GSoC 2026 unique post at the Liquid Galaxy project community site - Liquid Galaxy project community site

GSoC 2026 unique post at the Liquid Galaxy project community site




Stats on preliminary tasks as Feb 7

110 wanna-be GSoC contributors for this GSoC 2026 have already started their preliminary tasks, with a bigger number just inquiring about the info. 
More than 50 are working hard to do those on time and well, 
following our instructions in this post.

More than 200 tasks have been developed so far, with demos on our YouTube (more coming), and more than 500 RSVPs and attendances to our many training streamings developed by and for the community.

Thank you for your time and efforts, and good luck for Feb 19th.




The Liquid Galaxy project has been presented to Google for Google Summer of Code 2026.
Now Google will select which organizations are in this year, and we all, contributors and organizations, will know on February 19.


So good luck for all, and don't stop working on your preliminary tasks.






Project Ideas



For the past 4 months, our large team of mentors and students from our different labs around the world has been talking and proposing ideas for this year's GSoC projects. 



Now you can finally take a look at this year's Project Ideas, crafted with some nice changes to the past editions, including an embellishment of the ideas with the powerful new AI tools from Google, in this case mostly NotebookLM, Gemini, and Nano Banana Pro.

SO you have two ways to read the ideas:


- Or the simple but clear Google Sheet.



To keep it clear: all the documents have the same proposals, only the NotebookLM-powered ones have amazing graphics that catch the point about the spectacularity of a visualization from Liquid Galaxy has.
Anyway, we recommend you browse first the slides, and when you have an idea of the project (Google allows you to present a maximum of three), look at the plain definition of the same idea in the Google Sheet.


At this time, we are not going to comment further on proposals; we all have to wait till February 19 to continue the tasks (or stop). If we succeed, hopefully, plenty more info will appear here on the proposals and some new changes we have for this year's GSoC, that already been commented in our community Meets, and are, among others:

- Reward the projects with a great history telling, by the obligatory for all projects use of:
. Presenting the KML's in 3D, coloured.
. Incorporating AI voices in your projects.


- Allow the use of AI in your code creation and more, as stated in the AI Clarification Policy note, but implementing a self-review code process, as the Artificial Intelligence wave makes us all to work harder to detect fake work and bad non-maintainable code. Always next the guidance and supervision of your mentor and admins.
 
And some more that we'll communicate if successful on GSoC this year.
If you want a spoil, just look at Task 5, which can be done by anyone, at anytime, but with the rules already written in the post. If you have any doubt, as always, contact us on Discord if the question is open, or by email if it's private. We're here to help you.




Get inspiration from the live streaming we have with Harsh, from VIT Pune, and mentors Yash, Vedant and andreu admin
about the opening of our new LAB in India, and activities with our project.







Spectacular session from mentor Victor Sanchez and Carreras about the AI coding possibilities that are appearing, a must-see.









AI created brief of GSoC 2026 at Liquid Galaxy




AI created ideas
(with time behind the curtains of the senior mentors of the Liquid Galaxy project)






Task I: Virtual Liquid Galaxy installations by contributors











1st dateline: JAN 11 2026, Task 1 statistics 

From a total of 75 interested new contributors, 40 different virtual liquid galaxy installations have been presented to us on time. 
Still have doubts regarding datelines ? READ, in this main GSoC post it's the answer...
YOU CAN STILL SEND US YOUR TASKS TILL MARCH 31


Congratulations to all of you, and remember, continue your effort with the rest of the pre-required tasks, reading this unique GSoC post, and contacting us at liquidgalaxylab@gmail.com, or asking the community in our Discord if you have any doubts.


 


Your video installations are starting to be public on Youtube, with a special gamification: to animate you all to see your colleague's videos, and how they did, we're going to have a little contest:
- in between every video will appear a Dash flying ( added when editing).
- You have to just send us an email with 00:00 (minutes and seconds) of the first second where a flying Dash appears (it's a chroma keyed animation that stays for around 10 seconds), so just XX:XX by email
- No other Dash aparitions in logos or whatsoever are needed.  -edited for clarity-


 Don't know what's a Dash ? The Flutter mascott !!!

