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Open Source Pledge is a group of companies with a shared commitment to paying the maintainers of the Open Source software we all consume. opensourcepledge.com

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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 25/09/2026
With help from the amazing @mirandaheath.website, the 2026 State of Devs survey results are now available! 2026.stateofdevs.com/en-US/ This already took a ton of work, and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of what the dataset could teach us.
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State of Devs 2026
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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Daniel (@danielroe.dev) and Matias (@patak.cat) of npmx (npmx.dev) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) explores community, governance, inclusion, burnout, and sustainability beyond nonstop productivity. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/293
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 19/08/2026
Did you know that a bunch of software packages we all depend on are hidden from dependency trees? I spoke about this at EuroPython 2026 😊️
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Binary Dependencies: Identifying the Hidden Packages We All Depend On - Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
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Miranda Heath @mirandaheath.website · 14/08/2026
Such an important and multifaceted topic, thanks for the exploring this, was really nice to chat with you about it! Big recommend for anyone feeling a bit off the more they use AI to code!
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Scott Tolinski @tolin.ski · 14/08/2026
This is the most important video I've ever made. In this, I explore the negative and positive mental health effects of AI coding, with data and expert commentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUn...
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The True Cost of AI Coding
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Software Stewardship Lab @stewardshiplab.org · 07/08/2026
Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.
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A Research Lab for Open Source ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 05/08/2026
this is how it's done 👇👏 do you know a company that should join next? put them in the replies!
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 31/07/2026
Read the full post here.
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Announcing the Composer & Packagist Sponsorship Program
Today we are launching a formal sponsorship program for Composer and Packagist.org, together with new public sponsor pages on packagist.org/sponsor and getcomposer.org/sponsor. We want to start by th...
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 31/07/2026
…and if your company is sponsoring Composer & Packagist, that counts towards Pledge membership, too!
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 31/07/2026
Package managers support our world's infrastructure, but those who build them have more work on their plate then ever. Companies who rely on this work for their revenue should give something back. It's in these companies' interest to keep this tech sustainable.
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Software Stewardship Lab @stewardshiplab.org · 30/07/2026
Sounds like a great job opportunity for security-minded folks ✨
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Miranda Heath @mirandaheath.website · 23/07/2026
I won't tell if you won't 🙉
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 22/07/2026
secret discord server, please ignore…unless you are interested in open source funding 👀 discord.gg/Ay5abGkaxX
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Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do. | 8 members
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 15/07/2026
I'm at @europython.eu in Kraków, here to talk about binary dependencies, the @stewardshiplab.org and the @opensourcepledge.com. Come say hi!
Vlad holding his badge, with EuroPython attendees in the background
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 30/06/2026
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 30/06/2026
Andrew is describing such an important vision for what Open Source sustainability could be 👏🏻
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 27/06/2026
We've heard rumours that, if you go see Vlad's talk, you'll also learn some things about the Pledge 👀
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AG Grid @ag-grid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We are proud to have been sponsoring open source from the beginning. It's a core value of the company, and now it's more important than ever to support maintainers of the packages we all use and enjoy. We wrote a little about it here: blog.ag-grid.com/ag-grid-join...
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AG Grid Joins the Open Source Pledge
We're proud to join the Open Source Pledge - a collective of companies that each sponsor open-source projects at a rate of at least $2,000 per developer annually.
