--- title: Google Summer of Code 2020 | daily.dev description: Google Summer of Code 2020 selected 1,199 students from 66 countries to work with 199 mentoring organizations. Collabora is involved as mentors, with Andrej... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2020-o3usmjvfv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google Summer of Code 2020 | daily.dev og:description: Google Summer of Code 2020 selected 1,199 students from 66 countries to work with 199 mentoring organizations. Collabora is involved as mentors, with Andrej... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2020-o3usmjvfv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/O3UsMJVfv.png og:image:alt: Google Summer of Code 2020 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google Summer of Code 2020 **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Summer of Code 2020 selected 1,199 students from 66 countries to work with 199 mentoring organizations. Collabora is involved as mentors, with Andrej Shadura co-mentoring three Android SDK tools projects in Debian, and Collabora Productivity mentoring four LibreOffice projects. Notable GSoC 2020 projects highlighted include improving VKMS with IGT GPU Tools, Linux kernel driver debugging support for Sound Open Firmware, implementing OpenXR actions for VR control in Blender, and JPEG 2000 decoder improvements in FFmpeg. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many students were selected for Google Summer of Code 2020 and from how many countries? GSoC 2020 selected 1,199 students from 66 countries to work with 199 mentoring organizations. It was the 16th year of the program, which focuses on bringing student developers into open source software development through three-month programming projects completed during their school break. _Students and mentors tracking GSoC participation and open source programs find announcements like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Journey Begins: Meet the 2026 GSoC Contributors\!](https://daily.dev/posts/the-journey-begins-meet-the-2026-gsoc-contributors--3myjpp4mf) · Google Open Source Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Summer of Code 2026 Is Here: Contribute to Kotlin](https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2026-is-here-contribute-to-kotlin-yaiq9isjn) · Kotlin · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Open Source, Open Doors, Apply Now for Google Summer of Code\!](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-open-doors-apply-now-for-google-summer-of-code--b341xkvse) · Google Open Source Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Summer of Code 2025: What Our Contributors Built](https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2025-what-our-contributors-built-dkaujjjda) · JetBrains · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2020-o3usmjvfv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google Summer of Code 2020","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2020-o3usmjvfv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-summer-of-code-2020-o3usmjvfv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:56:16.026Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:30:59.812Z","description":"Google Summer of Code 2020 selected 1,199 students from 66 countries to work with 199 mentoring organizations. 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