GSoC 2026: How to Submit Your Proposal Draft

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Before submitting a draft, please read the GSoC guide on writing proposals:

https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/writing-a-proposal

Proposal Draft Submission

  1. Create a topic in the GSoC Proposal Drafts category.

  2. Post your proposal draft using the template below.

  3. Mentors and contributors may ask questions or give feedback.

  4. Update the draft by editing your first post directly so the latest version is always visible there.

Title

GSoC 2026 Proposal Draft – Idea NUM: DESCRIPTION – YOUR_NAME

For example:

GSoC 2026 Proposal Draft – Idea 8: Password strength indicator – laurent22

Links

Please include the following:

  • Link to the project idea

  • GitHub profile

  • Forum introduction post

  • Pull requests you have submitted to Joplin (include all of them, even if not merged — these are important for evaluation)

  • Other relevant development experience (plugins or PRs in other repositories)

1. Introduction

Briefly introduce yourself:

  • Background / studies

  • Programming experience

  • Experience with open source

2. Project Summary

Explain the project:

  • What problem it solves

  • Why it matters to users

  • What will be implemented

  • Expected outcome

  • What is explicitly out of scope (if applicable)

3. Technical Approach

Describe how you plan to implement the project:

  • Architecture or components involved

  • Changes to the Joplin codebase

  • Libraries or technologies you plan to use

  • Potential challenges

  • Testing strategy (unit/integration tests)

  • Documentation plan (user and/or developer documentation)

4. Implementation Plan

Provide a timeline with milestones.

Example:

Week 1–2

  • Task description

Week 3–4

  • Task description

Week 5–6

  • Task description

5. Deliverables

What will exist at the end of the project?

Examples:

  • Implemented features

  • Tests

  • Documentation

6. Availability

  • Weekly availability during GSoC

  • Time zone

  • Any other commitments during the programme

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A post was split to a new topic: Proposal Draft — Privacy-First Local AI Assistant for Joplin

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@laurent I have a small confusion regarding the proposal template, do we have to use this template or the template mentioned in gsoc.readme

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Yes this new template was based on the previous but cleaned up and made more concise. But thanks for asking - I reviewed it again just to be sure and added a few points to make the new template clearer

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