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patak @patak.cat · 25/06/2026
The Open Source Pledge is a great example of a well run program to help educate companies and nudge them into action. @vlad.website pours so much love into it. We're lucky to count with folks that genuinely care about the long term sustainability story of our shared commons.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 25/06/2026
…and if you want to follow companies that are supporting Open Source, there's a Starter Pack for that! 👀
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 25/06/2026
To celebrate companies that pay maintainers, we've created a new website, featuring @danielroe.dev and folks from @ag-grid.bsky.social, @sanity.io, @sentry.io and other great companies. Let's support the tech we depend on. Here's to the next $7 million! 💃
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Open Source Pledge
Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 20/06/2026
and they have their own hot sauce lol
Vlad holding a bottle of hot sauce titled "AG Grill"
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 20/06/2026
After paying maintainers through their Pledge membership, @ag-grid.bsky.social are going above and beyond by hosting some of the most innovative people in Open Source 🔥
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npmx @npmx.dev · 19/06/2026
Huge thanks to CodeRabbit and Santosh for sponsoring npmx for $1K a month! 🧡🧡🧡 @coderabbitai.bsky.social are the top company by donations per developer in @opensourcepledge.com. OSS sustainability would look very different if every company gave to open source like they do 🙏
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 23/05/2026
A new report from Bloomberg explains why companies should move “from passive consumption to active stewardship” of the Open Source packages they rely on: “you cannot have sustainable code without sustaining the humans who write it (…) if you live in the house, you help fix the roof”.
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Open Source and the Iceberg Theory | Queue
Why “dependency management” isn’t enough anymoreThe traditional model of passive consumption is fundamentally unsustainable. In an era of AI-generated code and increasing supply-chain attacks, steward...
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 20/05/2026
OSS burnout claims another project. On 2 Apr, an entitled user angrily asked the burned-out maintainer of nvim-treesitter to “go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people”. The maintainer replied “OK” — and archived the repo, stopping development of nvim-treesitter.
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Open Source Burnout Claims Another Project
Yet another OSS maintainer quits because of burnout. To fix this, we need better mental health resources for maintainers.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 13/05/2026
The paper:
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Modeling Dependency-Propagated Ecosystem Impact of Changes in Maintenance Activities: Evaluating Support Strategies in the PyPI Network
Background: Open source software ecosystems exhibit dense dependency networks in which maintenance degradation of structurally central packages can propagate widely. Despite increasing attention to op...
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 13/05/2026
Are you a company looking to pay maintainers? You could do a lot worse than using funds.ecosyste.ms, which has been independently verified by a new research paper as being effective in supporting maintainers. And every dollar counts towards Pledge membership. 😉
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 13/05/2026
Andrew has been building tools to understand the Open Source ecosystem for over a decade, and a new independent paper confirms the effectiveness of his approach to supporting maintainers. I want to celebrate his work today! 🎉
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knut @knut.fyi · 12/05/2026
in times like these, I'm very happy that @sanity.io put some of our @opensourcepledge.com dollars on the good folks at @pnpm.io 🫡 (and we made it our mandated package manager internally)
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patak @patak.cat · 12/05/2026
A very telling chart. Open Source funding has been frozen for the past four years, while everyone's needs for our shared commons infrastructure have continued to grow exponentially. Pay maintainers properly if you want your dependencies to stop feeling like a minefield.
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patak @patak.cat · 30/04/2026
We need everyone to wake up to how fragile our shared commons are. We can't wait until we drown in security incidents and more projects close down, using them as excuses. If you're in a position to help (every company is), check who you depend on and need support (everyone), and fund them.
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Darcy Clarke @darcyclarke.me · 29/04/2026
While others race away from Open Source, @vlt.sh is doubling down. 🖤⚡ Today we’re announcing our renewed commitment to @opensourcepledge.com and investing back into the ecosystem. www.vlt.io/blog/doublin...
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Doubling Down on Open Source | vlt /vōlt/
We've doubled our open source pledge contribution to $14,000 ($3,500 per full-time engineer)
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 28/04/2026
Shout-out to ethicalads.io: they donate ads that account for about 30% of the traffic to our website. Working together to #paythemaintainers! 🙌
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 27/04/2026
I really enjoyed talking to @josh.bressers.name about the @opensourcepledge.com, and about why and how we should support Open Source maintainers 😊
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 23/04/2026
Welcome aboard to Synergy, everyone's favorite software KVM. 🖥️ 🖥️ 🖥️ ⌨️ 🖱️ opensourcepledge.com/members/syne...
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Synergy | Open Source Pledge
Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.
