Introduction : Prateek Kalwar | New MIT App Inventor contributor

[prtk05]

Hello everyone,

I’m Prateek Kalwar, a CSE student starting my open-source journey with MIT App Inventor.
My skills include Flutter, Python, FastAPI, and C++, and I’m learning how MIT App works .

Excited to learn from the community and contribute here.

[Kumaraswamy]

Welcome prtk05,
Search for issues tagged with "help wanted" in GitHub:

mit-cml/appinventor-sources

Once you have identified an issue you are confident in working with, present your proposal, and it will be assigned to you.

If you require help setting up your local environment, please post it here or on GitHub.

Information regarding this year's GSoC:

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026

Information for people hoping to apply to this year's Google Summer of Code... App Inventor does plan to apply to be an organization in GSoC if we're given the opportunity to do so. I haven't found the exact date the organizations will be announced, but it looks to be sometime in February. We won't know if App Inventor will be a part of GSoC 2026 until late February. Assuming that we are able to apply to be an org and are selected, here is some information about MIT App Inventor that should he…

[Susan_Lane]

It's not necessary to make a proposal for a help wanted issue. It doesn't even need to be assigned. You can just submit a PR for the change. We can work out any issues when we review the PR.

[prtk05]

Thanks, Susan!
That makes it much easier to get started. I’ll go ahead and work on a fix and submit a PR soon. Looking forward to your feedback during the review process.