For developers

Your side project deserves more than a star.

People use what you built every day. A sponsorship wall turns that quiet dependence into named, paying support — sent straight to your Stripe account.

Your Tool
@yourtool
Back
Gold
Presented to Fernbrook Labs
Gold sponsor · ★ 9 mo
Silver
Priya Raman
★ 5 mo · since Mar 2026
Bronze
Marcus Webb
Monthly
+ yours
This could be your wall
Why it works
A wall with three companies on it reads like a recommendation, not a tip jar.

Stars and downloads don’t pay for the weekend you lose to a breaking upstream change. But the developers and companies who rely on your tool have budgets, and most have simply never been asked in a way that gives them something back. A plaque on your wall is that something: public credit, from a verified name, that every future user sees. One backer makes the second one easier.

Placement

Where your wall earns its keep

01

Your README

The always-up-to-date SVG badge sits at the top of the repo, where every evaluating developer already looks.

02

Your docs site

A footer link on every page of documentation reaches the people who use the tool most.

03

Release notes & changelogs

The moment you ship is the moment gratitude peaks — link your wall where the announcement lands.

04

CLI output & about screens

A one-line pointer in --help or your app’s about dialog costs nothing and works while you sleep.

Your backers

Who backs developers

Developers get backed by the people downstream of their work: engineers who use the tool daily, and — more valuable — the companies that build on it. A company backing you at Gold isn’t donating; it’s buying insurance on a dependency and public association with software its engineers respect. Their plaque shows their name, their tier, and how long they’ve backed you — credit that compounds while a one-off donation vanishes.

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The basics

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 is verified

You verify a handle or domain to unlock payouts; sponsors giving larger amounts pass an identity check. The names on your wall are real people.

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 after that is public credit.

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