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Darcy Clarke @darcyclarke.me · 05/04/2026
I tip my hat to everyone out there that is doing the thankless, unpaid work to ensure their environments & software stays safe/secure. At @vlt.sh we're giving back (ex. @opensourcepledge.com) & building a package manager that attacks the last mile problem with a zero trust approach.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 03/04/2026
We're touched by Foxley Talent's dedication to the Open Source ecosystem we all rely on. 🫶 “The last 12 months have been the hardest since I started Foxley Talent (...) [but] for the fourth year running, I have donated $5,000 to the Django Software Foundation (...) it's non negotiable”
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$20k Donated to the Django Software Foundation | Foxley Talent
"Foxley Talent has donated $20k to the Django Software Foundation over four years. Founder Jon Gould explains why giving back to the DSF is non negotiable."
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mux.com @mux.com · 27/03/2026
It’s official. Mux is part of the @opensourcepledge.com. $77,730 ($2,101/dev) to OSS in 2025, plus stewarding Video.js, the web’s most popular open source player. @mmcc.io wrote about why we signed -- and the dinner conversation that made us act: www.mux.com/blog/mux-joi...
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Mux joins the Open Source Pledge | Mux
Mux pledges allegiance, to OSS, and to the...uh...software for which it stands. For real, Mux promises to pay open source maintainers on a consistent basis.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 27/03/2026
Welcome aboard to @mux.com! With that we are up over $7 MM total cash contributed to Open Source maintainers by Pledge member companies since launch! 💃 Their post: www.mux.com/blog/mux-joi... Their page: opensourcepledge.com/members/mux/
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Software Heritage @softwareheritage.org · 22/03/2026
The invisible code running the world (and who pays for it) www.softwareheritage.org/2026/03/20… #OpenSource #SWH10
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The invisible code running the world (and who pays for it) - Software Heritage
The era of the “free lunch” in open source is over. As the global economy rests on an invisible layer of volunteer-led code, the foundations are beginning to crack under the weight of “maintainer fatigue.” Leaders from the EU issued a blunt warning: digital sovereignty isn’t built on software alone—it’s built on the “invisible” labor of the people who maintain it.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 19/03/2026
Private Packagist supports the Open Source ecosystem, and we want to celebrate them today 🔥
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 19/03/2026
so happy to have youse on board 🎉
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 10/03/2026
“In Open Source, what looks like fairness often is not. Free for everyone sounds equitable, but the cost does not disappear. It is absorbed by those who can least afford it, while the organizations that benefit most often pay the least.”
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Open Source infrastructure deserves a business model
Open Source infrastructure is essential, invisible, and chronically underfunded. A more sustainable approach may be to connect the cost of running that infrastructure to the organizations that rely on...
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npmx @npmx.dev · 09/03/2026
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz: "This kind of trust reveals a deep understanding present in npmx’s culture — an understanding that we depend on other people more than we know, and that we can only go so far by ourselves." 🤍💚
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 03/03/2026
Congratulations to the @npmx.dev team on their launch day! 🎉❤️ Here's @vlad.website on how npmx's success shows us why Open Source collaboration itself is so special.
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npmx: A Lesson in Open Source's Collaboration Feedback Loops | Open Source Pledge
npmx's success is reminding us why Open Source is such a special social phenomenon.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 03/03/2026
To keep the Open Source software the world relies on healthy, we need to build healthy Open Source communities. Want to help? You could build a thriving, empathetic OSS community as @railway.com's new Community Engineer! opensourcepledge.com/jobs/
Job of the Week; Railway; Community Engineer
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 03/03/2026
Congratulations to the @npmx.dev team on their launch day! 🎉❤️ Here's @vlad.website on how npmx's success shows us why Open Source collaboration itself is so special.
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npmx: A Lesson in Open Source's Collaboration Feedback Loops | Open Source Pledge
npmx's success is reminding us why Open Source is such a special social phenomenon.
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Miranda Heath @mirandaheath.website · 03/03/2026
Congrats to npmx on their launch day! 🥳And for not only building an incredibly useful browser, but for all the thought they have put into to building a welcoming and healthy community! Inspiring 💖
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