If you are interested We're looking for students with skills in being a mentorthese areas: current technologies like RoR, ruby, we have six great mentors python, PHP, as well as of todaynext generation technologies, but like Go (we're very welcoming of more ideas and more mentors!use it for streaming to our mobile apps), [https://nodejs.org/ Node.js], [https://github.com/amahi/spdy HTTP/2], javascript frameworks for user interaction, visualization or server services, etc.

If you are '''We're also looking for hardware projects! Creating a student, come talk to us about the ideas below Raspberry Pi-style device with great I/O that can run Amahi smoothly is a long-tem goal for possible projectsAmahi! Don't forget that these are subject to suggestions, extensions or adaptations. Even new ideas will be considered. Some of these ideas are more mature and concrete than others.''

The '''most important thing''' is Amahi started of a need to find an '''area that you enjoy''keep a personal/home cloud server, keep all my family's photos, videos, documents, and generally any data. It expanded into running applications, mostly web apps, using a programming language that you know or are willing from anything to doing backups to learn!automatic downloaders, media managers and much more.

=List Amahi is a full and proper server made up of Project Ideas=* A Linux system based on a mainline distribution, currently Fedora, but we supported Ubuntu before as well* An [https://github.com/amahi/hda-ctl installer] to help the user bring bring Amahi up in their system* A [https://github.com/amahi/platform platform], which is a web app that the user uses to manage their server, add apps* [https://www.amahi.org/apps Apps] that are installed by using the platform* Two mobile apps to access data and apps, for [http://www.amahi.org/android Android] and [http://www.amahi.org/ios iOS].

===Plugin System==What to do (and NOT do) first =

Let's talk about what NOT to do first, 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 ''Description'not'': Make the ability ' blindly try to create build things without understanding what Amahi is and install Amahi plugins easy 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 enable the creation of those plugins vanish shortly thereafter. Stay for a variety of purposes, like SMART monitoring, system stuff (network scanning, etcwhile. People come and go.) Ask your question and the two examples below stick around. Get a client that can linger for the disk wizard and the Greyhole UI, among other ideasa while.Sometimes it takes hours for some people to return

'''Objective''': Create an amahi plugin system, where PHP, PythonBUT First, NodeIntroduce yourself, and other modern webapps can be easily integrated. We can currently do this interact with some RoR enginesthe community, but the mechanism is not robust enoughso please [https://docs. The plugins system should allow modern web-based apps to be easily integrated with Amahi -- from Nodegoogle.js apps to Rubycom/forms/d/e/PHP1FAIpQLScP4Q2iSzLXCjz1gK2eNutO8IhX_PETXU2bL8pqmhe2t1nCqg/Python -- viewform?usp=sf_link introduce yourself with this form], so that users can easily reap the benefits of the onslaught of difficult-to-deploy modern web apps with a single click installwe know your background and interests.ProTip: possibly leverage docker containers within Amahi

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'''Skills Required''': RoRt forget that we are 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 '''Mentorsenjoy''': Carlos, Rodusing a programming environment that you know or that you are willing to learn quickly, so read below or ask questions.

'''Description''': Expanding See the storage capacity is an important feature of Amahi but as of now it requires advanced (e[[#Mentors|mentors]] below.g. command line) skills. We want easy disk/partition onboarding.Also add the ability Looking for ideas to be asked to mount USB drives as a share when they're connected & connect external shares from for example a NAS with mentor, see the plugin system using that wizard[[#Other Ideas|other ideas]] below.

We have organized the ideas in groups, depending what area of Amahi they belong in. These groups are not in any particular order. For instance if you are a front-end person who knows HTML and Javascript, the GUI/UX may well be the best fit and we'''Skills Required''': Low level system scriptingd love to hear from you!

