We'''Amahi is applying re looking for hosting students with skills in these areas: current technologies like RoR, ruby, python, PHP, as well as next generation technologies, like Go (we use it for GSoC 2016!''' See the ideas below streaming to our mobile apps), [https://nodejs.org/ Node.js], [https://github.com/amahi/spdy HTTP/2], javascript frameworks for GSoC 2016! = About Amahi=user interaction, visualization or server services, etc.

'''We're also looking for students hardware projects! Creating a Raspberry Pi-style device with skills in these areas: current technologies like RoR, ruby, python, PHP, as well as next generation technologies, like Go (we use it for streaming to our mobile apps), Node.js, [https://github.comgreat I/amahi/spdy SPDY], javascript frameworks O that can run Amahi smoothly is a long-tem goal for user interaction, visualization or server services, etc.Amahi!'''

Amahi is a full and proper server made up of* A Linux system based on a mainline distribution, currently Fedora, but we supported Ubuntu before as well

= Introduce YourselfLet's talk about what NOT to do first, Interact with the Community =because many people automatically start badly by doing these:* do '''not''' comment randomly in github issues, e.g. introducing yourself in a GH issue, saying you would like to do something, or just "make noise"* do '''not''' blindly try to build things without understanding what Amahi is and what it does* do '''not''' just submit a pull request or issue a bug without really knowing what you are up to* do '''not''' just come to IRC, say something and vanish shortly thereafter. Stay for a while. People come and go. Ask your question and stick around. Get a client that can linger for a while. Sometimes it takes hours for some people to return

If you are you a GSoC studentBUT First, we will ask that you Introduce yourself, interact with the community, so please [https://docs.google.com/a/puchol.com/forms/d/1k4MQbhQtSCxfP_con95MnjxLv3GeuJifs9jjNBd3E84e/1FAIpQLScP4Q2iSzLXCjz1gK2eNutO8IhX_PETXU2bL8pqmhe2t1nCqg/viewform ?usp=sf_link introduce yourself with this form], so that we know your background and interests.

If you have questions about Amahi or just want to interact, you can contact us via IRC on [http://talk.amahi.org #amahi on irc.freenode.net] (fairly active) or on the amahi-devel [[mailing list]] (not as active). Don't forget that these we are subject open to suggestions, extensions or adaptations. Feel free to discuss or propose new ideas for projects!

One of the most important things is to find an area that you '''enjoy''', using a programming language environment that you know or that you are willing to learn quickly, so read below or ask questions.

If you are interested in being a mentor, we have five a few great mentors as of today, but we're very welcoming of more ideas and more mentors!

* Support for automatic issuing/renewal and installation of [https://letsencrypt.org/ Let's Encrypt] certificates in the platform, for external access across the internet* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1361 Share disk spaceusage]: Using [http://d3js.org D3.js] (for example) to visualize things internal to the system, like finding out the disk space used by shares, disk usage over time, etc.* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1595 Browser video player]: Using something like [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1595 broadway.js] for doing a video player on just a browser

* AmahiTunes integrationrevival

===[https://www.amahi.org/apps/disk-wizard Disk Wizard ] ===

'''Description''': Expanding the storage capacity is an important feature of Amahi but . The DW is a critical part. However, it's not as stable as of now it requires advanced (eshould be.g. command line) skills. We want easy disk/It should detect more partition onboarding.Also add the ability to be asked to mount USB drives as a share types and handle everything gracefully, even when theyit can're connected & connect external shares from for example a NAS with the plugin system using that wizardt act upon certain configurations.

'''Objective''': Finish implementing Stability improvements and especially thoroughly testing an Amahi this plugin that will streamline the process by providing a UI for disk /partition management. The plugin should detect if a new disk was added and it should provide a wizard to create partitions and format with the desired file system

=== Amahi 12 === '''Description''': [[Amahi 9 and 10 are what's 12]] is our nextrelease. This is the time to come up with exciting features and ideas that we should put and the GSOC timeline is a perfect match!

