GitHub Sponsors
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 4, 2025first mention
Oct 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Crowdfunding. Services like Patreon, Kickstarter, GitHub Sponsors.”
“It's a nice way to for free and open source developers to earn some money.”
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“https://github.com/open-source/sponsors”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 4
“Crowdfunding. Services like Patreon, Kickstarter, GitHub Sponsors.”
“It's a nice way to for free and open source developers to earn some money.”
“https://github.com/open-source/sponsors”
“we do have other systems in place via Github sponsorships”