* Support for automatic issuing/renewal and installation of [https://letsencrypt.org/ Let'''Description'''s Encrypt] certificates in the platform, for external access across the internet* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1361 Share space usage]: Using [http: Greyhole is an application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives //d3js.org D3.js] (whatever their size, however they're connectedfor example)to visualize things internal to the system, and allows you to create redundant copies of like finding out the files you storedisk space used by shares, disk usage over time, in order to prevent data loss when part of your hardware failsetc.* [https://bugs.amahi. org/issues/1480 Wake-on-LAN (WOL)]: The purpose of Amahi [http://www.amahi.org/apps/wake-on-lan-server Wake-On-LAN Server] app currently provides this plugin is capability.* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1481 Virus Scan Shares]* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1489 Netboot Settings/Configuration]* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1487 Mail Relay] (i.e. using Gmail or ISP)* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1459 Convert app] [https://www.amahi.org/apps/Amahi-energy-saver Amahi Energy Saver] to provide a UI and the necessary tools under the UI plugin.* View log files in web browser ([https://github.com/tobi/clarity Clarity using RoR])* Ability to make starting and managing a Greyhole UI possible and nice to understand for regular humansupdate default SSL certificates (used by [https://www.amahi.org/apps/openvpn OpenVPN], [https://www.amahi.org/apps/amahi-anywhere Amahi Anywhere], etc).* AmahiTunes revival* RAID (SW, MDADM?) support* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1458 SMART Disk] monitoring

'''Skills RequiredMentors''': RoRRod, System programingCarlos

'''Mentors'''=== [https: Carlos, Rod//www.amahi.org/apps/disk-wizard Disk Wizard] ===

'''DescriptionObjective''': When new versions of Amahi come out, a drawback of Amahi is that it's hard to backup the settings (e.gStability improvements and especially thoroughly testing this plugin for disk/partition management. partitioning) installed applications and their user data

'''ObjectiveSkills Required''': The plugin should allow an administrator to backup any application data either on an external media or in the cloud(e.g.: 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.*Create an amahi plugin that will allow backup and restore of the user data for apps installed from the AppStore*Centralising app data/configs - link them to app folder instead.*"Destructive" update awareness*Ability to list, outline data directories for backups/upgrade checkLow level system scripting

'''Skills RequiredReferences''': System scripting* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/580 Track the disk wizard]* [[New Disk Wizard]] ideas page* [http://www.openmediavault.org/ OpenMediaVault] does have a nice wizard that people like

'''Description''': Our theme system is pretty good, however, it's very customized * make 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)* possibly using a new metal layer instead of passenger - especially ones that do not take a long time to reload, could do be puma, i also like thin, maybe others* better with initialization ... like a more responsive frontstandard (wordpress-endlike) initialization wizard (initially there are no users, we need to create an admin user and perhaps ask a few questions and integrate with amahi.org)* Implement sharing of folders among the friend servers.

'''Skills RequiredMentors''': CSSCarlos, HTML5Rod, ruby, RoRSukhbir

'''MentorsReference''': Jesse, Carlos[https://github.com/amahi/platform Amahi Platform repo]

==InstallerAndroid Mobile App==

This year we'''Description''': Improved installation experience for users. For example, create re going to try emphasizing the Android app a new Anaconda node for Amahi configuration. Similarly for Ubuntulittle more.

'''MentorsDescription''': CarlosAmahi Android offers the ability to stream your HDA over your Android phone and Android TV, Daniel, Jessesupport for Chromecast and auto-upload of images to HDA. The next step is to complete the following objectives:

* Android TV Revamp: The Android TV app is outdated at the moment and doesn't follow the latest design principles of Android. We have to redesign the app so that Amahi is accessible on Android TV again. Further, we have to implement the PlayerAdapter in Android TV to support previews.* Support for 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.* Support for NAU: Complete the app with support for Non-Admin User which currently exists on the server-side only. Ref: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jZAdXpSGQRJ6xN2WCzqkiPxQPUW2VHsAnpENZKbT2z0* UI Improvements and UI Testing: Adding an Expresso based automated UI testing protocol.* Improve Background Service: Improve the app for uploading media on the HDA when the app isn''Description'''t present in the foreground* Phone Auto-Backup: Help users get their Develop a module that does an Auto backup of the phone to the HDA up and running over Local connection (reference: Helium)* Friending Feature: Implement the sharing of folders or shares with minimal interaction after installationother 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.

