GSoC 2026 Project Idea: AsyncAPI Conference Website Sustainability & Maintainership

[AceTheCreator]

Problem Statement

The AsyncAPI Conference website is a critical part of the AsyncAPI ecosystem. It serves as the central hub for conference information, schedules, speakers, and community engagement.

However, the project is currently at risk of maintainership gaps due to a limited number of active maintainers. This creates challenges around long-term sustainability, onboarding new contributors, and safely evolving the codebase without introducing duplicated logic or technical debt.

To ensure the continued health of the project, the website needs:

• Improved structure and documentation to make onboarding easier and avoid duplicate code
• Technical enhancements and cleanup to reduce long-term maintenance overhead
• A clear transition plan that enables a new contributor to confidently take ownership as a maintainer

This project aims to address both the technical health of the conference website and the human problem of maintainership continuity.

Goals & Deliverables

By the end of GSoC, the contributor will have delivered the following:

Core Deliverables

• Refactor and improve the AsyncAPI Conference website codebase for better clarity, maintainability, and scalability
• Implement missing or requested features that improve the conference experience, such as:
  • Schedule handling
  • Speaker management
  • Content updates
  • Performance improvements
• Improve and expand the developer guide to simplify onboarding and contributions

Sustainability & Ownership

• Establish clear ownership areas and maintenance workflows
• Continue pushing content updates for the newly created Meetup section
• Gradually transition project responsibilities from existing maintainers to the GSoC contributor, with the goal of long-term ownership

Expected Timeline

• This project follows a 16-week GSoC timeline, averaging approximately 22 hours per week.

Skills Required

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Next.js
• Understanding of web performance and accessibility

Mentors

• @AceTheCreator
• @TenzDelek

Availability: Regular async support with weekly syncs

[Nitanshu12]

@AceTheCreator @TenzDelek Thanks for sharing this project idea. It strongly resonates with the kind of work I’m interested in.

I’m currently contributing to the AsyncAPI website, where I’ve been working on UX/UI improvements,impactful fixes that affect contributor onboarding, issue discussions, and coordination with the design team. Through this, I’ve started understanding how maintainability, documentation quality, and clear ownership directly affect the long-term health of a project.

I see a strong overlap between that experience and the goals of the AsyncAPI Conference website especially around improving structure, reducing maintenance overhead, onboarding contributors, and ensuring smooth long-term ownership.

I’d be happy to start contributing to the Conference website as well, even ahead of GSoC, to get familiar with the codebase and help with small improvements, documentation, or cleanup tasks where needed.

The focus on sustainability and maintainer transition is something I’m genuinely interested in, and I’d love to learn how I can best support this effort.
Some of my recent contributions include: asyncapi/website#4964
asyncapi/website#4885
asyncapi/website#4869
asyncapi/website#4801
asyncapi/website#4909

[abhix4]

Thanks for sharing this project idea. The focus on improving the AsyncAPI Conference website’s structure, documentation, and long-term maintainability is very appealing. Addressing both technical health and maintainership continuity makes this project especially impactful. I would be happy to be a part of the AsyncAPI initiative and contribute toward its long-term sustainability.

[Prasad8830]

Hello @AceTheCreator , @TenzDelek,

I’m very interested in the AsyncAPI Conference Website Maintainership & Sustainability project as it closely aligns with my experience and long-term open-source goals.

I have hands-on experience with React and Next.js, and I’ve been actively engaging with the AsyncAPI ecosystem. I’ve already opened a pull request in an AsyncAPI repository, which helped me understand the project structure, contribution workflow, and review process.

What excites me most about this project is the maintainership focus on improving code structure and documentation, reducing technical debt, and gradually taking ownership to ensure the conference website’s long-term sustainability. I’m eager to learn from the mentors and contribute consistently beyond GSoC.

Thanks!

[Khushboo1324]

Hello @AceTheCreator, @TenzDelek,

I’m very interested in the AsyncAPI Conference Website Maintainership & Sustainability project, as it strongly aligns with my technical background and long-term open-source goals.

I have hands-on experience with React and Next.js, and I’ve been actively contributing to the AsyncAPI ecosystem. I’ve already opened a pull request in an AsyncAPI repository, which helped me understand the project’s structure, contribution workflow, and review process.

What excites me most about this project is its focus on improving code quality, documentation, and maintainability, while reducing technical debt. I’m especially motivated by the opportunity to gradually take ownership of the conference website and help ensure its long-term sustainability.

I’m eager to learn from the mentors, grow as an open-source contributor, and contribute consistently beyond GSoC.

Thank you for your time and guidance.

Best regards,
Khushboo