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 ''Description'not'': Make the ability to create and install [https://' comment randomly in githubissues, e.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/pluginsg.md Amahi Plugins] easy and enable the creation of those plugins for introducing yourself in a variety of purposesGH issue, saying you would like SMART monitoringto do something, system stuff (network scanningor 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, etcsay something and vanish shortly thereafter.) Stay for a while. 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, gitextensions 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 scripting, gitd 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://wwwd3js.greyholeorg D3.net/ Greyholejs] is an application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives (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 programming, gitCarlos

'''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*Centralizing 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, git* [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

==Mobile= Amahi 12 ===

Mobile '''Description''': [[Amahi 12]] is a great topic at the moment and there are a lot of opportunities here. In the Android app, definitely more than one student are suitable for the projectour next release.

'''Description''': There's huge demand for an Android application following * make platform even more modular and cleaner (at the popularity moment we still have some things that really belong in plugins but still are in controllers/views of our iOS the main app)* possibly using a new metal layer instead of passenger - especially ones that do not take a long time to reload, could be puma, i also like thin, maybe others* better initialization . Our .. like a more standard (wordpress-like) initialization wizard (initially there are no users are looking for , we need to create an application that has feature parity admin user and perhaps ask a few questions and integrate with amahi.org)* Implement sharing of folders among the existing iOS app, and even shows it up with additional features!friend servers.

'''Skills Required''': JavaRoR, Androidruby, RESTJS, JSON API programmingCSS, media interaction in AndroidHTML5, gitBootstrap

'''MentorMentors''': Jesse ReadCarlos, CarlosRod, BogdanSukhbir

'''Objective''': One requested feature for our Our mobile app (iOS apps have streaming, browsing and sharing and later Android) is the ability to browse apps within our mobile app. Our server side of the app needs to be setup to proxy specific webapps that the user has installedit's a great topic.Collaboration with the iOS/Android devs will also be necessary to prototype it

This year we'''Skills Required''': Go programming, gitre going to try emphasizing the Android app a little more.

'''DescriptionObjectives''': While Amahi has an [https://www.amahi.org/ios iOS] application already and it's ''loved'' among our users, 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, fast, and enjoyable application for our users.

'''Objective'''* Android TV Revamp: WeThe Android TV app is outdated at the moment and doesn're looking to improve t follow the the current implementation latest design principles of Android. We have to redesign the iOS project and add additional featuresapp so that Amahi is accessible on Android TV again. Further, here is a list of requested features:*Offer we have to display image-heavy folders and shares within a "gallery" or collection view.*Offer implement the ability PlayerAdapter in Android TV to navigate and stream shares containing music in a streamlined waysupport previews.*Dynamic searchSupport for Dagger 2: The current app is written using Dagger 1.*SPDY support, for both remote and local queriesWe have to port the code to Dagger 2 so that we can use the latest libraries which are dependent on it.*Support for accessing HDA web applications within Amahi NAU: Complete the app with support for iOSNon-Admin User which currently exists on the server-side only.Ref: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jZAdXpSGQRJ6xN2WCzqkiPxQPUW2VHsAnpENZKbT2z0*Share folders UI Improvements and files from your HDA to other apps or usersUI Testing: Adding an Expresso based automated UI testing protocol.*Support Improve Background Service: Improve the app for uploading media on the HDA user permissions (share & web when the app restrictions, etc.)isn't present in the foreground*Add support for Dropbox, Google Drive, and other thirdPhone Auto-party services.Backup: Develop a module that does an Auto backup of the phone to the HDA over Local connection (reference: Helium)*Improve Friending Feature: Implement the firstsharing of folders or shares with other servers. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JsH9-launch user experienceaZrE3Z-35Oo38IY1-3Nd5BJiR_G0DshhjKSM4/*VPN: Add functionality to assist with support for VPN proxy so that the user can access the HDA setup assistancefrom the phone over a VPN proxy tunnel.

'''Skills Required''': *Objective-C/Cocoa*Experience programming against a REST API would be helpful (Even input on improving and expanding the API!)Java, Android framework

'''MentorsReference''': Jesse Read, Carlos[https://github.com/amahi/android Amahi Android Github repo]

===App TestingImproved VPN Security===

'''Description''': App reliability is critical for AmahiImprove 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''': Bring up For the example of generating their own certificates, build a CI server (aka "the grinder") up wizard to allow users to speedcreate and manage their certificates. Goal is app reliability being 100%Another goal would be to provide logging of VPN connections, so that the user can see the activity on their VPN. We have

'''Skills Required''': RoRkeen sense of security settings, gitcertificates

'''Mentors''': Carlos, Bogdan ===App Sandboxing=== '''Description''': Use containers to improve app stability '''Objective''': Some apps may be more suitably installed inside a container because they may be too disruptive in a system. Can we you use popular sandboxing environments to contain apps that want to take over things, like Zimbra, or some PBX/VoIP systems, etc. '''Skills Required''': [http://docker.io Docker], Vagrant (for testing), ruby, bash, [http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/mbox/ Mbox]Rod, git '''Mentor:''': Carlos == Apps== Innovative app packaging or app related projects.

'''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:

'''MentorsSkills Required''': Daniel, Jessesystem configuration and scripting

===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, git '''Mentors''': JesseCarlos, 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, git

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

'''Description''': Improved installation experience for users. For example, create a new [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda Anaconda] node for Amahi configuration. Similarly for Ubuntu.

'''Objective''': Configuration and installation of Amahi can be painful for some percentage of users. Many who of them do not know much or care about for Linux. We want to make the installation as smooth as possible not just for them, but 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

Idea: use [https://github.com/diafygi/webrtc-ips this package ] to help improve installation networking issues. '''Skills Required''': Python, Linux boot process internals, creating ISO images '''Mentors''': Carlos, DanielRod ==Amahi Anywhere== The mobile apps use API endpoints provided by Amahi Anywhere for browsing, Jessedownloading and streaming files and more.

'''ObjectiveDescription''': Happier users. The idea is Amahi Anywhere File Server exposes HDA files and directories via REST APIs and also allows to implement an automated configuration check tool. The current [http://www.amahi.net Amahi Interactive Troubleshooter] 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 interactionupload new files

'''Skills RequiredObjective''': RoR, scripting, netflow capture, dhcping scripting, gitFollowing features can be implemented:

'''Mentors'''* API to access platform apps over remote via proxy* Better logging ([https: Daniel//github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/issues/4 Issue #4])* Simplistic dashboard to view some metrics like number of users connected, Carlosaccess 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

'''DescriptionSkills Required''': Get Amahi ready for Ubuntu 14.04GoLang, REST API Understanding

'''ObjectiveMentors''': 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)Carlos, Chirag

'''Skills RequiredReference''': ruby, ISO creation, git[https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/ Amahi Anywhere FS Github repo]

'''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, gitGoLang

'''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 creation, gitre 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 Readjust contact us with suggestions.

'''Objective''':* allow the usage of popular themes out thereAmahi participated in GSOC in 2020, like themes for Drupal2019, Wordpress2018, etc.[[Google Summer of Code 2017]] 2016, with minor configuration changes, or even directly* allow the integration and [[Google Summer of mobile themes* provide hooks to detect mobile devices and present a mobile themeCode 2014]]

'''MentorsDescription''': JesseAmahi iOS app supports all basic functionalities including browsing files on HDA, Carlosstreaming audio/video, offline file access but still lacks a lot of features compared to its Android counterpart

Plus'''Mentors''': Carlos, of course we are open to suggestions. Open a dialog. We're happy to discuss and determine a suitable project.Chirag

'''Reference''': [https://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]