Your side project deserves more than a star.
People use what you built every day. A wall gives them a simple way to pay you for it — with their name on it, straight to your Stripe account.
“Your CLI sits in our deploy path. Paying for it was overdue.”
Gold9 moStars and downloads don’t pay for the weekend you lose to a breaking change. But the people and companies who rely on your tool have budgets — most of them have just never been asked in a way that gives them something back. A plaque is that something: public credit, with their name on it, where every future user can see it. And once one company is on your wall, the next one has a reason to join.
Where to put your wall link
Your README
The always-up-to-date SVG badge sits at the top of the repo, where every evaluating developer already looks.
Your docs site
A footer link on every page of documentation reaches the people who use the tool most.
Release notes & changelogs
The moment you ship is the moment gratitude peaks — link your wall where the announcement lands.
CLI output & about screens
A one-line pointer in --help or your app’s about dialog costs nothing and works while you sleep.
Who backs developers
You get backed by the people who use your work: engineers who reach for it daily, and — more valuable — companies that build on it. For a company, backing you isn’t charity. It keeps a tool they depend on alive, and it puts their name next to software their engineers respect. Their plaque shows their name, their tier, and how long they’ve backed you. A one-off donation disappears. A plaque keeps working.
How SponsoredBy works
Money goes straight to you
One-time or monthly backings, paid directly into your own Stripe account — we never hold your money. Fees: 10% on Free, 5% on Pro, 3% on Max.
Everyone signs in
You verify a handle or domain before you can take payouts, and every backer signs in to a real account before they can back you.
Support becomes plaques
Backers appear on your public wall with a tier, a name (or anonymous, their choice), and how long they’ve backed you.
Payouts currently require a U.S. Stripe account — more countries are coming. Your wall works everywhere.
Show the world who’s got your back.
Free to join. Your wall is live in minutes, and every backer gets a plaque with their name on it.