If you are you a GSOC student or and have questions about = About Amahi, 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). If you are a student, come talk to us about the ideas below for possible projects! 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. One of the most important things is to find an area that you '''enjoy''', using a programming language that you know or that you are willing to learn, so read below or ask questions.=

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

= About '''We're also looking for hardware projects! Creating a Raspberry Pi-style device with great I/O that can run Amahi=smoothly is a long-tem goal for Amahi!'''

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

At Amahi we use [https://github.com/amahi git] for our version management = What to do (and the technologies we have ended up using are Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Linux system internal technologies like system services, configuration areas, web server virtualhosts, databases, DNS, etc., etc.NOT do) first =

WeLet're looking for students who are interested 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 both current technologies a GH issue, saying you would like RoRto do something, as well as next generation technologies we are using or could be using, like Go (we use just "make noise"* do '''not''' blindly try to build things without understanding what Amahi is and what it for streaming 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 our mobile apps)IRC, Nodesay something and vanish shortly thereafter.js, javascript frameworks Stay for user interaction, visualization or server services, [https://githuba while. People come and go.com/amahi/spdy SPDY], etcAsk your question and stick around. etcGet a client that can linger for a while.Sometimes it takes hours for some people to return

BUT First, Introduce yourself, interact with the community, so please [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP4Q2iSzLXCjz1gK2eNutO8IhX_PETXU2bL8pqmhe2t1nCqg/viewform?usp=List of Project Ideas=sf_link introduce yourself with this form], so that we know your background and interests.

'''Description''': Make the ability to create and install [https://github.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/plugins.md Amahi Plugins] easy and enable the creation of those plugins for If you are interested in being a mentor, we have a variety few great mentors as of purposestoday, like SMART monitoring, system stuff (network scanning, etc.) and the two examples below for the disk wizard but we're very welcoming of more ideas and the Greyhole UI, among other ideas.more mentors!

'''Objective''': Create an amahi plugin system, where PHP, Python, Node, and other modern webapps can be easily integrated. We can currently do this with some RoR engines, but See the mechanism is not robust enough[[#Mentors|mentors]] below. The plugins system should allow modern web-based apps Looking for ideas to be easily integrated with Amahi -- from Node.js apps to Ruby/PHP/Python -- so that users can easily reap mentor, see the benefits of the onslaught of difficult-to-deploy modern web apps with a single click install[[#Other Ideas|other ideas]] below.ProTip: possibly leverage docker containers within Amahi

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'''Mentors''': Carlos, Rodd love to hear from you!

===Disk Wizard=Platform ==

'''Objective''': Create an amahi plugin Plugins are "mini apps" that will streamline this process by providing a UI live inside the Amahi platform and thus little interface need to be developed for disk managementthem. The plugin should detect if a new disk was added They are familiar and it should provide a wizard easy, focused value to create partitions and format with the desired file systemuser. Ideas:

* Support for automatic issuing/renewal and installation of [https://letsencrypt.org/ Let'''Skills Required'''s Encrypt] certificates in the platform, for external access across the internet* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1361 Share space usage]: Using [http: Low level //d3js.org D3.js] (for example) to visualize things internal to the system scripting, gitlike finding out the disk space used by shares, disk usage over time, etc.* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1480 Wake-on-LAN (WOL)]: The Amahi [http://www.amahi.org/apps/wake-on-lan-server Wake-On-LAN Server] app currently provides this 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 a plugin.* View log files in web browser ([https://github.com/tobi/clarity Clarity using RoR])* Ability to update 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

'''Description''': === [httphttps://www.greyholeamahi.netorg/apps/ Greyholedisk-wizard Disk Wizard] is an application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives (whatever their size, however they're connected), and allows you to create redundant copies of the files you store, in order to prevent data loss when part of your hardware fails. The purpose of this plugin is to provide a UI and the necessary tools under the UI to make starting and managing a Greyhole UI possible and nice to understand for regular humans.===

'''ObjectiveDescription''': Create and amahi plugin that provides Expanding the storage capacity is an UI that allows for the management important feature of the greyhole poolAmahi. The plugin DW is a critical part. However, it's not as stable as it should allow an administrator user to:add/remove disks to/from the poolbe.* change the number of copies for individual file/directory* invoke various gh commands* view It should detect more partition types and monitor log files* gui to visualize data distributionhandle everything gracefully, even when it can't act upon certain configurations.

