Hi! I am Jason Dao, aka jasondk on IRC. I’m a third year undergrad at University of California, Davis. This past summer, I’ve been working with the MetaBrainz team to add some neat features to the project ListenBrainz.
Continue reading “GSoC 2021: Pin Recordings and CritiqueBrainz Integration in ListenBrainz”Tag: GSoC 2021
GSoC’21: MusicBrainz Android App: Dawn of Showdown

Greetings, Everyone!
I am Akshat Tiwari (akshaaatt on IRC), an undergraduate student from Delhi Technological University, India.
It has been an exhilarating experience for me, right from submitting a proposal for GSoC to becoming a part of a fantastic community.
The Google Summer of Code 2021 Edition finally comes to an end after the 3-Month long journey. I will be detailing the journey of working towards my summer of code project today. This blog is a summary of all the work done.
Continue reading “GSoC’21: MusicBrainz Android App: Dawn of Showdown”GSoC 2021: Complete Rust binding for the MusicBrainz API
Hi Everyone! I am Ritiek Malhotra (ritiek on IRC) and recently completed my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I participated in Google Summer of Code ’21 and worked on musicbrainz_rs
– a library wrapper on the MusicBrainz Web API written for the Rust programming language.
GSoC 2021: Push the URL relationship editor to the next level
Hello everyone, I’m Yang Yang (aka yyoung), an undergraduate student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. I am honored to be accepted as a student of Google Summer of Code 2021 in MetaBrainz Foundation to work on the improvements of external links editor. I had a good time with the MusicBrainz dev team this summer, and it was a valuable experience for me. This is a final report and overview of my work.
Continue reading “GSoC 2021: Push the URL relationship editor to the next level”GSoC 2021: Series Entity for BookBrainz
Hi everyone, I am Akash Gupta, currently pursuing my undergraduate from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. This summer, I participated in Google Summer of Code and developed a new feature — Series Entity— for the project BookBrainz.
I was mentored by Nicolas Pelletier (monkey on IRC) during this period. This post summarizes my contributions to the project and the experiences that I had throughout the summer.
Continue reading “GSoC 2021: Series Entity for BookBrainz”Congratulations GSoC 2021 students!
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who submitted a project with MetaBrainz for this year’s Summer of Code!
This year, the selected projects are:
Ritiek Malhotra
MusicBrainz – Complete Rust binding for the MusicBrainz API
Akash Gupta
BookBrainz – Implement a “Series” entity
Akshat Tiwari
Musicbrainz Android App – Dawn of Showdown
Jason Dao
ListenBrainz – Pin Tracks & Review Tracks Through CritiqueBrainz
Yang Yang
MusicBrainz – Push the URL relationship editor to the next level
Welcome to the team, and congratulations!
In these troubled times it is all the more impressive that you all mustered the focus and determination to work on proposals, contribute to MetaBrainz projects and integrate with the community.
In our small and tightly knit team and community, communication is key!
If you run into any kind of issue (stuck in your code, starting a part-time job, health or family emergencies, etc.) don’t hesitate to contact your mentor as early as possible to find a solution; we’re here to support you.
We mentors all look forward to working with you before, during and after the summer, guiding you to success and helping you learn and improve your skills!
ruaok, yvanzo, mr_monkey, lucifer and oknozor