Models

Browse open source sustainability models by funding, revenue, and project support.

Goal

Funding

Donations, grants, crowdfunding, and sponsor programs for open source maintainers.

Voluntary support from users, companies, and community members.

Campaign-based or pooled support from a broader community.

Institutional or programmatic funding for specific open source outcomes.

Task-based funding for issues, features, audits, and contribution work.

Goal

Paid support, subscriptions, content, and other income paths for maintainers and contributors.

Revenue from support, consulting, implementation, and expert help.

Revenue from licensing, premium access, hosted usage, or open-core packaging.

Revenue from books, courses, learning products, and expert content.

Revenue from sponsorships, ad inventory, or audience attention.

Goal

Infrastructure, hosting, AI tools, and other services that help maintainers and contributors keep projects running.

Credits, hosting, and operational support that lower the cost of running OSS.

Programs and platforms that support OSS through events, participation, and community workflows.