Sugar Labs is a community-run software project whose mission is to produce, distribute, and support the use of

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, an

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and learning platform. Sugar Labs was initially established as a member project of the

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, an umbrella organization for free software (FLOSS) projects., but in 2021, it became an independent

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. About every six months, the Sugar Labs community releases a new version of the Sugar software. The most recent stable release is available as a

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spin. Through on-going support from Nexcopy'
RecycleUSB
program, Sugar Labs provide
Sugar on a Stick
to elementary schools. The Sugar Labs community participates in events for teachers, students, and software developers interested in the Sugar software, such as the Montevideo Youth Summit and Turtle Art Day. Sugar Labs had participated in Google Code-in, which served as an outlet for young programmers. Sugar Labs is a long-time participant in

Google Summer of Code The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to contributors who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. , the program is ...

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External links

{{Portal, Free and open-source software
Sugar Labs homepage
2008 establishments in Massachusetts Free software companies One Laptop per Child Organizations established in 2008