'''Skills Required''': RoRJava, scripting, netflow capture, dhcping scriptingAndroid framework

'''Mentors''': DanielCarlos, CarlosChirag

'''ReferencesReference''':* [httphttps://wwwgithub.com/amahi.net /android Amahi Interactive TroubleshooterAndroid Github repo]

Innovative app or app packaging or and app -related projects. ===Improved VPN Security=== '''Description''': Improve the security of our OpenVPN and IPSec VPN apps. Examples are allowing users to generate their own certificates, identify weak spots and strengthen them. '''Objective''': For the example of generating their own certificates, build a wizard to allow users to create and manage their certificates. Another goal would be to provide logging of VPN connections, so that the user can see the activity on their VPN. '''Skills Required''': keen sense of security settings, certificates '''Mentors''': Rod, Carlos

'''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:

'''Mentors''': DanielCarlos, Jesse ===Network Groups=== '''Description''': Develop a plugin to allow network device grouping. This will be the framework for future plugins. '''Objective''': Allow an administrator to group network devices in groups with different permissions. Limit the user access to certain apps based on the group settings. '''Skills Required''': RoR, system programming '''Mentors''': Jesse, DanielRod

'''Objective''': [http://www.rsnapshot.org/ RSnapshot ] is a great application to backup local data, making efficient use of storage as well as CPU resources and can handle a lot of data. A one-click app that includes a UI to set up and manage RSnapshot backups. Also, possibly backup to GDrive, S3, other cloud solutions

'''Skills Required''': RoR, system programming,

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

===Package VoIP and/or PBX system=Installer==

'''ObjectiveDescription''': configuring PBX or a VoIP system can be complexImproved installation experience for users. There are several hurdles to this. The task is to evaluate all

'''Skills RequiredObjective''': app scripting Configuration and packaginginstallation of Amahi can be painful for some percentage of users. Many of them do not know much or care for Linux. We want to make the installation as smooth as possible not just for them, telephony, VoIPbut for more even more regular (non-techy) users. Ubuntu has some challenges of its own to make it work without dropping the users to the command line.* Create a new [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda Anaconda] node for Amahi configuration* Similarly for Ubuntu* Make images that enable booting from USB devices "out of the box"* Detect sub-optimal configurations of disk partitions and provide feedback to the user* Measure and analyze how users get tripped on installation and create ways to tackle these issues, messaging systemsbringing installation issues down

'''DescriptionMentors''': While Amahi has an [https://www.amahi.org/ios iOS] application already, there is a lot of room for improvement. For this project, we're looking to improve the existing iOS application and expand it's feature set. We're striving to make Amahi for iOS a polished, fastCarlos, and enjoyable application for our users.Rod

'''Objective''': We're looking to improve the the current implementation of the iOS project and add additional features, here is a list of requested features:*Offer to display image-heavy folders and shares within a "gallery" or collection view.*Offer 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.)*Add support for Dropbox, Google Drive, and other third-party services.*Improve the first-launch user experience*Add functionality to assist with HDA setup assistanceAnywhere==

'''Skills RequiredReferences''': *Objective[https://www.amahi.org/apps/amahi-C/Cocoaanywhere Amahi Anywhere App]*Experience programming against a REST API would be helpful (Even input on improving and expanding the API!)[https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-specs Amahi Anywhere Specs]

'''MentorsDescription''': Jesse Read, CarlosAmahi Anywhere File Server exposes HDA files and directories via REST APIs and also allows to upload new files

'''ReferenceObjective''': [httpFollowing features can be implemented://www.amahi.org/ios Amahi for iOS]

'''ObjectiveSkills Required''': An Android app that is on par or better than the iOS appGoLang, including mobile streaming, downloading files and sharing them.REST API Understanding

'''Skills RequiredMentors''': *Java Programming*Experience with the Android Development environment would be helpful*Experience programming against a REST/JSON API would be helpfulCarlos, Chirag

'''Description''': Create a system * Cache implementation for chunks of files passing frequently through proxy to speed up response and save bandwidth* Dashboard to create data nodes that integrate with the view metrics on both connected mobile and Amahi API as well as auto mount as NFS or SMB shares Anywhere FS clients* Ability 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?ban a client

