# First contribution (GSOC 2026)

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198>\
**Category:** Google Season of Code\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198 "2026-02-17T17:36:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![trueharmonyalan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/trueharmonyalan/32/31580_2.png) [@trueharmonyalan](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/trueharmonyalan)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198/1 "2026-02-17T17:36:51Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m Alan. As a first time contribute many things are new to me. And I found about GSOC, I don’t know django project participating the upcoming GSOC 2026. Even though I’m asking what are the skill set that you experienced contributors are looking for and any mentorship advice for me and for every other contributors that are looking for contribution.

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**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198/2 "2026-02-17T17:44:10Z")

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Welcome @trueharmonyalan !

We recommend that everyone gets started by reading:

- [Looking to get involved? Start here!](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/looking-to-get-involved-start-here/18014)
- For more information about GSoC, See [SummerOfCode2026 – Django](https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SummerOfCode2026)
- Also read the blog post at [Getting Started Contributing to Django · Better Simple](https://www.better-simple.com/django/2024/12/25/getting-started-contributing-django/) (Among all the other useful information, there’s specifically a section with resources on finding appropriate tickets.)

Feel free to ask questions here if there’s anything in those references that you don’t understand or if you get stuck.

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**Author:** ![trueharmonyalan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/trueharmonyalan/32/31580_2.png) [@trueharmonyalan](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/trueharmonyalan)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198/3 "2026-02-17T18:14:58Z")

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Thank you @KenWhitesell for the quick reply 🙂

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**Author:** ![SrinjoyeeDey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/srinjoyeedey/32/31584_2.png) [@SrinjoyeeDey](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/SrinjoyeeDey)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/first-contribution-gsoc-2026/44198/4 "2026-02-18T01:59:55Z")

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@trueharmonyalan Thanks for the guidance. I am new to this project and so excited to get started.