GitHub Sponsors documentation
Invest in the open source projects you depend on, support digital infrastructure, and make open source careers possible by sponsoring open source contributors and their projects. Build a GitHub Sponsors profile and receive compensation for your open source work.
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View allManaging your sponsorship
You can manage who can see your sponsorship and whether you receive email updates from the sponsored account.
Attributing sponsorships to your organization
You can attribute the sponsorships paid by one of your organizations to another organization.
Managing your payouts from GitHub Sponsors
You can view information about past and future payouts from GitHub Sponsors and edit your bank information.
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Sponsoring an open source contributor through GitHub
You can make payments through GitHub to a developer or organization who designs, creates, or maintains open source projects you depend on.
About GitHub Sponsors
GitHub Sponsors allows the developer community to financially support the people and organizations who design, build, and maintain the open source projects they depend on, directly on GitHub.
Tax information for GitHub Sponsors
Sponsored developers and organizations must submit tax information to GitHub and are responsible for evaluating and paying their own taxes.
Sponsoring open source contributors
You can sponsor contributors, receive updates on developers and organizations you sponsor, and display a sponsor badge throughout GitHub.
Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your personal account
You can become a sponsored developer by joining GitHub Sponsors, completing your sponsored developer profile, creating sponsorship tiers, submitting your bank and tax information, and enabling two-factor authentication for your account on GitHub.
Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your organization
Your organization can join GitHub Sponsors to receive payments for your work.
Configuring webhooks for events in your sponsored account
You can configure webhooks to alert you when you receive new sponsorships or existing sponsors make changes to their sponsorships.
Receiving sponsorships through GitHub Sponsors
- About GitHub Sponsors for open source contributors
- Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your personal account
- Setting up GitHub Sponsors for your organization
- Enabling sponsorships through Patreon
- Using a fiscal host to receive GitHub Sponsors payouts
- Editing your profile details for GitHub Sponsors
- Managing your sponsorship goal
- Managing your sponsorship tiers
- Viewing your sponsors and sponsorships
- Managing your payouts from GitHub Sponsors
- Contacting your sponsors
- Tax information for GitHub Sponsors
- Unlinking your Patreon account from your GitHub Sponsors profile
- Deleting a Stripe Connect account
- Disabling your GitHub Sponsors account
- Unpublishing your GitHub Sponsors profile