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GitHub Sponsors

Support the developers who power open source

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GitHub Sponsors allows the developer community to financially support the open source projects they depend on, directly on GitHub

$40M+

Given back to our maintainers

103

Regions supported globally

4.2K+

Organizations sponsoring

For maintainers

Launch a page in minutes and showcase Sponsors buttons on your GitHub profile and repositories! You will automatically appear in worldwide recommendations to partners who are eager to invest in their open source dependencies.

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For sponsors

Find and fund your dependencies in a single transaction. The discovery and bulk sponsorship tools are easy to use. Flexible payment enables you to choose when and how you pay. Corporations like Microsoft like it because all their payments go out as a single invoice.

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Help open source thrive

Everyone should be able to contribute to open source. Making open source a viable, financially rewarding career path helps contribute to our digital infrastructure. More funding, more projects, more software to power our world.

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Shopify uses GitHub Sponsors to efficiently manage and fund projects within the open source community, tailored to the needs of recipients.
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Azmat YuhannaSenior Engineering Operations Manager, Shopify

Invest in open source. It powers your world.

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The internet depends on open source, everywhere

Comprehensive website security and health monitoring with performance analysis

web-check

Web-Check provides real-time monitoring for uptime, speed, and user experience, trusted by businesses like Amazon, Shopify, and Airbnb.

Sponsor web-check

Intuitive, open-source interface for native GenAI applications

OpenWebUI

OpenWebUI simplifies the development of interactive GenAI apps using LLMs, used by developers at companies like Microsoft, IBM, and GitHub.

Sponsor OpenWebUI

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

cURL

cURL is included in almost every modern device–smartphones, cars, TVs, laptops, servers, consoles, printers, and beyond.

Sponsor cURL

Frequently asked questions

How do I sponsor a project?

Sign in and start by navigating to your dependencies, your explore tab, trending repositories, or collections. When a repository has the Sponsor graphic, you can sponsor them directly.

How do I get paid for my contributions?

You can become a sponsored developer by joining GitHub Sponsors, completing your sponsored developer profile, creating sponsorship tiers, submitting your bank and tax information, and enabling two-factor authentication for your account on GitHub.com. Learn more about getting paid for contributions

Do I need to fill out a tax form to receive sponsorships?

Yes. Your tax information must be on file in order for GitHub to make payments to your bank account. The required tax documents may vary based on your location.

Note that we do our best to help you with the Sponsors program, but we’re unable to provide tax guidance.

Learn more about tax information for GitHub Sponsors