'''Objective''': Work closely with the core team to define the features and functionality that we need to implement to get Amahi 8 released. This project is about working on RoR and the Amahi platform core. Some of the core technology will need to be upgraded, like Rails 45, latest Phusion Passenger, possibly replace MySQL for the platform and use sqlite, create a native API to the platform that can be used by other apps, like mobile apps. Other ideas include beefing up security and provide support for Amahi hosting on the cloud. Features:

* fully convert the front-end to bootstrap and make sure we can install bootstrap themes and have a consistent and responsive look and behavior* make it platform even more modular and cleaner (at the moment we still have some things that really belong in plugins but still are in controllers/views of the main app)

'''Mentors''': Carlos, Rod ===Backup App Data and Settings=== '''Description''': When new versions of Amahi come out, a drawback of Amahi is that it's hard to backup the settings (e.g. partitioning) installed applications and their user dataSukhbir

'''ObjectiveReference''': The plugin should allow an administrator to backup any application data either on an external media or in the cloud(e.g.[https: Dropbox, Google Drive, etc).The restore process should check if the application is installed on the HDA and if not it should be automatically installed from the AppStore before the user data is restored//github.*Create an Amahi plugin that will allow backup and restore of the user data for apps installed from the AppStore*Centralizing app datacom/configs - link them to app folder instead.*"Destructive" update awareness*Ability to list, outline data directories for backupsamahi/upgrade checkplatform Amahi Platform repo]

Our mobile apps have streaming, browsing and sharing and it'''Skills Required''': System scriptings a great topic.

This year we'''Mentor''': Rod, Carlosre going to try emphasizing the Android app a little more.

'''Description''': Add functionality or fix bug Amahi Android offers the ability to stream your HDA over your Android phone and Android TV, support for Chromecast and auto-upload of images to HDA. The next step is to complete the Android appfollowing objectives:

* UpdatesAndroid TV Revamp: update material The Android TV app is outdated at the moment and doesn't follow the latest designprinciples of Android. We have to redesign the app so that Amahi is accessible on Android TV again. Further, update deprecated (or soon we have to implement the PlayerAdapter in Android TV to be) calls, provide backwards compatibilitysupport previews.* Add Chromecast support Support for media playback (videos, audio and pictures)Dagger 2: The current app is written using Dagger 1. We have to port the code to Dagger 2 so that we can use the latest libraries which are dependent on it.* Make Support for NAU: Complete the application compatible app with Android TV* Secondary user login support for Non-Admin User which currently exists on the appserver-side only. Ref: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jZAdXpSGQRJ6xN2WCzqkiPxQPUW2VHsAnpENZKbT2z0* Add upload functionality, eUI Improvements and UI Testing: Adding an Expresso based automated UI testing protocol.g. automatically upload photos to your * Improve Background Service: Improve the app for uploading media on the HDAwhen the app isn't present in the foreground* Phone Auto-Backup: Develop a module that does an Auto backup your of the phone to your the HDA over Local connection (reference: "Helium")* Friending Feature: Implement the sharing of folders or shares with other servers. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JsH9-aZrE3Z-35Oo38IY1-3Nd5BJiR_G0DshhjKSM4/* VPN: Add support for VPN proxy so that the user can access the HDA from the phone over a VPN proxy tunnel. 

'''Mentors''': Carlos, BogdanChirag

'''Objective''': Develop and a plugin that will allow an administrator user to control the traffic for specific devices inside the network. This app (or possibly a plugin) should display all the connected device as well as provide the ability to search by name/MAC address. For a selected device the administrator should:

'''Mentor''': Carlos, Rod, DagSukhbir

===User Onboarding=Amahi Anywhere==

'''Description''': Help users get their HDA up The mobile apps use API endpoints provided by Amahi Anywhere for browsing, downloading and running with minimal interaction after installationstreaming files and more.

'''ObjectiveReferences''': Happier users. The idea is to implement an automated configuration check tool. The current * [httphttps://www.amahi.net org/apps/amahi-anywhere Amahi Interactive TroubleshooterAnywhere App] can be used as a starting point. The tool should:* check if the installation was successful* compare current settings against the expected settings* automatically fix inconsistencies with no user interaction '''Skills Required''': RoR, scripting, netflow capture, dhcping scripting '''Mentors''': Carlos, Rod ===Ubuntu 14.04=== '''Description''': Get Amahi ready for [https://wiki.ubuntugithub.com/TrustyTahramahi/ReleaseSchedule Ubuntu 14.04] '''Objective''': Further development on the Amahi platform to be able to install the same applications and have the same features as the Fedora based version. A new install CD package that allows you to add Amahi functionality to Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) '''Skills Required''': ruby, ISO creation '''Mentor''': Carlos, Frans == Networking == ===Clustering Amahi Servers=== '''Description''': Create a system to create data nodes that integrate with the Amahi API as well as auto mount as NFS or SMB shares to allow the usage of applications through locally mounted shares (such as gallery, subsonic etc). This would allow you to connect Windows / Linux computers as data nodes. Perhaps an installable agent? '''Objective''': An installer that integrates with Amahi (a stripped down version of Amahi?) and a management pane in the main amahi server that allows you to add a server by IP or DNS name. '''Skills Required''': Ruby, misc system scripting '''Mentors''': Carlos ===Rolling Distribution=== '''Description''': Make -anywhere-specs Amahi a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release rolling distributionAnywhere Specs] '''Objective''': Being able to upgrade Amahi versions without having to upgrade OSs is very appealing and a huge win. '''Skills Required''': major Linux packaging mojo, ruby, system scripting, ISO packaging, repo creation '''Mentor''': Carlos

