QEMU is participating in Google Summer of Code once again! Google Summer of Code is an open source internship program with internships running May through August. Would you like to experience contributing to an open source project? This paid remote work internship opportunity is a great way to get involved!

Interns work with experienced QEMU developers who mentor them during the internship. Code is submitted through the same open source process that all QEMU developers follow. This gives interns experience with contributing to open source software.

Find out if you are eligible

Information on who can apply for Google Summer of Code is here.

Select a project idea

Look through the the list of QEMU project ideas and see if there is something you are interested in working on. Once you have found a project idea you want to apply for, email the mentor for that project idea to ask any questions you may have and discuss the idea further.

Submit your application

You can apply for Google Summer of Code from March 16th to 31st.

Good luck with your applications!

If you have questions about applying for QEMU GSoC, please email Stefan Hajnoczi or ask on the #qemu-gsoc IRC channel.

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We’d like to announce the availability of the QEMU 10.2.0 release. This release contains 2300+ commits from 188 authors.

The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Mentor Summit 2025 took place from October 23rd to 25th in Munich, Germany. This event marks the conclusion of the annual program, bringing together mentors from all over the world. QEMU had another successful year with several interesting projects (details on our organization page), and it was a pleasure for me to represent the QEMU community at the summit, joining mentors from over 100 open source organizations to discuss the program, share experiences, and talk about open source challenges.

We’d like to announce the availability of the QEMU 10.1.0 release. This release contains 2700+ commits from 226 authors.