# GSoC 2026 contributor looking to start contributing

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**Category:** Google Season of Code\
**Created:** [March 8, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/gsoc-2026-contributor-looking-to-start-contributing/44422 "2026-03-08T20:29:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/gsoc-2026-contributor-looking-to-start-contributing/44422/2 "2026-03-08T20:31:19Z")

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Welcome @Shubhamcch !

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.

Note: Please be aware that this is a Django-support forum. You will not find general Python projects here.

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