Hello @Nokib_Sarkar and @Tiven2240, I'm setting up the frontend of the source repo but the NEXT_BASE_URL in .env.example (https://campwiz-backend-dev.toolforge.org) seems to be returning a 404. Could you please share the correct dev environment URL?

Thank you @Tiven2240! Now it's present there.

Hello @Nokib_Sarkar , there is no such repo named campwiz-nxt-frontend2 in Open-Knowledge-Impact-Foundation. Only campwiz-nxt and campwiz-nxt-frontend repo is present there. Am I expected to take campwiz-nxt-frontend repo as the target repo?

Hello @Nokib_Sarkar , I am Hridyesh Gupta, a Full Stack Developer at Infosys Limited with strong expertise in Devops and maintaining scalable web tools in the Wikimedia ecosystem (as an open source contributor). I work primarily with React, Next.js, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and MySQL, and have hands-on experience deploying and maintaining production tools on Wikimedia Toolforge.

Hello @Sanjaydevs, the period where potential contributors interact with mentors has not started yet, so maybe you should wait for the microtasks to be listed.

@Pfps Thanks for letting me know this. I'll wait for the interaction period to start and for your further updates on this project.

I am a student contributor and technical community organizer. I am very interested in this project for GSoC 2026. I possess the required and preferred skills for this project and I am particularly drawn to this game design challenge of making it engaging for users.
I am currently setting up the environment to work on the microtasks. Since there are no open Phabricator tickets, after completing the environment setup I will make a minor update to the Distributed Game to better understand how the game system works.

In T387139#10600624, @Zache wrote:

One major thing what is missing is that the Special:Search and Special:MediaSearch pages cannot be tested as it would require ElasticSearch to be configured and running which feeled rather complex task.

In T387139#10600616, @Zache wrote:

I made some updates to local development page

1.) Added a script for populating local wiki with js, css, and some test images: copy_cat-a-lot-files_to_local wiki.py

2.) Added image upload settings LocalSettings.php configuration (so that the script will run)

3.) Added FAQ section for miscellaneous solutions to problems

In T387139#10595851, @Zache wrote:

Problem solved. I cleared the MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition page and recreated it and it resolved a problem. I do not know what was the actual difference. (ie. i didn't delete the page)

In T387139#10595707, @Zache wrote:

@Hridyesh_Gupta I added wgMaxArticleSize to increase the wikipage size as it was too small by default to copy the Cat-a-lot.js to the documentation. I also added howto create admin user.

Okay, @Zache thanks for the update.

I used the Local development quickstart for installing the mediawiki. However, when i installed Gadgets extension it failed to load properly. It is listed in Special:Version, but it is not visible in Special:Preferences I am just asking if you have encountered to the same problem?

In T379828#10535447, @abi_ wrote:

I'd like to scope this task (or bug) to fixing the issue with the ime selector not appearing on a single click when using Vector 2022. The other items listed can be tackled separately.

Thanks @Tacsipacsi for the update you provided, we'll review and change the documentation accordingly.

In T386714#10573624, @Zache wrote:

Yes please! :) I would have written it, but I havent really done anything related to installing mediawiki dev-env locally since 2014 so i have postponed starting this..

In T386714#10573624, @Zache wrote:

I initially left this out on purpose as Gadget-libAPI.js, Gadget-SettingsManager.js, and Gadget-SettingsUI.js are shared with other gadgets, and changing them would require ensuring we don't break anything. This was why I thought that editing them was out of scope and preferred to focus on Cat-a-lot's main codebase. Updating Gadget-libAPI.js is also waiting for T365303 to be completed first.

In T386714#10573767, @Gopavasanth wrote:

Hi @Hridyesh_Gupta, I'm unassigning the project from you since GSoC hasn’t officially started yet. Please take a look at the process and timeline here: GSoC Timeline.

Anyone can apply for this project, and you’re welcome to work on microtasks to gain more familiarity with it. For now, I’m removing you as an assignee, but I look forward to seeing your contributions to the microtasks! Wishing you the best! :)

@Zache, as you mentioned in the task description to document the whole local development process, concerning it I've successfully installed the Cat-a-lot gadget on my local MediaWiki instance. Would you like me to develop documentation about setting up a local development environment for Cat-a-lot? This guide will cover everything necessary. Let me know how you'd like me to proceed with it!

In T386714#10572819, @Zache wrote:

FYI, I started to write howto develop Cat-a-lot documentation on Wikimedia Commons ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot/Developing ). The phabricator task is T387057. Please check and notify if there is something what is missing or should be improved. Feel free also to edit the text.

Hello @VIGNERON, I have done the necessary changes as mentioned. You can find the merge request here: GitLab MR Link.

Hello @Eugene233, I have done the necessary changes as mentioned. You can find the pull request here: GitHub PR Link.