Organisation Profile
OPEN WORLD HOLIDAYS FRAMEWORK
At Vacanza, we strive to make global holiday data universally accessible and localized for every community and connect the world through data.
A fast, efficient Python library for generating country- and subdivision- (e.g. state or province) specific sets of government-designated holidays on the fly. It aims to make determining whether a specific date is a holiday as fast and flexible as possible
PROJECTS
Open World Holidays Framework
A fast, efficient Python library for generating country- and subdivision- (e.g. state or province) specific sets of government-designated holidays on the fly. It aims to make determining whether a specific date is a holiday as fast and flexible as possible.
Problem Statement
Our mission is to create an open, standardized framework that empowers developers and organizations to seamlessly integrate culturally accurate holiday information into their applications. We aim to provide developers and businesses with accurate, localized, and multi-language holiday frameworks that celebrate the diversity of financial markets, countries, and regions.
Focus Area
Entity holidays accuracy improvement • Holiday names localization • Documentation technical writing • Performance optimization
Student Contribution Guide
Any open and available for work issues from https://github.com/vacanza/holidays/issues We’re accepting new issues too (subject to approval). If accepted we’ll add a WoC 5.0 label for easy search and will help students to come up with meaningful and realistic projects/milestones.
Ready to collaborate?
Join the community chat, review the issue tracker, and pick a project to start contributing. Mentors are available to help you scope your first patch.
