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Open Source Pledge

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Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.

Our goal is to establish a new social norm in the tech industry of companies paying Open Source maintainers — a minimum of $2000 per year per developer on staff, to Open Source maintainers of each company’s choosing. This is in addition to the code, developer time, and gifts-in-kind that many Pledge member companies also contribute.

• Want to learn more? Visit opensourcepledge.com.
• Want to join the Pledge? Find out how.
• Want to participate as a maintainer, foundation or funding platform? Let us know!
• Want to learn about the Pledge's background? Read:
  • “The Open Source Sustainability Crisis” by Chad
  • “Join the Pledge” by David Cramer
  • “The Philosophy of the Open Source Pledge” by Vlad
  • “Why and How Companies Should Pay Open Source Maintainers” by Vlad at FOSDEM 2025
• Want to help? Feel free to reach out to the working group leads in issues, via email or on Slack.
  • Know a company that might be interested in joining the Pledge? Introduce us via email, or drop us their contact details via email or on Slack.
  • To help with building opensourcepledge.com, read CONTRIBUTING.md and dive into our issues.
• Just want to keep up to date? Follow us on Mastodon or Bluesky.
• Want to cite our work? Click “cite this repository” in the top right.

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The Open Source Pledge is brought to you by Sentry and contributors.

Our core team is:

• Vlad-Stefan Harbuz (independent)
• Greg Kumparak (Sentry)
• Chad Whitacre (Sentry)

Former core team members, to whom we are eternally grateful:

• Michael Selvidge (formerly at Sentry)

Most design work is done by Sentry's in-house creative team, Studio 404.