GSoC 2021 Project Ideas
This page aggregates project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2021. See more information about this project and applications on the Jenkins Google Summer of Code page.
Below you can find project ideas which have been proposed for this year. New ideas may be proposed by interested mentors or students (e.g. new features in the core, "write a plugin for MY_TOOL_OR_SERVICE", etc.). Project ideas without potential mentors will be considered though applicants may need to work with the community and GSoC org admins to find mentors. To add a new project idea, see: proposing project ideas.
Accepted ideas
Below you can see the list of project ideas that fully match the Jenkins' project idea standard. The scope of these ideas is well known and we don’t normally expect deep changes. All ideas have quick start guidelines and newbie-friendly issues referenced. We welcome contributors to join the mentor teams, and we invite students to submit project proposal applications in relation to these ideas.
Project |
Category |
Skills to study/improve |
Add probes to "Plugin Health Score" First iteration of the tool provided a limited set of probes. To improve the effectiveness of the scoring system, more probes are needed.. Potential Mentor(s): Adrien Lecharpentier Dheeraj Singh Jodha |
Tools |
Java, Data extraction from GitHub repositories, Data analysis applied to data representation |
Building Jenkins.io with alternative tools Using alternative tooling (i.e., Antora) to build the Jenkins static site and provide documentation per Jenkins version. Potential Mentor(s): Kris Stern Rajiv Ranjan Singh Mark Waite |
Tools |
Web development, AsciiDoc, Static website tooling, Proof of concept, Documentation |
Building Android Apps with Jenkins Describe best practices and provide architectural templates for building Android applications with Jenkins. Potential Mentor(s): Bruno Verachten Saeid Bostandoust |
Tools |
Java, YAML, Android development, Command line tools, Package management tool theory |
Docker-based Jenkins quickstart examples Provide examples, sample code, and documentation on how to start a local Jenkins instance.. Potential Mentor(s): Bruno Verachten Bervianto Leo Pratama Saeid Bostandoust |
Tools |
Java, YAML, Command line tools, Package management tool theory |
GitLab Plugin Modernization Cleaning and modernizing the extensively used GitLab plugin. Potential Mentor(s): Kris Stern Mark Waite |
Plugin improvement |
Java, Docker, GitLab |
Plugin Installation Manager Tool Improvements Introduce new features and improvements in the plugin installation manager. Potential Mentor(s): Mark Waite Freyam Mehta |
Tools |
Java, YAML, Command line tools, Package management tool theory |
Screenshot Automation for Jenkins Docs To automate screenshot capture process for Jenkins docs. Potential Mentor(s): Mark Waite Mostafa Ashraf Mohamed |
Dev Tools |
Web Browser Automation, Image Comparison |
Draft project ideas
Below you can see draft project ideas, which are currently under review. The scope of such ideas may change during the discussions, but the idea is accepted in principle. You are welcome to comment on the draft and to join the project as a mentor. If you are a student, it is also fine to explore and to apply to the draft project ideas.
Project |
Category |
Skills to study/improve |
Building iOS Apps with Jenkins Describe best practices and provide architectural templates for building iOS applications with Jenkins. Potential Mentor(s): Bruno Verachten |
Tools |
Java, YAML, iOS development, Command line tools, Package management tool theory |
Ongoing discussion
These are proposals in the mailing lists which have not been published as project ideas yet. The feasibility is yet to be defined, and the idea may be dismissed depending on the feedback. Everyone is welcome to participate in the discussion and to join as a potential mentor.
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