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+date: 2021-05-23T15:30:37-04:00 +description: "" # Leave blank to use the auto summary +images: [] # Leave empty to default to the Pidgin logo +As many of you may know, Pidgin was accepted into the [Google Summer of +Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com) for 2021. We've been accepted to the +Summer of Code several times before, and were in fact one of the projects +accepted in the very first Summer of Code. +You can find our project listing on the Summer of Code site +[here](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6208503049355264/). +Scroll down to the bottom for the projects. +This year we were given two student slots for projects. We accepted the project +proposals from James Culver and Prateek Pardeshi. Both students will be working +on some major improvements to our currently in-development version 3.0.0. James +will be working on a number of key improvements surrounding our message history +functionality, and Prateek will be working on a replacement for our aging +account management interface. +Our lead developer, Gary Kramlich, will be mentoring these two students, however +there will be assistance from other members of the project as much as possible. +It's our hope that both students will excel in their projects and bring some +much-needed modernization and improvement to our code base and improve our user +experience significantly. +Join us over on [PidginChat]({{<ref "/about/pidginchat">}}) in the +`gsoc@conference.pidgin.im` chat room if you'd like to follow the development