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# Outreach programs overview
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This page describes what it's like to participate in a Zulip outreach program,
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such as [Google Summer of Code (GSoC)](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) or
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[Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/).
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## About Zulip
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[Zulip](https://zulip.com) is the only modern team chat app that is ideal for both
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live and asynchronous conversations. Zulip has a web app, a cross-platform
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mobile app for iOS and Android, cross-platform desktop and terminal apps, and
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over 100 native integrations. The entire Zulip codebase is 100% open source.
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Zulip has been gaining in popularity since it was [released as open source
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software][oss-release] in late 2015, with code contributions from [over 1000
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people](https://zulip.com/team/) from all around the world. Thousands of people
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use Zulip every day, and your work on Zulip will have meaningful impact
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on their experience.
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[oss-release]: https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2015/09/open-sourcing-zulip-a-dropbox-hack-week-project/
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As an organization, we value engaged, responsive mentorship and making sure our
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product quality is extremely high. You can expect to receive disciplined code
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reviews by highly experienced engineers. Since Zulip is a team chat product,
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your internship experience with the Zulip project will be highly interactive.
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> _“The experience of working with Zulip for the summer was really phenomenal and
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> taught me a lot about software development and working with a community. Zulip
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> has one of the best open source communities out there who are super friendly
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> and welcoming. You learn a lot just by watching others work and talk.”_ – Sai
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> Rohitth Chiluka, Zulip GSoC 2021 participant
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As part of our commitment to mentorship, Zulip has over 160,000 words of
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[documentation for
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developers](../index.md#welcome-to-the-zulip-documentation), much of it
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designed to explain not just how Zulip works, but why Zulip works the way that
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it does. To learn more about our mission and values, check out [this blog
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post](https://blog.zulip.com/2021/04/28/why-zulip-is-on-github-sponsors/)!
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## Outreach program experience
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Zulip has been a [GSoC](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) mentoring
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organization since 2016, and we accept 15-20 GSoC participants each summer. We
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have also mentored several interns through the
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[Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) program, and hundreds of Google Code-In
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participants.
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Zulip operates under a **group mentorship** model. While you will have an
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assigned mentor, you will also get lots of feedback from other members of the
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[Zulip development community](https://zulip.com/development-community/) by
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posting your questions and ideas in public streams. We encourage outreach
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program participants to help each other out as well!
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Program participants work on a variety of issues in their areas of interest,
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from major features to small bugs. You will see your work integrated into Zulip
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throughout the program, and even experience the impact of the changes yourself
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in the [development community chat](https://zulip.com/development-community/).
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Many program participants stay involved with the project past the
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official end of the program. A number of folks who get started as participants
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go on to mentor the next cohort, and several have joined Zulip's team of core
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maintainers.
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To learn more about the experience of doing an outreach program with Zulip:
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- Check out our blog posts about Zulip's
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[2022](https://blog.zulip.com/2022/11/02/google-summer-of-code-2022/) and
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[2021](https://blog.zulip.com/2021/09/30/google-summer-of-code-2021/) Google
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Summer of Code programs.
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- Watch our [3-minute video](https://youtu.be/h4s-JUei3Z0) about what it's like
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to do GSoC with Zulip.
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- Watch our [Having a Great GSoC](https://youtu.be/dPUAEZVBrJg) Google Summer of
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Code Community Talk.
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- Read our [guide](experience.md) to having an amazing experience with Zulip's
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outreach programs.
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> _“It has been the best summer I've ever had! I'm thankful to my mentors, my
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> peers, Zulip, and Google for providing me an opportunity of getting involved
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> in the community! You have helped and supported me to become a better software
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> developer and a passionate open-source contributor.”_ – Sarthak Garg, Zulip
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> GSoC 2021 participant
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