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 ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...

In addition to sponsor-only repositories, GitHub is also making a few other minor changes to the program. Developers can now set minimum custom sponsorship amounts, for example, ...

The feature, called GitHub Sponsors, works exactly like Patreon. Developers can offer various funding tiers that come with different perks, and they’ll receive recurring payments from supporters ...

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.