case studies

Solving open source funding by giving sponsors a seat at the table

How creating a Steering Group became the game-changer for Universal Viewer, propelling this long-running project into a whole new phase.

news

News and Opportunities from the Open Source Collective

As fiscal host to 1300+ open source projects on Open Collective, we’re on a mission to help the whole ecosystem thrive.

news

Open Collective Update—July 2019

Preview of Collective page redesign, join an open source support group, OSC opening up, Witchcraft interview, and more.

Design

Open Collective Design

Design can drive action in the open source ecosystem—we can help!

Community

Maintaining the Maintainers: Open Source Peer Support Group

The Open Source Collective, home of 1300+ open source projects on Open Collective, is starting peer-support calls for maintainers.

OSC

The Open Source Collective’s widening umbrella

Now accepting even more projects who are building the open source ecosystem worldwide

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Open Source Collective Update #3

From our June 2019 board meeting

case studies

Witchcraft: the magic of math, functional programming, and community

Interview with Brooklyn Zelenka, blockchain engineer, functional programming math wizard, community builder, and founder of Fission and…

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Open Collective Update — June 2019

Thoughts on Github Sponsors, Babel case study, funding via ethical ads, new Zapier integration, open source in Africa

Community

The Next Billion Creators: Open Source Community Africa

Driving the open source movement in the continent.

Documentation

Our Season of Docs FAQ

We have been lucky enough to be contacted with many inquiries about our participation in the Google Season of Docs program. Several…

Open Source

On Github Sponsors

Why we welcome it, and four ways Open Collective is different

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Open Collective Update—May 2019

What core contributors want, Berlin event, new stuff for fiscal hosts

case studies

Babel’s rise to financial sustainability

Making a living making open source

news

Open Source Collective Update #2

From our May 2019 board meeting

Community

What Core Contributors Want

Results from our survey of open source maintainers

case studies

Enriching commons by practicing with money

For the Secure Scuttlebutt community, it involves money but it’s not about money

Community

How and why should companies sustain open source communities?

Notes from the Sustain community meetup in San Francisco, April 12th 2019.

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Open Collective Update — April 2019

Which open source projects do you want to support?

Documentation

Join us for Google Season of Docs!

Google Season of Docs is a program giving technical writers an opportunity to contribute to open source projects, by paying them a three…

news

Open Source Collective Update #1

From our 22 March 2019 board meeting

news

Investors Update — February 2019

Dear Investors, Hope you are well! Before all, Xavier will be in San Francisco April 2–17th. He will send you a separate email to coordinate a time to meet since it’s been so long we haven’t touched base in person. Other exciting news, I’m moving to

news

Open Collective Update—March 2019

Feedback wanted on v3, docs opportunities, introducing bounties, and welcome OBS!

news

Investors Update — January 2019

Dear investors,

case studies

Samsung Next Stack Zero Grants

How we disbursed $480,000 in grants transparently, with minimum hassle