Outreach programs/Possible projects/Old

This page describes how to find projects for Outreach programs such as Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. These projects are good for students and first time contributors but they require a good amount of work. They might also be good candidates for Rapid Grants.

If you are looking for smaller tasks check the Annoying little bugs. For an overview of (also non-technical) areas, check How to contribute. 

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Project ideas

 * Look through the Phabricator workboards in possible-tech-projects and outreach-programs-projects for project ideas
 * Post in the task comments, ask intelligent and explicit questions ("Could you tell me more about this?" is a bad example), do your research thoroughly, don't expect spoon-feeding. That's the recipe for a perfect intern!