# Google Summer of Code

MariaDB has participated in [Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) since 2013. This section contains pages providing information for each year.

We believe we are making a better database that remains application compatible with MySQL. We also work on making LGPL connectors (currently [C](https://app.gitbook.com/s/CjGYMsT2MVP4nd3IyW2L/mariadb-connector-c), [ODBC](https://app.gitbook.com/s/CjGYMsT2MVP4nd3IyW2L/mariadb-connector-odbc), [Java](https://app.gitbook.com/s/CjGYMsT2MVP4nd3IyW2L/mariadb-connector-j), [Node.js](https://app.gitbook.com/s/CjGYMsT2MVP4nd3IyW2L/mariadb-connector-nodejs)) and on [MariaDB Galera Cluster](https://app.gitbook.com/o/diTpXxF5WsbHqTReoBsS/s/3VYeeVGUV4AMqrA3zwy7/), which allows you to scale your reads & writes. Lately, we also have [MariaDB ColumnsStore](https://app.gitbook.com/s/rBEU9juWLfTDcdwF3Q14/mariadb-columnstore), which is a columnar storage engine, designed to process petabytes of data with real-time response to analytical queries.

## Project Ideas Pages:

* [Current GSoC 2026](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2026)
* [GSoC 2025](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2025)
* [GSoC 2024](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2024)
* [GSoC 2023](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2023)
* [GSoC 2022](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2022)
* [GSoC 2021](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2021)
* [GSoC 2020](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2020)
* [GSoC 2019](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2019)
* [GSoC 2018](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2018)
* [GSoC 2017](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2017)
* [GSoC 2016](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2016)
* [GSoC 2015](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2015)
* [GSoC 2014](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2014)
* [GSoC 2013](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating/google-summers-of-code/google-summer-of-code-2013)