPilot, CERN-HSF
Programming Languages	LLVM, GCC, Haskell.org, The Rust Foundation, Swift, Python SF
Data	MariaDB, PostgreSQL, DBpedia, OpenStreetMap, MetaBrainz
Web	Django, Drupal, Wagtail, Wikimedia, webpack
Security	Metasploit, OWASP, Rizin, AFLplusplus, The Honeynet Project
Operating Systems	Debian, FreeBSD, GNOME, NetBSD, Haiku, KDE
Media	FFmpeg, Blender, Synfig, Jitsi, VideoLAN
Infrastructure	Kubeflow, KubeVirt, QEMU, Meshery, CNCF
Dev Tools	MIT App Inventor, OpenVINO, Gemini CLI, API Dash
Other	AnkiDroid, Joplin, Zulip, CCExtractor, Neovim

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	What
Frontend	Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS — zero frameworks, zero build step
Hosting	Vercel (static)
API	Vercel Edge Function (/api/github.js)
Data source	Manually curated from summerofcode.withgoogle.com
Analytics	Browser localStorage only — no external tracking

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📁 Project Structure

gsoc-2026-org-finder/
├── index.html                    # Main frontend HTML
├── api/github.js                 # Vercel Edge Function — GitHub API proxy
├── src/
│   ├── assets/og-image.jpeg      # Social preview image
│   ├── js/app.js                 # Application logic
│   ├── js/org.js                 # Organization data source
│   └── styles.css                # Styling
├── agent/
│   ├── scripts/                  # Automation and helper scripts
│   └── tenet_agent/              # TENET PR review agent
├── data/issues.json
└── README.md

No node_modules. No build step. No bundler. Just deploy.

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🔍 URL Validation

The project includes a validation script to ensure all organization ideas URLs are safe and properly formatted:

node agent/scripts/validate-ideas-urls.js

This script checks:

• ✅ URL format validity
• ✅ Protocol restrictions (http/https only)
• ⚠️ Placeholder/generic URLs that need updating
• 📊 Summary statistics and protocol distribution

Run this before committing changes to src/js/org.js to catch invalid URLs early.

🚀 Deploy Your Own

1. Fork & Clone

git clone https://github.com/your-username/gsoc-2026-org-finder.git
cd gsoc-2026-org-finder

2. Add GitHub Token (for live stats + Good First Issues)

In your Vercel dashboard → Project Settings → Environment Variables:

GITHUB_TOKEN = ghp_your_token_here

Generate a token at github.com/settings/tokens — only public_repo scope needed.

3. Deploy

vercel --prod

Or connect the repo to Vercel and it deploys automatically on every push.

4. Run Locally

open index.html   # macOS — works without API (GitHub stats won't load)

For full functionality locally, run vercel dev to start the Edge Function.

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🐛 Troubleshooting

GitHub stats not loading?

• Set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
• Check rate limits: curl -H "Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN" https://api.github.com/rate_limit

Ideas link not working?

• Run node agent/scripts/validate-ideas-urls.js to check all URLs

Issues page empty?

• GitHub API might be rate-limited; wait 1 hour and refresh

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🤝 Contributing

Kindly read the Contributor Guide before contributing!!! Found a missing org, wrong category, or incorrect tags? PRs are very welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Edit the ORGS array in index.html
3. Open a pull request

Each org entry looks like this:

{
  name: "Organization Name",
  cat: "science",           // science | programming | data | web | os | security | media | infra | dev | other
  years: 5,                 // number of GSoC years participated
  firstYear: 2021,          // first year they participated
  competition: "moderate",  // hot | moderate | chill
  github: "owner/repo",     // main repo (or just "owner" for umbrella orgs)
  ideas: "https://github.com/org/repo/wiki/Ideas",  // project ideas page URL (optional)
  tags: ["python", "c++", "machine learning"],
  desc: "Short description of what the org does.",
  fit: ["Python devs", "ML researchers"]
}

Ideas URL Requirements:

• Must use http:// or https:// protocol (or protocol will be added automatically)
• Should link to the organization's specific project ideas page
• Generic GSoC organization pages are acceptable as placeholders but should be updated when possible
• Run node agent/scripts/validate-ideas-urls.js to check all URLs before submitting

Competition levels (subjective, based on org popularity + slot count):

• hot — high applicant volume, very competitive (Django, LLVM, Git, KDE…)
• moderate — good balance of applicants and slots
• chill — fewer applicants, easier to stand out

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📅 GSoC 2026 Key Dates

Date	Milestone
February 2026	Organizations announced
March 16, 2026	Student applications open
March 31, 2026	Application deadline
April 30 2026	Accepted students announced
May – November 2026	Coding period

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🔌 API Reference (/api/github.js)

The Edge Function proxies GitHub API calls so your token never hits the client.

Endpoint	Description
GET /api/github?repo=owner/repo	Repo stats: stars, forks, issues, last commit, activity, GFI count
GET /api/github?repo=owner/repo&gfi=1	Good First Issue count only (faster, cached separately)
GET /api/github?repo=owner/repo&gfi=1&issues=1	Full list of up to 30 open Good First Issues

All responses are cached in-memory for 1 hour on the Edge runtime.

We are officially a Project for Nexus Spring of Code 2026 and GirlScript Summer of Code 2026

We thank all our Contributors for improving this project

💡 Tips for Users

1. New to GSoC? Start with "Newcomers First" filter + sort by Good First Issues
2. Experienced? Check "Veterans" filter + sort by Competition for challenges
3. Building a comparison? Use keyboard shortcut C to quickly add orgs
4. Mobile browsing? Try portrait mode — everything scrolls smoothly

✨ Contributors

📄 License

Apache 2.0 — made for GSoC beginners, by people who've been there. Share it with anyone applying! Applications open March 16, 2026. 🙌