Outreach programs/pt

Wikimedia's technical community participates in several outreach programs. This helps new contributors join Wikimedia technical projects, it spreads knowledge about the movement to bigger and more diverse audiences, and it gives contributors an opportunity to mentor newcomers.

Google Summer of Code

• Vision: help open source projects with up to 350 hours of internship.
• Approach: funded by Google, mentored by FOSS developers. Once a year.
• Information for Participants
• Information for Mentors
• Information for Administrators

Outreachy

• Vision: provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry.
• Approach: funded by Outreachy, mentored by FOSS members. Twice a year.
• Information for Participants
• Information for Mentors
• Information for Administrators

News about technical outreach programs

• Wikimedia Tech Blog posts about Outreach Programs
• Intern success stories

More ways to get involved

To work on Wikimedia software projects outside an outreach program, see Novos Programadores .

For ways to contribute to Wikimedia apart from software development, see Como contribuir .

Historical programs

Note that the following historical programs are discontinued:

• Google Code-In
• Season of Docs