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14 records across 1 program2025Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 5 projects indexed
- Adding Wi-Fi Support to QEMU Simulations in LibreMesh
- Deep Q Network-based Rate Adaptation for IEEE 802.11ac Networks
- qaul RPC user authentication layer
- Simplifying LibreMesh with OpenWrt-Native Solutions
- Social Media Archive Explorer
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
Participation imported from the GSoC Organizations archive snapshot; this historical listing is not an application-status claim.
2024Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 6 projects indexed
- eBPF performance optimisations for a new OpenWrt Firewall
- LibreMesh Cable Purpose Autodetection
- New Transmit Power Control approach for IEEE 802.11ax Wifi chips
- Project Libremesh Pirania, new release.
- qaul BLE Module for Linux with BlueR
- Visualise community data
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2023Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 6 projects indexed
- Automation tools for LibreMesh firmware build and monitoring
- Implementation of Web Interface of Retroshare
- Joint Power and Rate Control in User space for Freifunk OpenWrt Mesh & Access Networks
- LuCI Migration to JavaScript based Framework: Improved UX and Performance on OpenWrt-based Devices
- OpenWRT PPA Part 2
- Qaul Matrix Bridge
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2022Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 8 projects indexed
- Call a Friend
- Complete the Retroshare Web Interface
- Implement elRepo.io unit testing
- Minstrel-TX Rate Control in User space
- Traffic Monitoring and Classification via XDP/eBPF
- Try LibreMesh without having a router
- TX-Power Control in WiFi Networks
- Videoodyssee : System Refactoring
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2021Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 7 projects indexed
- Android native app for network selection capability in LibreMesh routers
- Irdest Android Client
- LibreMesh Pirania UI
- OpenWrt Device Page
- OpenWRT PPA
- Retroshare Mobile
- Updation of the Json Schema to latest version (2020-12)/draft7 along with the form generation and validation with the updated schema of the tools
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2019Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 10 projects indexed
- Build a qual.net network simulator to enable automated testing
- ConTest - Wireless resource allocation algorithm testing framework
- Designing RetroShare for Android with chat backend improvements
- Library to export/import public datasets to Retroshare network
- Load-correlated distributed bandwidth analysis for LibreMesh networks
- OpenWrt Firmware Wizard
- qaul.net HTTP API
- RetroShare port web interface to JSON API
- Unit testing LibreMesh
- WireGuard Tunneling for BMX7
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2018Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 12 projects indexed
- Better map for nodewatcher
- Design network agnostic communication protocol
- Easily Expandable Wireless Intrusion Detection System
- Kernel space SOCKS proxy for Linux 4.x
- LibreMesh ground routing user friendly interface
- LibreNet6
- Local Phone App
- nodewatcher: Build system rework and package upstreaming
- OpenWLANMap App
- Re-write the Turnantenna code
- Realizing a decentralized WiFi Controller
- VRConfig - Visual Router Config for OpenWrt
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2017Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 12 projects indexed
- Add MPTCP support in LEDE/OpenWRT trunk
- Extending LoxiGen and ONOS to enable SDN control of wireless switches via OpenFlow
- geolocator (Software defined GPS)
- Implementing Pop-Routing in OSPF
- Improving nodewatcher data representation capability
- LibreMesh Attended Sysupgrade
- lime-webui: port to LuCI2
- netjsongraph.js: visualization of netjson data
- OpenWRT/LEDE Configuration Management
- Powquty Live-Log
- RetroShare Improvements
- Spectrum Analyzer
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2016Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 8 projects indexed
- A schema-based configuration system for OpenWrt
- DynaPoint - A dynamic access point validator and creator for OpenWrt/LEDE
- Implementing Pop-Routing
- Monitoring and quality assurance of open wifi networks: the client view
- netifd extension: external device handlers
- OpenWrt - poWquty (poWer quality)
- Provide a cryptographic implementation for Qaul.net
- SWOON: Simultaneous Wireless Organic Optimization within Nodewatcher
Source checked Sep 28, 2026
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2014Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 8 projects indexed
- BGP/Bird integration with OpenWRT and QMP
- Freifunk API Query Client
- Libre-Mesh: Hardware Detection
- Netengine
- nodewatcher v3.0 platform
- OpenWrt: IEEE 802.1ad VLAN support
- Social network plugin for Retrohare
- Source-Sensitive Routing
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2012Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 12 projects indexed
- A throughput mesurment tool for B.A.T.M.A.N.
- B.A.T.M.A.N. Backwards Combatibility implementation through the use of tlv information elements
- Client-side graphs drawing (wlan slovenia)
- CNML Explorer
- Convert core nodewatcher components to new modular backend
- Equipment warehouse/inventory plugin (wlan Slovenija)
- Generic Fragmentation/Assembly Framework for batman-adv
- Guifi.net integration for qMp system
- Improve the OLSRd mDNS plug-in
- Oauth login for Google and Facebook on OpenWrt routers
- Rewrite Freifunk OpenWrt Imagebuilder, improve meshwizard
- Web shop for router kits
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2011Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 9 projects indexed
- [OLSR] Improve win32 and bsd specific parts
- Cross platform flasher with GUI
- DAT: Distributed ARP Table for B.A.T.M.A.N.
- Define a common node database schema for Freifunk node databases
- Implement a power saving protocol for Ad-hoc network by adaptive ATIM window for MAC 802.11
- L-VN Lite Virtual Network
- MapServer improvement
- RadioMate Frontend
- Videoconferencing suitable for Mesh Networks
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2010Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 8 projects indexed
- Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Networking for Mobile Devices: Porting OLSR to Nokia N900 and Android OS
- Database output for freimap
- Design and implementation of a linux VoIP api at the example of an AirTies WAV-281 with OpenWrt
- flashing, re-flashing, debricking framework
- Free Web Radio Program Scheduler
- Implementation of a Bounded Incremental Shortest Path Algorithm for olsrd
- IPinUDP encapsulation module
- Liquid freifunk collaboration web framework
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.
2009Google Summer of CodeAnnual program · 10 projects indexed
- Developing Firmware for Vietnam based on Freifunk Firmware
- Effective measurement in mesh networks
- Freifunk.net - Social Networking for Real Life Communities
- Improving LXNM, adding open networks and mesh support
- IPv6 and TLS capable network-superserver in Lua and C with HTTP and RPC Slave
- Mesh Node Status Monitoring / SNMP DataSource for freimap
- OBAMPxP olsrd plugin: Multicast multimedia delivery in OLSR community mesh networks
- Service Control Module for Freimap
- Service Discovery in Mesh Networks / Avahi DataSource for freimap
- small distributed storage
Source checked Oct 2, 2026
Community mirror of the 2009–2015 Google Melange project archive. Original Melange project links may now redirect; the participation source retains the mirrored records. Organizations without indexed projects may be absent. Imported and normalized from Vaibhav Gupta / GSoC-Data-Analyser, MIT.