Six years ago I released Flatseal . Since then, it has become an essential tool in the Flatpak ecosystem helping users understand and manage application permissions. But there’s still a lot of work to do!

I’m thrilled to share that my employer Igalia has selected Flatseal for its Coding Experience 2026 mentoring program.

The Coding Experience is a grant program for people studying Information Technology or related fields. It doesn’t matter if you’re enrolled in a formal academic program or are self-taught. The goal is to provide you with real world professional experience by working closely with seasoned mentors.

As a participant, you’ll work with me to improve Flatseal, addressing long standing limitations and developing features needed for recent Flatpak releases. Possible areas of work include:

• Redesign and refactor Flatseal’s permissions backend
• Support denying unassigned permissions
• Support reading system-level overrides
• Support USB devices lists permissions
• Support conditional permissions
• Support most commonly used portals

This is a great opportunity to gain real-world experience, while contributing to open source and helping millions of users.

Applications are open from February 23rd to April 3rd. Learn more and apply here !