[IPP] IPP project ideas for OpenPrinting GSoC 2026 by 01/26/26

[IPP] IPP project ideas for OpenPrinting GSoC 2026 by 01/26/26

Ira McDonald blueroofmusic at gmail.com
Sun Jan 11 21:50:26 UTC 2026


Hi,

[Agenda topic for our 01/15/26 IPP WG call this Thursday]

At our OP Monthly Call on 01/06/26, Till asked for PWG input by 01/26/26.
Although the mentoring organization application deadline is 02/03/26 and
OP can continue to add project ideas until 02/18/26, Till said that Google
mostly looks at the number and quality of by project ideas by 02/03/26 for
their mentor organizations decisions.  I suggested OAuth and Firmware
Update as high-value

OP GSoC 2026 Project Ideas as of 01/11/26:

While the final list for 2026 is still in development, projects generally
focus on
modernizing the printing architecture, CUPS 3.x integration,
GUI modernization
(GTK and Qt), testing automation, and adding new features like IPP Fax Out.

Here's the near-term GSoC 2026 timeline:
    - 01/19/26 - Mentoring organizations begin submitting applications to
Google
    - 02/03/26 - Mentoring organization application deadline
    - 02/03/26 to 02/18/26 - Google program admins review org applications
    - 02/19/26 - List of accepted mentoring organizations published
    - 02/19/26 to 03/15/26 - Potential GSoC contributors discuss ideas

Links:
-
https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Our-most-successful-one/
-- GSoC 2025 final results for 11 OP projects (all successful)
- https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
-- GSoC 2026 timeline

Cheers,
- Ira


*Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)*

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