Summer of Nix 2026 announcements

[wamirez]

We'd like to increase traffic/awareness to this year's Summer of Nix, and we were wondering if the marketing team could give us a hand with this.

Here's the important links:

• https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2026-call-for-participants-and-mentors/77261
• https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-ngi-ngi-forge-0-1-released/77213
• https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix#summer-of-nix

I can't really say if the links are too long or if those sites support any md syntax or if the tone matches that of previous posts. Let me know if I need to change or edit something!

Tasks

• Banner on homepage until the 2026-05-31.

   Applications for Summer of Nix 2026 are now open! See [link](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2026-call-for-participants-and-mentors/77261) for more details.
  

• Social media messages in official channels

  • Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@nixos_org

     Summer of Nix 2026 is open! 🚀
     
     Paid opportunity to package FOSS software with Nix and the new [NGI Forge](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-ngi-ngi-forge-0-1-released/77213) platform. Aug. 3rd–28th, 1 team of 3–4 participants + 1 mentor.
     
     Stipends: 1 875 EUR (participant) / 3 125 EUR (mentor).
     
     Apply by May 31st. Requirements and more details under the [Discourse post](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2026-call-for-participants-and-mentors/77261).
     
     #NixOS #Nix #SummerOfNix #FOSS #NGI
    

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  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/nixos_org

     Summer of Nix 2026 is open! 🚀
    
     Paid opportunity to package FOSS software with Nix and the new [NGI Forge](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-ngi-ngi-forge-0-1-released/77213) platform. Aug. 3rd–28th, 1 team of 3–4 participants + 1 mentor.
     
     Stipends: 1 875 EUR (participant) / 3 125 EUR (mentor).
     
     Apply by May 31st. Requirements and more details under the [Discourse post](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2026-call-for-participants-and-mentors/77261).
     
     #NixOS #Nix #SummerOfNix #FOSS #NGI
    

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  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nixos-foundation/

     We are happy to announce Summer of Nix 2026, the sixth edition of our paid contribution program advancing the Next Generation Internet (NGI) and the Nix ecosystem.
     
     From August 3rd to 28th, selected participants will work alongside a dedicated mentor to package and improve free and open source software using Nix and our new [NGI Forge](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-ngi-ngi-forge-0-1-released/77213) platform. The program focuses on three areas: packaging curated NGI software, gathering structured feedback to improve the packaging workflow, and contributing fixes to NGI Forge.
     
     Team structure: 1 mentor and 3–4 participants, each working 100 hours over four weeks.
     
     Compensation: 3 125 EUR for mentors, and 1 875 EUR for participants (EU residents; adjusted by purchasing power parity for other countries).
     
     Application deadline: May 31st, 2026
     Selection notification: July 1st, 2026
     
     Full requirements and application instructions are available in the Summer of Nix repository: https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix#how-to-apply.
     
     This program is funded by the European Commission's NGI initiative through the NLnet Foundation and the NixOS Foundation.
     
     #NixOS #Nix #SummerOfNix #FOSS #NGI
    

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[wamirez]

There's also a flyer available, in case you find that more useful than text: SoN-2026_flyer.pdf.

EDIT: uploaded new file with redesigned version, compliant with NixOS branding. Thank you @Sigmanificient for your help and good taste!