Today marks the end of the community bonding period, and the start of the coding period, of GSoC.

In the last two weeks, I’ve been looking into other crossword editors that are on the market, in order to see what features they have that we should implement. I compiled everything I saw into a findings document.

Once that was done, I went through the document and distilled it down into a final list. I also added other feature ideas that I already had in mind.

I will be contributing to GNOME Crosswords, as part of the Google Summer of Code 2025 program. My project adds construction aids to the Crosswords editor. These aids provide hints, warnings, and data that help the user create better crossword puzzles.

I have three mentors:

• Jonathan Blandford
• Federico Mena Quintero
• Tanmay Patil

GNOME Crosswords

The GNOME Crosswords project consists of two applications:

• The Crosswords player, which lets you play crossword puzzles.
• The Crosswords editor, which lets you create crossword puzzles.

My project focuses on the Crosswords editor.