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A curated list of awesome resources for funding open source projects and authors.
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Awesome OSS Funding
A curated list of awesome resources for funding open source projects and authors.
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Saasify
- Provides monetized APIs on top of OSS projects.
CodeFund
- Provides funding for makers via ethical ads.
Tidelift
- Provides subscriptions connecting businesses with OSS devs.
FOSSA
- Open source management for enterprise teams.
Gitcoin
- Crowdfunding and freelance devs for your software projects.
Back Your Stack
- Discover your dependencies and financially support them.
Scarf
- Provides monetized CLIs for OSS projects.
xs:code
- Paid subscriptions for OSS projects.
Donations
GitHub Sponsors
- Recurring donations for GitHub developers and organizations.
Patreon
- Membership and recurring donations for independent creators.
Open Collective
- Open communities with full financial transparency.
Buy me a coffee
- Donations and relationship building for independent creators.
Salt
- Crowdfunding to help devs earn a monthly salary from OSS.
Liberapay
- Recurring donations for OSS projects.
Flattr
- Monthly subscription for donating to OSS projects.
thanks
- Give thanks to the open source maintainers you depend on.
Ko-fi
- Single and recurring donations for your projects without platform fees.
Bounties
Issuehunt
- Issue-based crowd sourcing/funding for OSS projects.
Bountysource
- Bounty-based funding for OSS projects.
Licensing
License Zero
- For-profit licenses for OSS projects.
Articles
Lemonade Stand
- The de facto living survey of different approaches for funding OSS.
Getting paid for OSS
- A solid guide for traditional means of funding OSS.
Why funding open source is hard
- Awesome read by
Eric Berry
.
How to keep the lights on at Codefund
- Excellent analysis of different approaches to OSS funding by
Eric Berry
.
Fighting for open source sustainability
Funding experiment recap
- Great breakdown and insights by
Feross
.
Should OSS advertise?
Open core vs SaaS
The internet relies on people working for free
Open Core Summit Intro
Commercializing open source
- By
a16z
.
What comes after open source?
- By
a16z
.
Passion Economy
- By
a16z
.
What is subscription based open source?
Open core definition and tradeoffs
COSS business models
Creating OSS value != Capturing OSS value
The broken economics of OSS
The OSS model is under siege
The world runs on open-source, but who’s paying for gas?
Organizations
Sustain OSS
- Organization focused on making OSS more sustainable.
COSS Media
- Resources to help Commercial OSS (COSS) founders build lasting companies.
Open Core Summit
- Focused on connecting the world's Commercial OSS (COSS) companies.
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