[GSoC 2026] New contributor interested in ChromiumOS power & thermal subsystem

[shrey pal]

Hello ChromiumOS developers,

I am a student preparing for GSoC 2026 and I am interested in contributing to
ChromiumOS, particularly in the power and thermal / init subsystem.

I have set up the ChromiumOS build environment, successfully built the
amd64-generic board, and run the image in a VM.

I would appreciate guidance on:

1. Beginner-friendly packages or issues suitable for a first contribution

2. The preferred way to engage with mentors while preparing for GSoC

Thank you for your time and guidance.

Best regards,
Shrey

[OpenOS Project]

Hello Shrey,

Try also posting in here since you currently have posted in the Chromium Browser Forum/Mailing List, the following shared link/url is for ChromiumOS. 

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-os-dev

Also, what specifically in regards yo power/thermal + init system are you specifically looking for?

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[Sangwhan Moon]

Power and thermals are not something that would be easy to contribute to because they depend heavily on hardware. In the past, we've tried to keep GSoC projects scoped to hardware-free setups (for logistics). powerd might have some interesting tech debt worth tackling, but that depends on whether there is a host with expertise available.

I don't think there is any interest in making any substantial changes in init at this time.

+Chithra Annegowda on whether there is interest for a GSoC host.

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