Google Summer of Code 2008

Welcome to Inkscape!

We've mentored about half a dozen students a year since GSoC started. Many students enjoyed their work and continue to be involved; perhaps your mentor will be a past GSoC student! We have a high rate of acceptance of student code into the core codebase. Indeed, GSoC projects have been a key source of some of Inkscape's best features in the past several releases.

The Inkscape team plans to focus this summer on codebase cleanup and refactoring. This will affect the type of projects we can accept this year; we're looking for ones that either won't affect core code or that would result in improving the state of the codebase.

Student Applications

• Google program information
  • Summer of Code Application form
• Inkscape-specific information
  • SOC Application Template
  • Inkscape Roadmap - to see our overall objectives
  • SOC Writing Project Proposals - some guidelines for proposals
  • SOC Selection Criteria - how we rate applications

Suggested Ideas

• Inkscape test suite
• Python effects/extension scripts
• Integrate lib2geom -
• xar-to-svg converter - Converter for Xara Xtreme to Inkscape
• 'New From Template' dialog
• More Live Path Effects - There is a lengthy list of ideas to choose from here.
• KML SVG translation - For use of Inkscape with Google Earth or Maps
• kidscape - Condensed version of Inkscape aimed at young kids and small form factor devices
• Cutter control - Enable Inkscape's use with vinyl cutters.
• ICC Color Management for cairo outputs - Would allow Inkscape to produce CMYK PDFs and PSs with Cairo.
• Guides Improvements
• Transformation Anchors

For more ideas, please see https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/