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+layout: post
+title:  "Debezium Joins Google Summer of Code 2026!"
+date:   2026-02-23
+tags: [ community, news, gsoc ]
+author: gpanice
+---
+
+We’re thrilled to announce that Debezium is participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for 2026! 🎉
+
+As part of the https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/organizations/jboss-community[JBoss Community’s GSoC organization], Debezium is offering several projects for contributors to work with change data capture (CDC), vector database technologies, Quarkus, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
+These are all aimed at expanding the Debezium ecosystem.
+
+GSoC is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring contributors to gain hands‑on engineering experience while being mentored by open-source maintainers. If you’re passionate about distributed systems, data streaming, and CDC, this is the perfect opportunity to dive in.
+
+== 🚀 Debezium Project Ideas for GSoC 2026
+
+Below are the Debezium‑related projects available for this year’s program, as listed on the official Jboss Community GSoC ideas page:
+
+1. **Debezium Source Connector for Milvus**: implement a new source connector to capture changes from https://milvus.io[Milvus], the popular vector database.
+
+2. **Debezium Source Connector for SQLite** implement a new source connector to capture changes from https://sqlite.org[SQLite], one of the most widely used embedded databases.
+
+3. **Debezium CLI**: a dedicated command-line interface for making setup, debugging, and deployment more intuitive.
+
+4. **Host-Based Pipeline Deployment for the Debezium Platform**: enhance Debezium’s platform-level capabilities by improving the deployment.
+
+5. **PyDebeziumAI**: explore how AI can enhance Debezium via Python
+
+
+== 💬 Upcoming AMA Session for Contributors
+
+To help interested candidates get familiar with the projects, mentors, and expectations, we'll be hosting an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session. After the session, candidates should be well-equipped to begin discussing ideas with their mentors.
+
+📅 **Date**: 5th March 2026 2.30PM CET
+
+🎬**Platform**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwdEro2Ji0Q[youtube.com]
+
+🎙️ **Who should attend?** Anyone considering applying for one of the Debezium projects.
+
+== 🤝 How to Get Started
+
+- Read through the full GSoC 2026 https://spaces.redhat.com/spaces/GSOC/pages/750884772/Google+Summer+of+Code+2026+Ideas[idea list] for the JBoss Community.
+- Join the discussion official channels for Jboss Community.
+- Join the https://debezium.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/302529-users[Debezium Zulip Chat] and subscribe to the https://debezium.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/573881-community-gsoc[community-gsoc] channel
+- Follow Debezium on https://www.linkedin.com/company/debezium[linkedin] for updates
+- Read the https://github.com/debezium/debezium/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md[contribution guidelines]
+- Familiarize yourself with Debezium by taking a https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc%20is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3A%22good%20first%20issue%22[good-first-issue]
+
+We’re excited to welcome the next generation of contributors to the Debezium community.
+Stay tuned for more details and get ready for an incredible GSoC season!
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