- always first of all, RSVP for the opening of the video at Google Developers event platform, after we announce the videos availability, see all the videos, take note of the minute and second where the dash appears, and send us email to  liquidgalaxylab gmail com with the times of all the videos (or some, as you wish)

Edited for clarity:
the XX:XX (minutes and seconds) you have to send is the one that has keyed this DASH animation, that takes 37 seconds. This is mixed in every video in a different moment.
Send ONLY one email for video with the name of the video (as we re going to have more than 7) and the XX:XX timming.
Addendun: the flying Dash is the one added to the video, not the one that appears on the intro (at second 9)... thanks to @Vinayak for the finding.
Just send the screenshots attached to the email, not store them on Google Drive. -edited for clarity-



- we'll take note of the contributors that have watched up more dashes, checking they have RSVP's for the event platform, and make a raffle among them of a unique swag pack of Flutter goodies as pins, t-shirt, and hats. This kit will be sent to your home address, as we'll pick up the winner at a public event in a few weeks and ask for their address by email.

- Raffle will be after Google GSoC official orgs announcement



Always remember, MR. WW is watching YOU !!!!











GSoC clarification as November 18, 2025

1- Google has announced the program and the calendar:


(Times in CET, always check Google's post for the final calendar)

December 03, 2025  Program Announce Date
January 19, 2026 7:00 Org Applications Open
February 03, 2026 7:00 Org Application Deadline
February 18, 2026 7:00 Org Notification Date
February 19, 2026 7:00 Accepted Orgs Announced
March 16, 2026 7:00 Contributor Proposals Open
March 31, 2026 8:00 Proposal Deadline
April 21, 2026 8:00  Proposal Ranking Deadline
April 29, 2026 2:00  Slot Allocation Deadline
April 29, 2026 8:00  Projects Announced to Orgs
April 30, 2026 8:00  Accepted Projects Announced
November 11, 2026 7:00 Program End Date

2- No organization has been selected for GSoC 2026.
3- But most organizations, like the Liquid Galaxy project, start earlier with the different activities and the pre-selection of GSoC interns.

Where to start with the Liquid Galaxy


Take a look at the Community activities for the 2025-2026 season post of our GSoC and community autumn-related activities.


Use our website! It's been several years of work with many contributors like you.

Join the Discord server 

Join the Google Developers Event Platform, and join GDG Lleida group, Liquid Galaxy base. You'll stay informed of all the events we'll do for the activities,

Browse the documentation 

Take a look at our hundreds of videos

Get a general overview of the LG project and GSoC at our community, looking at contributor Lucia's 2025 projects documentation.

Install your own virtual Liquid Galaxy and try some apps
(We recommend the 2025 ones, as all of them are focused on smartphones, not tablets)

And always COMMUNICATE with us, email for personal matters to the project, and Discord for general enquiries.

Spoilers for the upcoming GSoC 2026 Project Ideas
(with the criteria and help of Senior Mentors og the community, and Google's AI tools)






"Revival video" it seems to be recorded many years ago, some things has changed. Google posted it on main Google for Developers Youtube channel with 2.6 Millions subscribers :) 


General Community MEETS


 







It's training season at the Liquid Galaxy project community
And you know, we do work hard for you to succeed and learn, so here's the preliminary training session developed together with our great mentor team, including many Google Developer Experts.

Links to the Google Developers Event platform for you to register are live. 
Expect dates change!

And remember, attending our streamings and training raises your LG Score... what's the LG Score? 


Say hello to our new 3D intro to LG streamings for 25-26 season:
made by Liquid Galaxy LAB students and contributors.


























Nov 18, 2025


Here are the news most of you were waiting for, the new changes in yearly community activities and

GSoC 2026 pre-requirements


All prospective contributors will need to complete pre-requisite tasks to be considered, as we must ensure you are familiar with our tech stack and your coding capabilities, alongside your soft skills.


