# New GSoC Contributor of "2026"

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-gsoc-contributor-of-2026/44233>\
**Category:** Google Season of Code\
**Created:** [February 21, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-gsoc-contributor-of-2026/44233 "2026-02-21T15:14:40Z")\
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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 21, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/new-gsoc-contributor-of-2026/44233/4 "2026-02-21T15:59:48Z")

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Welcome @Varshitha-033 !

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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