Your project is in production at companies you’ve never heard of. A sponsorship wall makes support visible — who funds the work, who just consumes it — and pays you directly.
Every maintainer knows the math: thousands of production deployments, single-digit sponsors. The missing piece usually isn’t goodwill, it’s visibility — there’s no public answer to “who funds this?”, so nobody feels the gap. A wall changes the frame: when the companies that fund your work get a named plaque, the empty space next to it asks a quiet question of everyone else shipping your code for free.
The badge updates itself as backers join, so the repo always shows current support.
Point GitHub’s built-in affordance at your wall.
Every release post is read by exactly the people whose businesses depend on the next one.
A “backed by” strip in the footer turns sponsors into social proof on every page.
The best open source backers are companies — and companies need something to show for it. A plaque with their name and tenure on the project they depend on is a line item they can justify: public proof they fund the ecosystem they profit from. Individual engineers back the projects that saved them a week; their monthly plaques and streaks give your project the “actively supported” signal that keeps new adopters confident.
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.
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.
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.
Free to join. Your wall is live in minutes, and every backer after that is public credit.