Please read these instructions carefully, and if you have any questions, contact us via our Gmail account.   liquidgalaxylab@gmail.com



Note: You can create the tasks in the order you want, but for us to approve every task, we need them in order. Send every task as noted, and wait for approval to send the next one. We'll not consider contributors not follow the rules.



For every task, we need a video and the GitHub code link, if any, as proof, so first create in your own Google Drive a folder with read permissions for everyone, with your name, surname, and GSoC 2026, and create subfolders for every task. - We do not allow acceleration of the voice to keep the video on time -edited for clarity- .
We do not allow overlays from third-party screen recorders or other tools - edited for clarity-
Do not delete this till Sept 2026. 


Send us your first task, sending your drive's main GSoC folder with read permissions to anyone.


The MP4 videos -edited for clarity- have to be 3 minutes maximum, recorded horizontally in full HD, showing your face talking and the screen recorded.


Please always name all files with the task name, your name-surname, and GSOC year (2026), like

"Yashraj-task1-gsoc2026"

Drop a line in our Discord too, saying the task has been sent, and possibly it will be published here.


RSVP's clarification

Please send one mail for each rsvp, never in google drive, but an attached screenshot where clearly is seen the rsvp you claim or the video you've seen @everyone . 



AI clarification


We at the Liquid Galaxy project have been using AI since forever... some of our mentors are 40 years in the IT market, and believe us, we're in a big jump, but the AI thing is old.

The allowed use of AI depends on each organization (some do NOT allow it at any time). 
It makes sense to use them in two moments: in the preparation of the proposal and in the development of the code, if you are selected. 

This past 2025, the GSoC program doubled the number of proposals worldwide, from the normal 12,000 annually to 24,000. The reason?: ChatGPT... 
And sadly, most of those 100% increases were spam, pure copy-paste of the organizations' proposal into any development AI and pasting it back...

Many organizations were saturated with work and burned out... According to a statistic we performed anonymously this past summer, 60% of the Liquid Galaxy project contributors developed part of their project with AI. It is a pure reflection of the state of the industry; the reality was probably larger: 99%. They use AI for both the creation of the proposal and the development of the project.

So what's the Liquid Galaxy approach to AI use ? Simple:
- We allow the use of any AI tool you want, at any moment of the project, preliminary tasks, selection proposal, and code development.
- But for your professional future and the stability of the project, you MUST understand how the AI generated code works, and what it gives back to you. Simply a copy paste will be fast detected by our mentors, and in this case, you will be exposed to being discarded from the program at any moment.

In any case, our project requires many different coding abilities and the knowledge of several technologies, things that the AI, in most cases, will not be a good performer. This also applies to the proposal creation, where you'll have to focus on graphic elements, not on code, as we did last year. We'll explain more later if our organization is selected for GSoC 2026. (But if you're curious, just browse the unique post for 2025 ...)

Also, as important as the need for something more than code, we'll never select a contributor just for sending a good proposal. We have a very tight pre-selection process, which includes the delivery of several tests and having personal meets with the mentors (where they'll question you about your coding abilities, without AI help :), attending community meets, collaborating publicly in helping others at our Discord server, and more activities.





DATELINES clarification
Contributors have to try to give us the task on time, due that we need time to evaluate your abilities, both technical and soft skills.
Contributors who arrive late to the party, nothing bad there, just simply have to hurry up.
All pre-required tasks are needed for our evaluation of contributors and have to be presented maximum before the proposal date, but as you can imagine, dates will be so tight that we can not guarantee your work to be reviewed. So starting early wherever possible is a good idea.
You can send us tasks till the very last day before Google closes its platform for proposals. -edited for clarity-



 - Task 1:   

Task 1: Install a virtual LG

        Due January 11, 2026

Build your own Liquid Galaxy with 3 virtual machines; be careful with the RAM requirements to run such a system. 

We do not support MAC OS on this, as they have problems running the virtual machines.

The rig has to be 3 machines, and the control has to be a smartphone running on the emulator.
To test your rig, use the simple Data Spaces app from contributor Marc on 2025 GSoC, which works great on a smartphone 6.x inches vertically. Please fly to the 3 kinds of data the app has to demo your rig, including all submenus on the data. - Edited for clarity--
You must use a pixel phone emulator such as 6a, 7a or any available models. Please don't resize the screen to mimic smartphones as that isn't right. Remember, the video cannot be longer than 3 minutes.  