== GUI and UX =Improvements in AA File Server===

This area can offer '''a lotObjective''' of possibilities for ideas. A lot : Following features can be improved in Amahi to make the users happier. We are listing one topic here, but there are many, from a better front-end HTML (responsiveness, html5 compliance, browser compatibility, etc.), to CSS re-implementation, to allow for nice JS libraries to be used in plugins easily, like D3.js, Highcharts, etc., etc.implemented:

===* API to access platform apps over remote via proxy* Better Theme Integration===logging ([https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/issues/4 Issue #4])* Simplistic dashboard to view some metrics like number of users connected, access logs for each user, system health etc.* API to fetch metadata (duration, codec, album art image, title, artist name, album name, year etc.) for audio / video files* Create and cache low resolution thumbnail for image files for faster loading and enhanced experience

'''ObjectiveSkills Required''':* allow the usage of popular themes out thereGoLang, like themes for Drupal, Wordpress, etc., with minor configuration changes, or even directly* allow the integration of mobile themes* provide hooks to detect mobile devices and present a mobile themeREST API Understanding

'''Skills RequiredReference''': CSS, HTML5, ruby, RoR[https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/ Amahi Anywhere FS Github repo]

'''Description''': Document * Cache implementation for chunks of files passing frequently through proxy to speed up response and save bandwidth* Dashboard to view metrics on both connected mobile and Amahi in innovative ways, like screencasts, extra videos, hands-on guides, etc.Anywhere FS clients* Ability to ban a client

'''Skills Required''': management of teams, organization and documentationGoLang

'''Mentors''': Carlos, Chirag

* Add features to our popular [http://www.amahi.org/ios Amahi app for iOS]mobile apps: Offer to display image-heavy folders and shares within a "gallery" or collection view, add the ability to navigate and stream shares containing music in a streamlined way, Dynamic search, SPDY support, for both remote and local queries, support for accessing HDA web applications within Amahi for iOS, share folders and files from your HDA to other apps or users, support for HDA user permissions (share & web app restrictions, etc.). Mentors available: Jesse and Carlos

* Port AES (Amahi Energy Server) to the latest Amahi 7

* Carlos Puchol (cpg, PST, GSOC GSoC admin): team lead for Amahi, experience in RoR, Go, Ruby, RoR, system scripting/development, app packaging, C, C++* Bogdan Mitrea (megabitdragon, CST, GSOC GSoC admin): Android, Java, app packaging, system programming,C , C++, community lead* Rod Runyon (bigfoot65, CST): app lead for Amahi, system programming, app packaging, reliability, documentation, support* Frans Meulenbroeks (eFfeMChirag Maheshwari, former GSoC student for Amahi* Kumar Shashwat, CET) ubuntuformer GSoC student for Amahi* Sukhbir Singh, armformer GSoC student for Amahi* Dipankar B. Amahi collaborator* Nitin V., FC21Amahi collaborator  Reference: [https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/22GSoC mentoring page]. = Prior Years = Amahi participated in GSOC in 2020, C2019, 2018, Linux issues[[Google Summer of Code 2017]] 2016, networkingand [[Google Summer of Code 2014]]* Chris Pick == Prior Ideas (cpickNOT for 2021) == === iOS App Improvements === '''Description''': Amahi iOS app supports all basic functionalities including browsing files on HDA, PST)streaming audio/video, offline file access but still lacks a lot of features compared to its Android counterpart '''Objective''': Addition of new features and improvements in pre-existing ones in iOS appin swift to at least match or surpass the Android app '''Things to be implemented''': * Secondary user login* Chromecast support* Metadata display* Continuous music play* Upload and delete functionality* Thumbnail previews  '''Skills Required''': iOS programming, Swift '''Mentors''': Carlos, Chirag

'''Reference''': [httphttps://engithub.flossmanuals.netcom/GSoCMentoringamahi/ GSOC mentoring pageios Amahi iOS app repo].