JK Summer of Code

JKSoC is an open-source summer program by Coding Club IIT Jammu where students across India collaborate on real projects, contribute to open source, and learn by building alongside maintainers and fellow developers.

🏆 ₹10,000+ in prizes
📅 May - July 2026💻 Open Source🎓 Open to students across India

What is JKSoC?

JKSoC is designed to help students get started with open source in a practical and welcoming way. Instead of building isolated demo projects, participants contribute to repositories that are actively maintained and used by real communities.

Whether you are making your first pull request or already familiar with GitHub workflows, JKSoC gives you a space to learn, ship code, and connect with developers from across the country.

What You Get

  • Hands-on open-source experience
  • Contributions on your GitHub profile
  • Certificates and recognition
  • Leaderboards, prizes, and community events
  • A chance to work with maintainers and teams

How Participation Works

The process is simple — pick projects, contribute consistently, and earn points as your pull requests get merged.

01

Register

Sign in with GitHub and complete your profile.

02

Explore Projects

Browse approved repositories and find issues to work on.

03

Contribute

Submit pull requests and collaborate with maintainers.

04

Earn Points

Merged contributions count toward the leaderboard.

For Contributors

Contribute to issues tagged for JKSoC, improve your development workflow, and gain experience working in collaborative codebases.

Beginners are welcome — the goal is to learn, build consistently, and enjoy the process.

For Maintainers

Maintainers can submit repositories for inclusion in JKSoC and collaborate with motivated student contributors throughout the program.

We encourage projects that are beginner-friendly, actively maintained, and meaningful to the open-source ecosystem.