Open Source Introducing: Funds for Open Source Helping companies invest in open source projects because we want open source creators to have a good livelihood and work sustainably, which is critical to the health of the whole ecosystem.
Open Source FundOSS: We heard your questions, so we got you answers. This Spring, we’ll be supercharging contributions in our first ever matching campaign! FundOSS is a pilot program of that uses a mathematical distribution of funds to proportionally multiply a single donation. If you want to learn more Read our FundOSS FAQ v1 below!
News Supporting an Ethereum ecosystem with the OASIS Baseline Protocol Open Source Collective is excited to be a partner the OASIS Baseline Protocol incentive program. Baseline just received a $100K grant from the Ethereum Foundation to advance their research efforts. We look forward to other collaboratively maintaining this work!
Open Source The impact of Airbnb's support for open source Airbnb has long appeared on our top open source sponsors leaderboard, but this year they are taking it to the next level. More than just numbers, hearing from maintainers in their own words
Documentation Introducing Open Web Docs We are excited to support the official formation of Open Web Docs. Independent of any single vendor, Open Web Docs is a collaborative network bringing first-class web platform documentation to all. See the official announcement below.
Open Source GitHub Sponsors for Companies, Open Source Collective for People Contribution to the sustainability of open source should be as easy as turning on a faucet. We’ve partnered with GitHub for some time already to enable Sponsors funding to flow through to
News Open Source Collective News—Nov 2020 Holding trademarks, legal terms update, & ecosystem initiativesOSC is fiscal host to over 2,250 open source projects on Open Collective. Holding project assets and trademarksOpen Source Collective now has the ability to
News OSC Program Updates A lot has been happening at Open Source Collective lately! FOSS Contributor FundsThe season brought much momentum for the implementation and extension of the FOSS Contributor Fund. OSC Director of Growth and Partnerships
Community Building an Open Source Care Plane, aka FOSS Responders The story of FOSS Responders and our UPLIFT! event – an event of open source financial support ($105K!) and celebration (7 time zones!) It is a story of sustaining open source during an unprecedented time of disruption and change.
Open Collective Open Collective Update! New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!
FOSS (Not IRL) FOSS Funding Event! Come May 22nd & Come Shine. On Friday, May 22nd, FOSS Responders will host a virtual event to provide financial support for organizations affected by the profound disruptions -- to our economy and our community -- of Covid-19.
News New Paid Plans for Fiscal Hosts We are launching updated features for Fiscal Hosts on Open Collective, with a new pricing plan.Fiscal Hosts are the entities behind the scenes who make it possible for Collectives to receive and
Open Source 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. We've let
Open Source Indeed's Open Source Sustainability Strategy During the last SustainOSS in London, Duane O'Brien let slip a comment that made me super happy, Indeed was piloting a FOSS Sustainability Fund. A way to institutionalize corporate open source support, and
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…
Community The Next Billion Creators: Open Source Community Africa Driving the open source movement in the continent.
Open Source Our Philosophy on Contributing to the Open Source Community — and How You Can Too Open source has always been an important part of our operations. The open source community helps drive innovation, transparency, and…
News October 2017 News: Open Collective V2 released, and we’re hiring! Open Collective V2 is live! 🚀🚀
JavaScript Disclaimer: We accidentally linked this post to the latest newsletter! Open Collective V2 is live! 🚀🚀
News September 2017 News: Webpack Webinar, New Help Forum, Ads for OSS + more Webinar: How Webpack Reached $400K+/year in Sponsorship & Crowdfunding
case studies Social.coop: A Cooperative Decentralized Social Network Social.coop is a cooperatively run instance of Mastodon, a decentralized social network based on open protocols and free, open-source…
News July 2017 News: Events Feature, Ad Support for Collectives, + more You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective. You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective, with ticket revenue going directly to your budget.
Community We Gathered 100 Open Source Sustainers — Here’s What We Learned SustainOSS was a one day unconference for open source sustainers. There were no keynotes, expo halls or talks — only discussions about how…
