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Open Source Pledge ⇌
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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.

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Nooo! There’s a much easier way: @cranberrysoss.bsky.social
Screen cap from Spider-Man (2002). Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. He has a can of cranberry sauce in his hand. The caption reads, “I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these cranberries.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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the first jars of Cranberry sOSS are arriving now! Send us pictures of you and your jars in interesting places! You will gain fame as someone who cares about Open Source maintainers
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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In keeping with the theme of the report, our mission, and the season, let’s say thanks to OSS maintainers. Introducing @cranberrysoss.bsky.social, available for 13.37 while supplies last. All proceeds go straight to maintainers via thanks.dev. cranberrysoss.com
A jar of cranberry sauce labeled “Cranberry Soss” sits on a smooth surface surrounded by whole cranberries. The jar has a beige label with a red badge and an illustration of cranberries. A red button below the jar reads “Order now for $13.37.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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From @sjvn.bsky.social:

FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-go...
“In the long term, this is unsustainable for an unpaid volunteer like me. … In the long run, putting such demands on OSS maintainers without compensating them is detrimental. … It’s even more unlikely with Google Project Zero, the best white-hat security researchers money can buy, breathing down the necks of volunteers.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Want to play a big part in a small team aiming to spread the joy of programming? If you love writing English and Typescript, consider joining @val.town in Brooklyn to work with friendly, down-to-earth people who take Open Source sustainability seriously.

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Job of the Week: Val Town, Growth Engineer
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Who's looking out for maintainers? @antithesis.com, that's who!

Thanks for re-upping with @opensourcepledge.com 🙏
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Text clipping from blog post: At Antithesis, for instance, we rely on open source for everything from our internal Nix tooling to core components of our product like our deterministic hypervisor, a fork of FreeBSD. Maintaining these tools requires countless hours of work from talented, dedicated developers worldwide. We believe supporting this community is not only the right thing to do, it’s also a vital way of ensuring our dependencies are, well, dependable! Writing quality code takes time, money, and skill, and we believe in supporting the open source community with all of them.
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A year ago, @sentry.io launched the Open Source Pledge, with one singular goal: get maintainers paid.

A key pillar of the Pledge is it’s not a “pledge”, like an IOU. Rather, to join the Pledge, members come with receipts. Here’s why.

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Nasdaq Tower in Times Square NYC. The tower (which is covered in LEDs) reads NASDAQ CELEBRATES ONE YEAR OF THE OPEN SOURCE PLEDGE AND THE COMPANIES WHO PAY MAINTAINERS Below the text are all the member logos of companies who are members. The full list of member companies can be found here: https://opensourcepledge.com/members/
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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and it's Open Source!
Fork first, ask questions later At Sanity, we had a problem. Sanity Studio runs on styled-components. So does our UI library. Thousands of components, all dependent on a library whose own maintainer says not to use. We had three choices: Rewrite everything (months of work, we're actually doing this) Accept degrading performance (not happening) Fix it ourselves
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Want to get paid to talk, code, and talk about coding? Browserbase is hiring for a unique role combining programming, content creation and community building — and you could proudly work for a pioneer that financially supports the Open Source maintainers they depend on.

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Job of the Week: Browserbase, Developer Advocate Lead
September 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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When software becomes deprecated, who makes sure it remains usable and secure? It could be you! HeroDevs is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer specialised in Python to join their Never-Ending Support team. You'd be keeping critical technologies running smoothly, forever.

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Job of the Week: HeroDevs, Senior Software Engineer (Python)
August 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Love the feeling of finding a reproducible bug? Consider becoming a Developer Relations Lead at Antithesis, a team of bug-finding experts looking for someone to build and nurture a community of developers who believe in fully deterministic property-based testing.

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Job of the Week: Antithesis, Developer Relations Lead
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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GitBook is hiring a Typescript/Node developer to build a platform for publishing beautiful documentation used by millions.

You'd be working for a company that pioneers sustainable Open Source by paying the maintainers it depends on. 🙌

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GitBook is a platform that lets users collaboratively build and publish beautiful documentation. Are you an experienced Typescript/Node developer looking to contribute to a product that has an impact on millions of users, while mentoring engineers so they can do their best work? Then consider dropping GitBook a line — you'd be working for a company that pioneers sustainable Open Source by paying the maintainers it depends on.
June 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Whoever becomes our 1000th follower wins bragging rights for an eternity. Let the sweepstakes begin!
Screenshot of our Bluesky bio with red scribbled circle highlighting our follower count of 995
May 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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@bolt.new are looking for an engineer to advance web computing by working on WebContainer, the first in-browser WebAssembly-based operating system.

You'd be getting paid to be an Open Source contributor, AND you'd get to work with @patak.dev. Sounds pretty good to us!

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Bolt are looking for an engineer to advance web computing by working on WebContainer, the first-ever in-browser WebAssembly-based operating system. The job is remote and gives you a high degree of autonomy. But more than that, you'd be getting paid to be an Open Source contributor to projects such as Node.js, Next.js and others. Sound good? Apply now.
May 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Want a job with a company that cares about Open Source? Astral is looking for a developer to work on build systems and linkers. Best of all — you'd be getting paid to be an Open Source maintainer.

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JOB OF THE WEEK: Astral; Software Engineer, Build Systems & Linkers
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#MaintainerMonth starts today, and we're so excited to be part of it. The first item on the schedule is Chad's new show, Open Path. Have you watched it yet? 👀

maintainermonth.github.com/schedule/202...
A screenshot from the Maintainer Month website, showing the first schedule item, which is “Open Path Show Launch”.
May 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Will you be in Switzerland's beautiful city of Basel on June 6th for @altctrl.org? Vlad will be there, not only to talk about the Pledge, but also to start a conversation about collective governance of Open Source projects. We hear there will be delicious dumplings too ;)
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz; Speaking at Alt Ctrl Org, June 6th, Basel (CH); “Collective Governance and How to Fund It”
March 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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ICYMI: Last week @gregkumparak.bsky.social spoke to @simensvale.bsky.social of @sanity.io about how their journey from a small design studio to a dev tool used by some of the biggest brands in the world. opensourcepledge.com/blog/sanity-...
“We were a very comfortable, small boutique agency; we were doing work for incredibly interesting companies.” says Simen. “At that very specific time, the UN wanted us to work on an interactive visualization. We had to decide: are we gonna do this amazingly interesting, well-paid thing… or are we building this system instead?”
January 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Works on my machine?
November 23, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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We just added a grand total on opensourcepledge.com. Member companies have paid $1,994,146 to maintainers over the past year. 😱 Who is going to push us past $2M? 😁
A screenshot of the Open Source Pledge website, showing $1,994,146 paid over the past year and logos of some member companies
November 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Look out for these new Open Source Pledge stickers at your next conference — a neat way to show the world you believe companies should #PayTheMaintainers

…or print your own! opensourcepledge.com/resources
Two stickers, one of a hand putting dollar bills into a computer, and one saying “Open Source Pledge”.
November 7, 2024 at 7:50 AM