# GSoC 2025 – Introduction and Mentorship Request

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/gsoc-2025-introduction-and-mentorship-request/37111>\
**Category:** Google Season of Code\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/gsoc-2025-introduction-and-mentorship-request/37111 "2024-12-09T17:23:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![DevilsAutumn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/devilsautumn/32/10408_2.png) [@DevilsAutumn](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/DevilsAutumn)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/gsoc-2025-introduction-and-mentorship-request/37111/7 "2025-02-28T14:33:17Z")

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Hi everyone!

Its really great to see that so many people are interested in Google summer of code 2025 with Django!

I am a past contributor and mentor and would be happy to share my insights on preparing for GSoC, specifically with Django Software Foundation.

**For First time contributors:**

- If you are a first time contributor, I’d suggest going through [Contributing to Django | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/) , and start fixing some issues. Before diving into finding issues, its better to read [Advice for new contributors | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/new-contributors/) .

- If you are not aware of where to find Django issues, Django uses its own ticket management platform which they call “the Trac”. Link: [Custom Query – Django](https://code.djangoproject.com/query)

- After solving a few tickets, you can checkout the points I am writing below.

**For existing contributors:**

- If are a contributor to django already, I’d suggest going through Django’s 2025 project list: [SummerOfCode2025 – Django](https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SummerOfCode2025), If any project catches your interest, do some research around it, create a draft proposal and if you want feedback (recommended) from community and potential mentors, feel free to [open a new topic in the forum](https://forum.djangoproject.com/c/internals/mentorship/10).

- If you are not sure of the format of the proposal, you can refer to [my proposal from 2023.](https://gist.github.com/DevilsAutumn/7a3cd4567d0aef9d096abf2e0b9f7ffd)

- You can find a lot of things in the [official django docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/) itself but if you are looking for more there you can search in the forum itself by keywords. There has been a lot of discussion around django and its internal in the forum in the past. Also, [DjangoCon US youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/DjangoConUS) and [DjangoCon EU Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/DjangoConEurope/videos) contains a lot of technical talks around django (I personally find them very helpful).

If you are interested, you can also read my GSoC 2023 blog: [GSoC'23 with Django](https://devilsautumn.hashnode.dev/gsoc-2023-with-django)  
My github: [DevilsAutumn (Bhuvnesh) · GitHub](https://github.com/devilsautumn)

Thanks!

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