Timeline and FAQ for Outreachy Communities
Outreachy is not currently accepting new participating communities or new intern projects. The last Outreachy application round was for the December 2025 Outreachy internship cohort. Outreachy interns are announced on the alums page Dec. 1, 2025 at 4pm UTC.
Mentors are welcome to sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.
🛑 The Outreachy CFP is closed to new community participation applications.
🛑 The Outreachy CFP is closed for mentors to submit new projects.
Please sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.
🚨 Outreachy applicants - This page is not the page you're looking for! Please go to the list of communities for applicants.
Outreachy's goal is to support diversity in open source. Outreachy provides paid, remote internships.
Outreachy invites free and open source software communities to participate.
| Feb. 6, 2026 at 4pm UTC | Community sign up opens |
| Feb. 6, 2026 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
| Feb. 13, 2026 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline |
| Feb. 26, 2026 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for communities to sign up to mentor |
| March 19, 2026 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for mentors to subject project descriptions |
| March 20, 2026 | Contribution period begins |
| April 15, 2026 | Contribution period ends |
| April 15, 2026 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
| April 22, 2026 | Intern selection deadline |
| April 29, 2026 | Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections |
| April 30, 2026 at 4pm UTC | Interns are publicly announced on the alums page |
| May 18, 2026 to Aug. 17, 2026 | Internships period |
Outreachy is not currently accepting new participating communities or new intern projects. The last Outreachy application round was for the December 2025 Outreachy internship cohort. Outreachy interns are announced on the alums page Dec. 1, 2025 at 4pm UTC.
Mentors are welcome to sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.
The following open source communities are participating in the May 2026 internship round. Follow the link to sign up to mentor for that community:
Not participating These communities applied to participating in this Outreachy internship round, however, they have not been approved.
Unfortunately, either the community coordinator(s) or the Outreachy organizers have determined that the following communities will not participate in this round of Outreachy internships.
These communities have participated in past rounds, or submitted an application to participate. Coordinators can sign the community up to participate again.
Mentors can receive an email when a community signs up to participate. To get an email notification, visit the community pages linked below.
First, see if your question is answered in the community participation guide.
Then let us know what questions you have! You can contact Outreachy organizers with your questions.
