#GSoC Google Summer of Code ++ 1000 os-projects

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#GSoC Google Summer of Code ++ 1000 open-source organizations participated: very important and extremely valuable event.

dear friends,

i just want to share this with you…

Summer ends on November 17th – here’s a brief summary of this Summer of Code :sun_with_face::parasol_on_ground:, the global mentorship program that introduces students and aspiring developers to open-source software development…
In just a few days, on November 17th, it will come to an end – the twenty-first edition since 2005: the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), the global mentorship program that introduces students and aspiring developers to open-source software development.

This year, 1,280 participants from 68 countries took part.

:arrow_right: Graphic & Source

:movie_camera: What is Google Summer of Code?

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Facts & Figures

15,240 applications from 130 countries (+130% above the previous record)
23,559 project proposals (+159% compared to 2024)
185 organizations from all areas of the open-source world

see for example - Debian at the GSoC 25:

the Wiki-Page of Debian: SummerOfCode2025 - Debian Wiki
the Projects were the devs worked on: Google Summer of Code … von den Mitmachern:

Tua re agitur – it’s about us:

The Google Summer of Code is much more than an internship or funding program. Everywhere, in the many projects and mentorships, our shared vision is being further developed: Free Software, openness, and collaboration.
Many applications we use daily – GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, FreeCAD, and many more – were improved or enhanced with new features this summer as part of the GSoC.
What happens here directly impacts our daily work, our tools, and our ideas about open development.

Tua re agitur – it’s about all of us.

Some example projects (2025)

:link: all projekts 2025 in a overview Google Summer of Code
:bar_chart: GSoC Statistics : Google Summer of Code 2025: Contributor Statistics | Google Open Source Blog
the Wikipedia-Site : Google Summer of Code - Wikipedia

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Paris-to-saintMalo, this post reads like a lengthy, detailed advertisement for an event with little interest to graphic designers. If this were your first post, I would likely think it was spam and remove it. I want to be sure you’ve read the forum rules, which prohibit advertising.

There’s a fine line between sharing relevant information and intentionally advertising something. At first (and second) glance, this post appears to be the former rather than the latter.

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good day dear Just - B

thakns for the reply

honestly - well i am a open source evangelist - and i think that there are lots ( hundreds ) of good benefits for the community in it.
if you do not agree here - so what… i can t help here…

really: i can t help here. Then i wish you good luck in buying all the software you need. perhaps the user of the community have some thousands of dollar left to replace

inkscape
krita
gimp
freeCAD and lots of others too…

soorry - i cant help here. :smiley:

but one last word - this post is deeply rooted in a sence of humanity - and i cannot belive that this is called useless spam.

but just do what you must do. If the people here have the money to buy the expensive licenses of the
rest of code -(Adobe etc. etx). its up to you…

have a great day.
greetings

#4

I didn’t mean to offend you. Perhaps I should have worded my post more carefully. The forum is overrun with spam, and part of my role here is to spot and remove it.

Let me explain further. The forum software flagged your latest post as spam, and another forum member also flagged it. When I read through your post, I wondered the same thing, but I had my doubts because you’ve previously made thoughtful and valuable comments, which spammers typically do not do.

You’re correct, of course, there are open-source software applications that some graphic designers use, including myself when I used to build websites. However, graphic designers are generally users, and not developers of that software, which is something to consider.

Thank you for your explanation. Please feel free to continue posting what you feel is useful for our community of graphic designers.

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#5

I totally get the value of open-source projects, and I’m not dismissing GSoC it’s a great initiative for developers and for the open-source ecosystem. But that’s kind of the key point:
GSoC is about coding and software development, not graphic design workflows.

Most people here aren’t software contributors they’re designers who need reliable, industry-standard tools that work with agencies, printers, production houses, and clients. That’s why the post reads a bit like an advert it’s simply not something most graphic designers can take part in.

And about the “Adobe is expensive” angle that often comes up around open-source alternatives for working designers, Adobe isn’t actually expensive at all. The full Creative Cloud plan is ~€60/month, which is just a standard business expense the same as a developer paying for JetBrains or web hosting. It’s covered by client work, and most people spend more on their phone bill, travel, or hardware each month ----> I know some people who have spent up to €5k on a MacBook (that they didn’t need and then moan about Adobe pricing - nobody moans about overpriced Macs though?)

Open-source apps like Inkscape, GIMP, Krita and FreeCAD are great projects, but they’re not drop-in replacements for professional print, colour-managed, or agency workflows. Designers lose more billable time trying to work around missing features or compatibility issues than they would ever save on the subscription. One or two lost hours of work costs more than Adobe CC.

So while GSoC and open-source software are absolutely meaningful for developers, they’re not really something most working designers use or participate in.

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hello dear Just-B and Smuf2 :melting_face:

first of all - i am very short of time at the moment. i ll have to catch the train in a few minutes. But i will
try to answer more thouroghly later the day…

  • many thanks for the replies and for sharing your thoughts. I am very glad to hear from you.

i ll be back later the day.

greetings :smiley:

#7

Hello dear Just-B and Smurf2, :blush:

thank you both for taking the time to explain your perspective — I truly appreciate the openness here.

Let me clarify my intention a bit: :innocent:

I’m absolutely not trying to advertise anything. I’m just someone who deeply believes in open-source culture and the long-term value it brings to our creative tools — especially to software many designers already use every day (Inkscape, Krita, GIMP, Blender, FreeCAD, etc.).

You are of course right:
GSoC itself is a developer-centric program. Most designers here won’t participate directly, and that’s completely fine.
My thought was rather that GSoC influences the tools we as designers eventually work with — new features, improvements, better stability, better colour-handling, UX refinements, and so on. I probably explained this connection in a way that came across too broad or too technical.

Thanks again for pointing out where it seemed off-topic or like advertising — that was definitely not my intention. I’ll make sure future posts stay closer to design-relevant aspects of open-source tools and their practical impact on everyday workflows.

Happy to be part of this community and always glad to learn how to contribute in a way that’s useful here.

Greetings!
Paris-to- SaintMalo :blush:

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