The Story of GCompris, with Bruno Coudoin - Video

In this video for our 'Insights' series, we talk to Bruno Coudoin, the creator and founder of GCompris software, about what inspired him and how GCompris became so successful.

GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt.

00:00 Intro
00:50 What inspired you to get started on GCompris? What was the point?
02:20 Why did you make GCompris open source from the start?
03:46 Was all the development made in your spare time?
04:11 Did you get some help from your family?
07:12 Why was the gauge in the submarine activity added?
07:40 What were the biggest challenges along the way?
13:00 How can a new Contributor get started?
15:00 Why did you end up handing over the project?
16:21 How does it feel now to see full country governments making GCompris part of their school curriculum?

Link to download GCompris: https://gcompris.net/downloads-en.html

Guest Bio
Currently working as a Software Architect in his home town of Toulouse, Bruno Coudoin is the creator and was the main developer on GCompris, an open source educational software suite with numerous Activities for children.

About GCompris:
GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt.

It was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit was initiated by Bruno Coudoin in 2014.

GCompris is used as a teaching aid worldwide. It is available in multiple languages and has global users estimated to be in the millions. With its multiple datasets, GCompris Activities can be adjusted to fit pupil’s learning needs, and fitted into their existing lesson plans, individually or in groups.

Aside from its benefit as an addition to any teaching curriculum, GCompris is proven to be especially helpful for children with learning difficulties or neurological differences. Its content is non violent, quieter, and free from distractions like pop-ups or advertisements. It has also been designed to be non-addictive. https://gcompris.net/index-en.html

These days, GCompris is a project under the umbrella of KDE, a long-term partner of KDAB.

GCompris Contributor’s site wiki: https://gcompris.net/wiki/New_contributor

Patreon donation site for GCompris: https://gcompris.net/donate-en.html

GTK: https://www.gtk.org/

Gnome: https://www.gnome.org/get-involved/

Python: https://www.python.org/

Google Summer of Code: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

About KDE:
KDE is an international community supporting the cooperative development and distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable computing: https://kde.org/