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What do you need right now?

Get funding 43 live
Direct money for OSS work Donations, grants, bounties, and crowdfunding for maintainers and contributors.
Earn revenue 24 live
Turn expertise into income Support, services, content, licensing, and commercial access models.
Reduce overhead 13 live
Lower the cost of maintenance Infrastructure, tooling, credits, events, and operational support.

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Pick the route closest to your project. Each card links to a live option with a clear use case.

Get funded

Get funded Donations
GitHub Sponsors
Verified OSS-specific

GitHub-native recurring sponsorships for individual maintainers and organizations.

Best for: Maintainers with an existing GitHub audience.

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Get funded Donations
Open Collective
Verified OSS-specific

Transparent fundraising, budgets, expenses, and fiscal-host workflows for open source communities.

Best for: Projects that need shared finances and public accountability.

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Get funded Grants
NLnet
OSS-specific Non-profit

Grant funding and support services for open source, open standards, and digital commons work.

Best for: Public-good infrastructure with a clear proposal.

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Earn revenue

Earn revenue Bounties and contracts
Algora
Verified OSS-specific

Bounties, contract work, and hiring around GitHub issues and real repository activity.

Best for: Projects that can scope paid work into concrete tasks.

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Earn revenue Support and services
Tidelift
Verified OSS-specific

Enterprise subscriptions that fund maintenance, security, and long-term support work.

Best for: Maintainers of packages used by companies.

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Earn revenue Content
Ghost
Open source Publishing

Open source publishing, newsletters, memberships, and paid subscriptions for technical audiences.

Best for: Maintainers who can teach, write, or build a paid audience.

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Reduce overhead

Reduce overhead Infrastructure
CodeRabbit for Open Source
OSS-specific AI

Free AI code review for public repositories, plus OSS sponsorship commitments.

Best for: Projects with review backlog or limited maintainer time.

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Reduce overhead Infrastructure
AWS Promotional Credit
OSS-specific Hosting

Cloud credits for CI, artifact hosting, testing, and infrastructure costs.

Best for: Projects with real AWS infrastructure spend.

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Reduce overhead Fiscal and legal support
Software Freedom Conservancy
OSS-specific Non-profit

Fiscal sponsorship, legal help, bookkeeping, fundraising infrastructure, and project services.

Best for: Established FOSS projects that need an organizational home.

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Independent directory Listings are editorial, not paid placement.
Open data Corrections and additions can be reviewed publicly on GitHub.
Reviewed against public sources Verified listings surface source-backed status, fees, and fit.