'''Skills Required''': RoR, System programming, gitLow level system scripting

'''Mentors''': Rod, Carlos, Rod

===Amahi 8=== '''DescriptionReferences''': Amahi 7.2 and Amahi 8 are what's next. This is the time to come up with exciting features and ideas that we should put in Amahi 8. '''Objective'''* [https: Work closely with the core team to define the features and functionality that we need to implement to get Amahi 8 released//bugs. This project is about working on RoR and the Amahi platform coreamahi. Some of the core technology will need to be upgraded, like Rails 4, 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. '''Skills Required''': RoR, ruby, JS, CSS, HTML5 '''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 org/issues/580 Track the settings (e.g. partitioning) installed applications and their user data '''Objective''': 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.disk wizard]*Create an Amahi plugin that will allow backup and restore of the user data for apps installed from the AppStore[[New Disk Wizard]] ideas page*Centralizing app data[http://configs - link them to app folder insteadwww.openmediavault.*"Destructive" update awareness*Ability to list, outline data directories for backupsorg/upgrade check  '''Skills Required''': System scripting, git '''Mentor''': Rod, DanielOpenMediaVault] does have a nice wizard that people like

'''DescriptionObjective''': There's huge demand for an Android application following Work closely with the core team to define the features and functionality that we need to implement to get Amahi released. This project is about working on RoR and the popularity Amahi platform core. Some of our iOS app. Our users are looking the core technology will need to be upgraded, like Rails 5, latest Phusion Passenger, possibly replace MySQL for an application the platform, create a native API to the platform that has feature parity with the existing iOS appcan be used by other apps, like mobile apps. Other ideas include beefing up security and even shows it up with additional features!provide support for Amahi hosting on the cloud. Features:

'''Objective''': An Android app * make platform even more modular and cleaner (at the moment we still have some things that is on par or better than really belong in plugins but still are in controllers/views of the iOS 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, including mobile streamingi also like thin, downloading files maybe others* better initialization ... like a more standard (wordpress-like) 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 themof folders among the friend servers.

'''MentorSkills Required''': Jesse ReadRoR, Carlosruby, BogdanJS, CSS, HTML5, Bootstrap

'''DescriptionReference''': Add browsing of installed webapps within our mobile app[https://github.com/amahi/platform Amahi Platform repo]

'''Objective''': One requested feature for our mobile app (iOS 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 installed.Collaboration with the iOS/Android devs will also be necessary to prototype itMobile App==

Our mobile apps have streaming, browsing and sharing and it'''Skills Required''': Go programming, gits a great topic.

This year we'''Mentors''': Carlos, Bogdanre going to try emphasizing the Android app a little more.

===iOS Android App ImprovementImprovements===

'''Description''': While Amahi has an [https://www.amahi.org/ios iOS] application already Android offers the ability to stream your HDA over your Android phone and it's ''loved'' among our usersAndroid TV, there is a lot support for Chromecast and auto-upload of room for improvementimages to HDA. For this project, we're looking The next step is to improve complete 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.following objectives:

'''ObjectiveObjectives''': 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 assistance

'''Mentors''': Jesse ReadCarlos, CarlosChirag

'''Reference''': [httphttps://wwwgithub.com/amahi.org/ios Amahi for iOS] ==Reliability== ===CI Server for Apps=== '''Description''': App reliability is critical for android Amahi. We have been striving to develop a customized CI (Continuous Integration) server for testing apps. '''Objective''': Develop up a CI server for apps (we have been calling a prototype "the app grinder") . The goal is to achieve 100% app installation and reliability. An important goal is to support a tester program for Amahi. We have a number of ideas of what we want to achieve -- how to design the CI server so that testers can easily see their passes, failures and anything in between. '''Skills Required''': Capybara, ruby, Webkit, Selenium, git, maybe Vagrant and system scripting. Other possible technologies could be Jenkins, Travis, etc. '''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 DockerAndroid Github repo], Vagrant (for testing), ruby, bash, [http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/mbox/ Mbox], git '''Mentor:''': Carlos, Bogdan

'''Mentors''': DanielRod, 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:

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

  ===Caching Server=== '''Description''': a caching proxy to save on bandwidth '''Objective''': Develop and 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:*Limit access between certain time intervals*Limit bandwidth*Block certain websites (either on an individual basis or read them from a file)*Limit traffic '''Skills Required''': system configuration and scripting, git '''Mentors''': Daniel, 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, git '''Mentors''': JesseCarlos, DanielRod

'''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. '''MentorsSkills Required''': CarlosPython, DanielLinux boot process internals, Jessecreating ISO images

