Welcome to the Google Summer of Code 2026!

On behalf of the entire OWASP Foundation, it is our absolute pleasure to welcome 26 new contributors to Google Summer of Code 2026. This summer, you’re not just writing code, you’re helping build a more secure world, one commit at a time. OWASP’s mission has always been clear: no more insecure software. Every year, GSoC brings us fresh energy, brilliant minds, and bold ideas that push that mission forward. This year is no exception. A Remarkable Cohort Our 2026 contributors are tackling some of the most exciting and impactful challenges across OWASP’s ecosystem. A warm welcome goes out to each of you: OWASP BLT Ananya19 Md Kaif Ansari Preetham Poojari Sakshee Suman OWASP Cornucopia Ayman Algamal Mahaboobunnisa Md Mradul Tiwari OWASP DSOMM sawankshrma OWASP FinBot ashike25 Muhammad Daniyal Nitin Awari Regis stealthwhiz OWASP Honeypot R1sh0bh OWASP Nest Ahmed Gouda Anurag Yadav harshitverma Rudransh Shrivastava OWASP Nettacker Aarush_289 OWASP OWTF Abhay Bansal piyushgupta saurabh42 OWASP OpenCRE Manshu Saini PRATEEKSINGHWY ParthAggarwal OWASP Pygoat samyak003 Highlights from the 2026 Project Slate This year’s projects span the full spectrum of application security, and a few themes stand out: Agentic AI Security is a major focus, with multiple contributors — ashike25, Muhammad Daniyal, Nitin Awari, Regis, and stealthwhiz — building guardrail and detection frameworks for OWASP FinBot, one of the most forward-looking projects in the OWASP portfolio. Developer Tooling & Automation shines through projects like Mradul Tiwari’s work automating print-ready PDF generation for Cornucopia, sawankshrma’s Angular 13→21 upgrade for DSOMM, and Md Kaif Ansari’s ambitious BLT-Next migration from a Django monolith to a modern edge-based architecture. Security Knowledge & Intelligence takes center stage with Manshu Saini and ParthAggarwal both working on OpenCRE, alongside PRATEEKSINGHWY’s work on The Librarian module for the OWASP Agent. Community & Transparency are at the heart of contributions from Anurag Yadav (OWASP Pulse & Contributor Recognition Program), Rudransh Shrivastava (Board Activity and Candidate Verification), and Harshit Verma (OWASP Community Snapshots). A Word of Thanks to Our Mentors None of this would be possible without our incredible mentors. Thank you to: OWASP BLT Ankitsinghsisodya BishalDas — LinkedIn CarlaV Chigorin.1337 DonnieBLT Jisan Ramansh Rinkit Adhana — LinkedIn OWASP Cornucopia Colin Watson Grant Ongers — LinkedIn Johan Sydseter — LinkedIn OWASP DSOMM Timo Pagel — LinkedIn Vegard Bakke — LinkedIn OWASP FinBot CarolinaS — LinkedIn Helen Oakley — LinkedIn Nirupam Sanjeev Agarwal — LinkedIn Venkata Sai Kishore Modalavalasa — LinkedIn OWASP Honeypot Adrian Winckles — LinkedIn OWASP Nest Arkadii Yakovets — LinkedIn Ime Iyonsi — LinkedIn Kateryna Golovanova — LinkedIn Kriti Birda — LinkedIn Marie Wang — LinkedIn Noland Crane — LinkedIn Rishi Mondal — LinkedIn Raja Nagori — LinkedIn Wandji Collins — LinkedIn OWASP Nettacker Sam Stepanyan — LinkedIn OWASP OWTF Abraham Aranguren — LinkedIn Viyat Bhalodia — LinkedIn OWASP OpenCRE Paola Garcia Cardenas — LinkedIn Parth Sohaney — LinkedIn Spyros Gasteratos — LinkedIn OWASP Pygoat Garvita Kataria — LinkedIn Rupak Biswas — LinkedIn Special Acknowledgement A special thanks goes to Stephanie Taylor and Mary Radomile , the Google GSoC Program Leads, for their essential support and dedication to the program. What Comes Next Communicate early and often, lean on the community, document everything, and be bold. You were selected because we believe in your ideas. Welcome to the OWASP family — we can’t wait to see what you build this summer. All the best, Fabio Cerullo & Starr Brown OWASP GSoC Org Admins