Documentation is available on the GSoC 2024 updated LG installation manuals
Older versions as this English and Spanish, the nice tutorial on setup a LG virtual by contributor Soham Jaiswal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLdUuDHo6lU, and the one from Yash Raj, actual senior mentor of the project, at https://youtu.be/wzv-CiN6VeA?si=swVIiwIU3R3RR4sA or mentor Mahinour are too very good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz-QZi__10c 

To see how we want the video take a look too at the many GSoC 2025 and 2024 contributors' task 1 videos,

(Edited for clarity as Jan 3, 2026)

NOTE: MOST OF THIS FUNCTIONALITIES needed here, and code, ARE CLEARLY EXPLAINED IN 2025 Lucia's project.

You have to create a basic LG app, where the user can select from a simple window with a button for each action -edited for clarity-, the following activities:
- Send the lg logo to the LG (left screen of a 3 screens rig), the logo has  to be visible during all the demo.
- Send a 3d kml containing a coloured pyramid, move the system for us to see the pyramid in the 3 screens -edited for clarity-
- Send a fly to instruction to go to your home city, whatever it's.
- An option to clean the logos,
- And option to clean the kmls

Send proof of task following rules, including a video with your face and screen to avoid cheatting, explaining your code (5 mins max)  and showing too , -edited for clarity- the kml that you have created. 
If the kml is not created by you, please mention the source where you took it from.
Also do make a released build of your apk as we 'll test it for real on a LG rig.

Send us the videos, the kml files, the released build apk, always in you GSoC drive folder, on the right subfolder, and the Github link.


T3: Creating and delivering technical presentations


For our Liquid Galaxy streaming series, to train the community and show up both your technical and soft skills, we require you to record a minimum of three 20’’ minimum, and a maximum of 45 technical presentations.
Those can be about any of our tech stack topics, technologies we use, or related questions.

Before recording, send an email to liquidgalaxylab@gmail.com with your 3 proposals for presentations, next with a schedule for when you plan to have those ready, as we're starting to populate the Google events platform.
We do not want people to do presentations about the same thing again and again, so we'll answer you on your proposed presentations.

Also, when ready, share a Google Slides deck with your presentation OPEN FOR COMMENTS before recording, just to take a look.

All the files you send us, have to have the same naming structure: and for presentations add in the front the exact name of presentation  : presentationtitle-t3-yourname-GSOC2026 -edited for clarity feb2-
 Remember: as with all the files for GSoC, the videos have to be sent on your gsoc google drive, not Youtube on any other media. --edited for clarity

You have to overlay your face talking, and well synced, voice on the slides, as we do not want to be cheated :)
PLEASE reserve a space on every slide, same, for your face, lots of people are doing it wrongly and overlaying your face with words or images; this is incorrect. -edited for clarity-


It's best to send us one video after the other, because if you make an error, we can correct it earlier and not waste your time. --edited for clarity

We only accept one entry for email, then wait for apporval to record. And this for t3/1, t3/2 and t3/3. - edited for clarity-

Never add music to your videos, unless you have fully tested that has no copyright issues, as most of the videos will go to Youtube in the train the community series -edited 15.2-

The community can ask questions in our Discord server, channel #community-chat, at any moment after the publishing of the video to the creator, and it's a must to answer those, showing up your soft skills such as community communication.

For the other contributors, remember that attending presentations and interacting will help your LG Score, giving you more opportunities to be selected for GSoC 2025.

Due date is since today, 18.11.2025, and is due before GSoC contributors announcement.

As samples, and to get train you can watch the great presentations contributors did in the past, such as:



Integrating Google Maps in Flutter for Liquid Galaxy apps, by Saumya Bhattacharya

Solving frequently asked doubts by Liquid Galaxy Contributors, by Shaunak Nagrecha
https://www.youtube.com/live/Rkt1TtyrD54?si=drN96E7UdqHw-Ktg

and tons more you can find in our YouTube channel and old GSoC posts, 2025,  2024, 2023 

Send proof of the task following the guidelines.