'''Objective''': Happier users. The idea is to implement an automated configuration check tool. The current [http://www.amahi.net mobile apps use API endpoints provided by Amahi Interactive Troubleshooter] can be used as a starting pointAnywhere for browsing, downloading and streaming files and more. The tool should:* check if the installation was successful* compare current settings against the expected settings* automatically fix inconsistencies with no user interaction

'''Skills RequiredReferences''': RoR, scripting, netflow capture, dhcping scripting, git* [https://www.amahi.org/apps/amahi-anywhere Amahi Anywhere App]* [https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-specs Amahi Anywhere Specs]

'''DescriptionObjective''': Get Amahi ready for [httpsFollowing features can be implemented://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule Ubuntu 14.04]

'''Objective'''* API to access platform apps over remote via proxy* Better logging ([https: Further development on the Amahi platform //github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/issues/4 Issue #4])* Simplistic dashboard to be able to install the same applications and have the same features as the Fedora based versionview some metrics like number of users connected, access logs for each user, system health etc. A new install CD package that allows you * API to add Amahi functionality to Ubuntu 14fetch metadata (duration, codec, album art image, title, artist name, album name, year etc.04 (LTS)for audio / video files* Create and cache low resolution thumbnail for image files for faster loading and enhanced experience

'''MentorSkills Required''': CarlosGoLang, FransREST API Understanding

===Clustering '''Reference''': [https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/ Amahi Servers===Anywhere FS Github repo]

'''ObjectiveDescription''': An installer that integrates with External proxy provides API endpoints for users to remotely access 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.Anywhere File Server

'''Skills RequiredObjective''': Ruby, misc system scripting, gitFollowing features can be implemented:

'''DescriptionSkills Required''': Make Amahi a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release rolling distribution]GoLang

'''ObjectiveMentors''': Being able to upgrade Amahi versions without having to upgrade OSs is very appealing and a huge win.Carlos, Chirag

'''Mentor'''* Add features to our popular 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: 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, Jesse ReadUPNP, 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 button 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

This area can offer '''a lot''' Plus, of possibilities for ideas. A lot can be improved in Amahi course we are open to make the users happiersuggestions. We are listing one topic here, but there are many, from Open a better front-end HTML (responsiveness, html5 compliance, browser compatibility, etcdialog.), to CSS We're-implementation, happy to allow for nice JS libraries to be used in plugins easily, like D3.js, Highcharts, etc., etcdiscuss and determine a suitable project.

This is a list of '''Objectivecommitted''':* allow the usage of popular themes out there, like themes for Drupal, Wordpress, etcmentors.If you are interested in mentoring, with minor configuration changes, or even directly* allow let us know via IRC (mention the integration of mobile themes* provide hooks to detect mobile devices and present a mobile themenicks below):

'''Mentors'''Reference: Jesse, Carlos[https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/ GSoC mentoring page].

Amahi participated in GSOC in 2020, 2019, 2018, [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] 2016, and [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] =Other = Prior Ideas(NOT for 2021) == === iOS App Improvements === '''Description''': Amahi iOS app supports all basic functionalities including browsing files on HDA, streaming audio/video, offline file access but still lacks a lot of features compared to its Android counterpart

* Integrate a mail server* Router integration, UPNP, direct control* Port AES (Amahi Energy Server) to Amahi 7* Integration '''Objective''': Addition of LDAP as a back-end management system, calendaring* Feature development (examples):* Calendaring, new features and integrated contact manager application: possible workimprovements in pre-around - owncloud* For the more design-oriented, build mobile theme(s)* PHP API: make it easy existing ones in iOS app in swift to customize at least match or surpass the many apps that use phpAndroid app

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'''Skills Required''': iOS programming, just contact us with suggestions.Swift

='''Mentors=Reference [http'''://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ GSOC mentoring page]. This is a list of committed mentors. If you are interested in mentoringCarlos, let us knowChirag

* Carlos Puchol (cpg, PST, GSOC admin)'''Reference''': team lead for Amahi, experience in RoR, Go, Ruby, RoR, system scripting[https://github.com/amahi/development, app packaging, C, C++* Bogdan Mitrea (megabitdragon, CST, GSOC admin): Android, Java, app packaging, system programming, community lead* Rod Runyon (bigfoot65, CST): app lead for ios Amahi, system programming, app packaging, reliability, documentation, support* Jesse Read (DarthNerdus, EST): mobile team lead, system development, Objective C, iOS, Java, Android, C, C++, and much more* Daniel Falk (dnfalk, CST): system development and management, virtualization, networking, infrastructure* Dag Notland (dano5, CET): app packaging, system programming, community leadrepo]