A student-run open-source lab at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai. We build real digital infrastructure for the college — collaboratively, transparently, and in public.

Not a club. Not a committee. A lab where students build things that actually get used.

We identify the most broken, manual, and painful systems at Vidyalankar — and we fix them with software. Every project is open source, publicly maintained on GitHub, and built to be used by real students every day.

Current focus areas:

• Campus infrastructure tools (attendance, notices, resources)
• Department-facing dashboards and portals
• Internal developer tooling for the lab itself

There are no applications. No interviews. No forms. You contribute, you're in.

1. Browse open issues across our repositories
2. Pick one that matches your skill level — look for good-first-issue labels if you're new
3. Fork the repo, build your solution, submit a pull request
4. Get it reviewed and merged — you're now a contributor

Your GitHub contribution history is your membership card.

Every VOSS project follows the same standards:

• MIT License
• A clear README explaining what the project does and how to run it
• A CONTRIBUTING.md with setup instructions and contribution guidelines
• Issue labels: good-first-issue, intermediate, advanced, bug, feature, docs
• Branch protection on main — all changes go through pull requests with at least one review

VOSS operates on a flat, contribution-based structure:

• Founder — sets direction, represents the lab externally
• Core Maintainers — trusted contributors with merge access, run day-to-day operations
• Maintainers — experienced contributors who review PRs and mentor newcomers
• Contributors — anyone who has shipped at least one merged contribution
• Community — all Vidyalankar students interested in open source

There are no elected positions. No president, no secretary, no treasurer. Your commits are your credentials.

Ship over talk — working code beats perfect plans. Merge early, iterate often.

Open by default — every line of code is public. Every decision is documented. No private repos, no closed meetings.

Merit over seniority — a first-year who ships outranks a final-year who doesn't. Year of study and CGPA are irrelevant here.

Problems first — we build what Vidyalankar actually needs, not what looks good on a poster.

If you're new to open source:

1. Read the CONTRIBUTING.md in the project you're interested in
2. Set up the project locally following the README instructions
3. Pick a good-first-issue — these are scoped specifically for first-time contributors
4. Ask questions in the issue thread or on our Discord if you're stuck
5. Submit your PR — we review within 48 hours

If you've contributed to open source before, dive straight into any open issue.