Interested in contributing to Django for GSoC 2026

[subhrajeethere]

Hello everyone,

My name is Subhrajeet and I’m a Python learner interested in the internals of the Django framework.

I’m planning to prepare for contributing to Django and potentially participate in GSoC 2026. I would appreciate any guidance on how to start contributing effectively, especially which areas of the codebase would be good for beginners to explore.

Thank you!

[KenWhitesell]

Welcome @subhrajeethere !

We recommend that everyone gets started by reading:

• Looking to get involved? Start here!
• For more information about GSoC, See SummerOfCode2026 – Django
• Also read the blog post at Getting Started Contributing to Django · Better Simple (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.