T4: Creating at least 3 entries for our Liquid Galaxy WIKI

 Liquid Galaxy WIKI 

Due date before GSoC contributors announcement. 

Created in 2024 by contributor Dev Gadani with the help of Sidharth and mentor Vedant, our WIKI
is a searchable repository of LG knowledge.

As proof of your knowledge of our tech stack, we require every contributor to be considered for GSoC to create  3 new entries for the wiki. All good entries will be published and credited in our lg.eu Wiki.
It's easy to find entries just by looking at the problems contributors look for and solve at Discord, checking if those are not already answered on the wiki,

You should send us a previous email with the 3 contents you want to create for the wiki, as many other contributors may have chosen the same. And always browse our already nicely populated wiki before sending your proposals for wiki entries.

Each entry has to have the clearest definition of what the entry is, and what part of the Liquid Galaxy it handles, it can be the UX side (functions on the apps in Flutter) or the rig side (all the things related to the Liquid Galaxy cluster and its network, including the Docker AI server we use).

Please write with clarity for others to understand, and quote code in the right way.

Avoid heavy AI use; if we notice that you're simply using any LLM to create the entries, yours will not be considered, and maybe you'll be out of the GSoC race at our project.

Add graphics if needed, and remember to store the images in the same folder independently.

All the entries have to be on the same Google Doc; we’ll not accept PDFs or .docx, and please name the doc with your name and GSoC2026. And you have to send only once, with all the entries ready to review. -edited for clarity-

Each entry has to be a minimum of half a page, as you have to explain the aforementioned parts and the code or instructions involved.

You’ll be credited if the entry is published, and you can also be invited to write other ones if the ones you choose have already been written many times.

Send proof of the task following the guidelines.

You can take a look at the WIKI presentation video with instructions and technical explanations.



T5: Proposal Mockup creation


(This is not a must to do pre requirement! but very important for you to succeed)
This year, we want to advance the proposal creation task.
It usually happens that contributors are a bit lost and on a tight agenda when Google opens the proposal window. For this reason, we want contributors to perform a preliminary task, creating a proposal.
Our organization will provide the preliminary ideas list around mid January, and next to this, the proposal template, this year with a little bit more design thanks to Nano Banana Pro :).  You'll have to select one of those ideas, or even better, think your own project idea for the Liquid Galaxy and start creating the proposal.
While this proposal can be the base for the real one, we're just making an assay, as till the end of February, usually Google will not be announcing the selected organizations for the year's GSoC.

There are plenty of good resources to see in the meantime, such as our many videos talking about this:

The art of writing good proposals and work logs for Google Summer of Code

GSoC 2025 proposals Final preparation .Q&A session live from the Liquid Galaxy LAB Lleida, Spain.

More tips and analysis for your GSoC 2025 proposals.Liquid Galaxy project. Q&A session.

Also see the streamings we have been talking about common errors contributors make when writing their proposal:
Liquid Galaxy project Community 7th MEET AI proposals errors and other issues

And a final tip: we won't be making big changes to last year's GSoC proposal procedure, so
browse our GSoC 2025 unique post and read all about proposal making.



EDITED for clarity:
Do not start sending us proposals and expect those to be reviewed ASAP, as we need to see your coding abilities first. Take this as an extra optional requirement that has to go in parallel with the other tasks.
Start date is January 12, 2026 and due by the end of February, 2026


T5: Proposal Mockup creation

Liquid Galaxy contests




Welcome to the new 2026 contest at the Liquid Galaxy project.

“Gemini Summer of Code, Agentic Programming contest for the Liquid Galaxy project”


DEFINITION IN PROGRESS, changes may apply at any moment due to the evolving nature of the coding AI technology.




See the new explanatory videos for the 

Gemini Summer of Code
 Agentic Programming contest
for the Liquid Galaxy project

Created by VictorIA agentic system,
based on the idea and guidance of mentor and GDE Victor Sanchez






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