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Durgesh kumar prajapati
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All Open Source Internship Programs at One Place

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What is Open Source?

  • Open-source software is software whose source code is publicly available and can be modified and distributed by anyone.
  • The open-source model is based on collaboration and community-driven development, which allows for faster innovation and bug fixing.
  • Engineers can take advantage of the vast amount of open-source software libraries and tools available to them, which can save them time and resources when working on projects.
  • Engineers can also contribute to open-source projects, which can help them gain experience and improve their skills.
  • Using and contributing to open-source projects can also help engineers to build a strong professional network and reputation in the industry.
  • It could be a great way to learn and improve your coding skills by studying the code of experienced developers.

Why Open-Source and why you?
There are several reasons why students should consider participating in open-source internship programs like Google Summer of Code (GSOC):

  1. Hands-on experience: Participating in open-source projects through programs like GSOC allows students to gain real-world experience working on software development projects.
  2. Career development: Participating in open-source projects can help students to build a strong portfolio and demonstrate their skills to potential employers.
  3. Networking: Open-source projects provide a platform for students to connect and collaborate with experienced developers, which can help them to establish a professional network in the industry.
  4. Learning opportunities: Participating in open-source projects can expose students to new technologies and programming languages, which can help them to expand their knowledge and skill set.
  5. Giving back to the community: Open-source projects allow students to contribute to the development of software that is used by millions of people worldwide, which can be a rewarding experience.
  6. GSoC is a great way to improve your coding skills and gain experience by working on real-world projects under the mentorship of experienced developers. It also provides a stipend, so it’s a great way to earn while learning.
  7. Open-source projects can give you a chance to work on cutting-edge technologies and work on challenging problems.

Overall, participating in open-source internship programs like GSOC can provide a wealth of learning and career development opportunities for students.

Here I have made a list of all Open Source Internship Programs to vest yourself into the world of opensource program, get loads of practice, make your resume strong, a fantastic stipend and most importantly to have fun and build something useful and credible :

πŸ“Œ Google Summer of Code(GSoC): https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

πŸ“Œ Girlscript Summer of Code: https://gssoc.girlscript.tech/

πŸ“Œ Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.com/

πŸ“Œ Reinforcement Learning Open Source Fest: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/rl-open-source-fest/

πŸ“Œ Linux Foundation Mentorship Program (LFX): https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/tools/mentorship/

πŸ“Œ MLH Fellowship: https://fellowship.mlh.io/

πŸ“Œ Google Season of Docs (GSoD): https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs

πŸ“Œ Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/

πŸ“Œ Season of KDE: https://season.kde.org/

πŸ“Œ Free Software Foundation (FSF) Internship: https://www.fsf.org/volunteer/internships

πŸ“Œ Linux Kernel Mentorship Program: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lkmp

πŸ“Œ Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) Mentorship Program: https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/LFN+Mentorship+Program

πŸ“Œ FOSSASIA Codeheat: https://codeheat.org/

πŸ“Œ FOSSASIA Internship Program: https://fossasiataipei.github.io/fossasia-cht/apply/

πŸ“Œ Red Hat Open Source Contest: https://research.redhat.com/red-hat-open-source-contest/

πŸ“Œ Segment Open Fellowship: https://segment.com/opensource/

πŸ“Œ Open Summer of Code: https://osoc.be/

πŸ“Œ Open Mainframe Project Mentorship Program: https://www.openmainframeproject.org/all-projects/mentorship-program

πŸ“Œ CNCF Mentoring Initiatives: https://github.com/cncf/mentoring

πŸ“Œ X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC): https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgEVoC/

πŸ“Œ Hyperledger Mentorship Program: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/INTERN

πŸ“Œ Julia Seasons of Contributions (JSoC): https://julialangblogmirror.netlify.app/jsoc/

πŸ“Œ Summer of Haskell: https://summer.haskell.org/

πŸ“Œ 24 Pull Requests: https://24pullrequests.com/about

πŸ“Œ Summer of Bitcoin: https://www.summerofbitcoin.org/

New programs are introduced throughout the year and many programs can be added and you can just drop a quick comment for me in the comment section and I will add it here.

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