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Can you combine Patreon and Open Collective? You bet!

Can you combine Patreon and Open Collective? You bet!

Why Future Diaries started a Patreon page—and you should too! Future Diaries [https://futurediaries.show/] is a dramatised speculative fiction podcast. Each episode features a diary entry from an alternative fictional universe, followed by an interview with the main character of the story. The show aims to highlight a

How Money Flows through Open Collective

How Money Flows through Open Collective

Two interactive graphs with explainer videos, one simplified and one in-depth. Thanks to the platform's financial transparency, you can trace exactly what happens to each dollar, and these can explainers show how it all works. Money Flows: Simplified Interactive graph → [https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/7303468/] Money Flows:

Ten ways to make decisions about money

Ten ways to make decisions about money

Open Collective is home to thousands of collaborative communities raising and spending funds transparently, giving us a front-row seat to observe many diverse examples. Each group is different, and one size does not fit all. But we can say that understanding different options and consciously choosing between them makes for

Beyond post-install messages: npm adds support for package funding

Beyond post-install messages: npm adds support for package funding

Open Collective previously promoted the use of postinstall messages, output in the developer terminal each time someone installed a package. This practice proved controversial, and in September we stopped encouraging it [https://github.com/opencollective/opencollective/issues/2391]. We've let package maintainers use their best judgement to stop

🚀 Time for a change! New Collective & Profile Pages

We've made a big design upgrade! Now is a great time to update your Collective and share it with your community. See what's new! For specifics please head to our docs [ https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives]. ⭐ Customize it! The new design is about helping you

Make anonymous donations on Open Collective

Make anonymous donations on Open Collective

Sometimes, you just don’t want to publicly say that you are supporting a collective. Let’s say that you made a lot of money in the fossil fuel industry. It was a game for you, you were good at it. Hard to blame you. But now, you realize how

Rethinking the Tools for Collectives

Rethinking the Tools for Collectives

What tools are used by collectives for their activities? How can we improve them? What‘s missing? How can we contribute as developers to…

What’s your Collective’s expense policy?

What’s your Collective’s expense policy?

Make it easier for your community to know what they can expense to your collective!

Using Ads to Sustain Open Source

Using Ads to Sustain Open Source

Why someone who loves Privacy Badger, uses a non-tracking browser, and never cared for ads, is advocating their ethical use for open…

Has Your Open Source Community Raised Money? Here’s How to Spend It.

Has Your Open Source Community Raised Money? Here’s How to Spend It.

Getting cash is hard, but spending it is easy, right? Actually, utilizing funding can be a challenge.

Ten Steps to Successful Open Source Crowdfunding

Ten Steps to Successful Open Source Crowdfunding

So, you’ve found Open Collective and your open source project is ready for community financial support. Great! Here’s how to nail it.