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Open Source Sustainability

Practical FOSShub guides for open source funding models, sponsorships, grants, maintainer costs, and project sustainability decisions.

Open Source Funding Models

Compare open source funding models, including sponsorships, grants, paid support, employer backing, fiscal hosts, open core, and services.

Learn how open source sponsorships support maintainers, projects, expenses, recognition, recurring work, and sponsor expectations.

Find open source grants by matching project work to funder goals, eligibility rules, budgets, timelines, public benefit, and reporting needs.

Understand open source maintenance costs across maintainer time, releases, security work, documentation, infrastructure, support, and governance.