'''Skills Required''': Ruby, misc system scripting, GoLang

'''Mentors''': Carlos, Dan, RodChirag

===Rolling Distribution==Other Ideas=

'''Description'''* Add features to our popular mobile apps: Make 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: Carlos* PHP API: make a native PHP SDK for the Amahi platform, so that PHP apps (we have a lot of them) can more easy be integrated * Integrate a mail server as an app. Identify any settings or configuration that need to be implemented in the platform* Router integration, UPNP, direct control* Port AES (Amahi Energy Server) to the latest Amahi* Integration of LDAP as a back-end management system, calendaring* Feature development (examples):* Calendaring, and integrated contact manager application. Possible options: 1) ownCloud based or 2) Apache carddav* For the more design-oriented, build mobile theme(s)* Documentation or screencasts/tutorials* Use sandboxing and containers to improve app stability, updating and more* Improve installation and user onboarding (OOBE)* Better upgrades with backup of apps, settings, etc.* Create a backup and restore function for the Amahi Server (Idea is to backup the of the setting like the shares, paths and Fixed IP address and Mac Address, remove all the data drives) reinstall the OS or Upgrade and then put the data dives back in and then restore all the setting)* make the Amahi front end webpage more mobile-friendly* Add Icon for the install app pages and have more screenshots* make it easier to run multi servers on one network* DHCP page a rolling distributionbutton to add a device to Fixed IP address will be able to change the fix IP address and the Name or just us the default one* update Button on installed apps this will only work on apps that are updateable, it will run an update script from when the was created, lots of apps nowadays are updated able and would save time uninstalled and reinstalling* Create a page or tab on Amahi front end to be able to add docker container apps select icon and name and address:port

Plus, of course we are open to suggestions. Open a dialog. We'''Skills Required''': major Linux packaging mojo, ruby, system scripting, ISO packaging, repo creationre happy to discuss and determine a suitable project.

'''Mentor''': CarlosAmahi is a platform that will support the deployment of other open source applications. If you are interested in the integration of applications in your area of interest, Jesse Read ==Reliability== ===App Testing===just contact us with suggestions.

This is a list of '''Objectivecommitted''': Bring up a CI server mentors. If you are interested in mentoring, let us know via IRC (aka "mention the grinder"nicks below) up to speed. Goal is app reliability being 100%. We have :

'''Skills Required'''* Carlos Puchol (cpg, GSoC admin): team lead for Amahi, experience in RoR, Go, Ruby, RoR, system scripting/development, app packaging, C, C++* Bogdan Mitrea (megabitdragon, GSoC admin): Android, Java, app packaging, system programming,C , C++, community lead* Rod Runyon (bigfoot65): app lead for Amahi, system programming, app packaging, reliability, documentation, support* Chirag Maheshwari, former GSoC student for Amahi* Kumar Shashwat, former GSoC student for Amahi* Sukhbir Singh, former GSoC student for Amahi* Dipankar B. Amahi collaborator* Nitin V., Amahi collaborator

'''Objective''': Use containers like Docker for better app installs an interactions. Some apps may be more suitably installed inside a container because they may be too disruptive Amahi participated in a system.GSOC in 2020, 2019, 2018, [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] 2016, and [[Google Summer of Code 2014]]

'''Skills Required''': [http://docker.io Docker], Vagrant == Prior Ideas (NOT for testing2021), ruby, bash, [http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/mbox/ Mbox]==

'''DescriptionObjective''': Addition of new features and improvements in pre-existing ones in iOS app in swift to at least match or surpass the Android app

'''ObjectiveThings to be implemented''': Further development on the Amahi platform to be able to install the same applications * Secondary user login* Chromecast support* Metadata display* Continuous music play* Upload and have the same features as the ubuntu based version. A new install CD package that allows you to add Amahi delete functionality to Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS)* Thumbnail previews

'''MentorSkills Required''': CarlosiOS programming, FransSwift

* Integrate a mail server* Router integration, UPNP, direct control* Port AES (Amahi Energy Server) to Amahi 7* Integration of LDAP as a back-end management system, calendaring* Feature development (examples)'''Reference''':* Calendaring, and integrated contact manager application[https: possible work-around - owncloud* For the more design-oriented, build mobile theme(s)  Plus, of course we are open to suggestions. Open a dialog. We're happy to discuss and determine a suitable project//github. com/amahi/ios Amahi is a platform that will support the deployment of other open source applications. If you are interested in the integration of applications in your area of interest, just contact us with suggestions.iOS app repo]