GitHub Sponsors

GitHub Sponsors

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GitHub Sponsors embeds recurring and one-time sponsorships directly into GitHub profiles, making it one of the most visible funding options for maintainers who already work in the GitHub ecosystem. It supports both individual and organization profiles, configurable sponsorship tiers, and payout either to a bank account or through a fiscal host.

Area Funding
Category Donations
Official websitehttps://github.com/sponsors
X@github
OrganizationCorporation
Open source statusClosed source
Platform technologyClosed source sponsorship platform
Monetization modelSponsorship for bug reports, issue triage, code, documentation, etc.
Payment methodsCredit and debit cards, Patreon, invoice billing, bank-account payouts, and fiscal-host payouts
Platform feesGitHub charges no fee on personal-account sponsorships. Organization sponsorships are charged up to 6%, split between card processing and GitHub service fees, with invoiced billing removing the card-processing portion.
User activityGitHub Sponsors is available globally for sponsors, while sponsored developers and organizations must be located in GitHub-supported payout regions.
Verified on2026-03-06
Checked byOSS.Fund editorial team
Next recheck2026-05-05
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