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How to contribute to OLake
Ready to make your mark? We welcome contributions from everyone, whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started.
Code Contributions
Build new connectors, fix bugs, improve performance, and add features to make OLake better for everyone.
Documentation
Help others learn by improving our docs, writing tutorials, and creating guides for common use cases.
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Share your knowledge by answering questions, reviewing PRs, and helping newcomers get started.
Contributor Rewards Program
- New low-code connector50 points
- New tutorial or quick start20 points
- Bug fixes and improvements10-30 points
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Google Summer of Code at OLake
Work on a 12+ week open source project with OLake. Browse project ideas, read proposal guidelines, and submit your application.
GSoC 2026
Pick a project idea (Prometheus metrics, PostgreSQL TOAST support, or Iceberg v3 deletion vectors), discuss with mentors, and submit a strong proposal. We provide guidelines and a template to help you.
Community Events & Meetups
Join our regular community meetups where we discuss real-world challenges, share experiences, and learn from each other
28 January 2025
OLake 10th Community Meetup
OLake Community Call | Engineers, Contributors & What's Next. We're moving into double digits with these calls. We'll talk openly about where OLake is headed next, new integrations (S3, MSSQL, DB2), MOR→COW improvements, Kubernetes enhancements, and community highlights. Join us for an open discussion—questions, ideas, and feedback welcome.
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12 November 2025
OLake 9th Community Meetup
Introducing Kafka-Powered CDC Pipelines and Smarter Ingestion Controls Across the Open Lakehouse. Join us to explore Kafka support, smarter sync management, simplified Iceberg destination handling, and secure connectivity options.
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29 August 2025
OLake 8th Community Meetup
Join us for an end-to-end demo of OLake's latest features, showcasing Oracle CDC, filtering capabilities, incremental sync, and Helm deployment within the OLake UI.
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28 April 2025
OLake 6th Community Meetup
Join us for a real-world production story from PhysicsWallah showcasing their migration from Redshift to Iceberg-based lakehouse, and explore OLake's roadmap including Golang architecture, upcoming UI, and SMT transformations.
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27 March 2025
OLake 5th Community Meetup
Join us for a showcase of new features including Apache Iceberg as a destination for AWS S3 and local setups, MongoDB to Iceberg sync capabilities, upcoming MySQL and Postgres sync features, and performance improvements with 2-3x faster syncs.
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28 February 2025
OLake 4th Community Meetup
Join us for updates on recent developments including faster target writer for normalization, new stats file for performance metrics, Docker Compose for MongoDB replica sets, Split Vector Strategy, and Iceberg Writer development with schema evolution.
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13 February 2025
OLake 3rd Community Meetup
Join us for updates on new features including parquet writer, MongoDB 2.0 connector, Apache Iceberg Writer integration, Postgres Writer development, and a comprehensive demo of OLake's CLI functionality with MongoDB to S3 syncing.
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