Program Flow

Your 6-Month Journey

From registration to showcase, follow the complete Y-SoC timeline and see how you'll grow as a developer and contributor to the open-source community.

Program Flow

Each phase is carefully designed to maximize learning, collaboration, and project success

Phase 01 Feb – 7 FebUpcoming

Onboarding & Culture

Get oriented with open-source mindset, Git/GitHub workflow, and community norms.

  • Orientation and Open-Source mindset
  • Git/GitHub workflow: Issues → Branch → PR → Review → Merge
  • Tooling setup and community norms
Phase 18 Feb – 28 FebCurrent

Guided Contribution Sprint

Learners act as Contributors with assigned beginner-friendly issues.

  • Learners act as Contributors
  • Assigned beginner-friendly issues
Phase 21 Mar – 31 MarUpcoming

Independent Contribution & Collaboration

Self-picked issues and collaboration with the community.

  • Self-picked issues and collaboration
Phase 31 Apr – 15 AprUpcoming

Hack & Build Phase

Internal Hackathon with feature/module development via issues and PRs.

  • Internal Hackathon
  • Feature/module development via issues and PRs
Phase 416 Apr – 30 AprUpcoming

Maintainer Shadowing

Leaderboard updating, PR reviews, issue labeling, and mentoring.

  • Leaderboard updating
  • PR reviews, issue labeling, mentoring
Phase 51 May – Mid MayUpcoming

Open Innovation Sprint

Open-ended Hackathon with major enhancements.

  • Open-ended Hackathon
  • Major enhancements
FinalUpcoming

Evaluation & Recognition

Final evaluation based on quality of PRs, issue discussions, reviews and collaboration.

  • Quality of PRs
  • Issue discussions
  • Reviews and collaboration

Awards:

Top ContributorBest ReviewerBest MaintainerCommunity Builder

Ready to Start Your Journey?

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