GitHub introduces “Sponsors” button, allowing users to donate money to open-source contributors. by Tom Krazit on May 23, 2019 at 7:04 am May 23, 2019 at 7:38 am. Share 45 Tweet Share Reddit ...

GitHub Sponsors. Sponsors, which debuts in beta today, manifests on the frontend as a Sponsor button at the top of repositories containing a .github/FUNDING.yml file in the master branch.

GitHub today launched Sponsors, a new tool that lets you give financial support to open-source developers through recurring monthly payments.Developers will be able to opt into having a “Sponsor ...

GitHub has extended its Sponsors function to allow organizations to sponsor projects, not just individuals. GitHub will charge a 10% fee for organizations, but during the beta period this fee is ...

GitHub announced today that it is opening up the beta of GitHub Sponsors, a new feature that will let users financially support their favorite developers and open source applications. The digital ...

Some open source projects already use fund-raising tools like Patreon, OpenCollective, and Tidelift to fund their work, but Sponsors will enable them to raise money from within GitHub, where ...

Elsewhere, GitHub also now allows developers to attach metadata to their sponsor page URLs, which may help them track how new sponsors arrived on the scene — for example, they can see whether a ...

GitHub Sponsors lets stakeholders give money to developers of open source projects they depend on. Hundreds of devs use it to make a full-time living and some even pull in six figure salaries.

GitHub will also not charge any platform fees, leaving the developers with 100% of their sponsorship funds. Additionally, the company will foot the bill for all payment processing fees for the ...