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Making open source software work better—for everyone.

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@tidelift
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This week we released a new @tidelift company video that in 3 minutes articulates the problem Tidelift solves, how we solve it, and what makes us unique. Watch it the new video on our YouTube channel 📺 :
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Tidelift
7 years
If you want to better understand your open source dependencies, sign in w/ GitHub to try our free dependency analysis.
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How dependable are your dependencies? Use the new @Tidelift open source dependency analysis for 🆓. Details at .
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6 years
We've raised $15m from @gcvp , @foundrygroup , and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. @dff explains how we are using it to help open source creators and users.
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At @UpstreamOSS , @joshsimmons gathered together a group of distinguished open source leaders to discuss what it means to be a good OSS citizen. Thanks for your thoughts, @duaneobrien , @algillen , @baconandcoconut , @brooklynrob , and @alyssapwright !
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@tidelift
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6 years
We now have over $1 million dollars available on Tidelift to pay open source maintainers. If you're a maintainer, learn more here:
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6 years
Fact: @nuxt_js is the 4th fastest growing project on @github . 🙌 Also fact: @nuxt_js is supported by co-creator @atinux via the Tidelift Subscription.
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7 years
Today we introduce the Tidelift Subscription. What does that mean? • Professional peace of mind • One source for open source • Built for the way you work
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6 years
We are so excited to be partnering with @left_pad to provide support for @Babeljs . Let's make open source better—for everyone. 🙌
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4 years
Do you use the PHP framework @Symfony ? If you're using PHP at all, the answer is probably yes. It's now part of the Tidelift Subscription!
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6 years
We’ve raised $25m in Series B funding to scale Tidelift for open source creators and users. What does that mean for you? Read on.
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7 years
We’re our own first customer for the @Tidelift Subscription for @VueJs . We are paying maintainers starting with @youyuxi . Interested?
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Tidelift
2 years
Join Tidelift and @AWSOpen for an insightful panel discussion exploring inclusive development practices in open source on Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. If you attend, you’ll get a free Pay the Maintainers t-shirt. (U.S. only, sadly.)
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6 years
Open source creators: Red Hat got $34 billion. You... did not. Want to know why? Tidelift co-founder @dff shares the secret recipe:
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6 years
Warmly welcoming @left_pad to our team of professional open source developers. He's providing support for @babeljs , and we're pumped!
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7 years
Hello from @tidelift ! We’re here to make open source software work better for developers and users. Today, @librariesio joins our team.
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We’re delighted to collaborate with @ewa_jodlowska , @davidism , and the entire @thePSF team to pay the maintainers of the Flask framework and libraries.
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6 years
The Tidelift Subscription now includes support for @vuetifyjs . Thrilled that @zeroskillz is helping us make open source work better for everyone.
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6 years
Let's get excited about software maintenance! Know what would be really cool? If we paid the people who kept it working well!
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7 years
Open source software takes time to make, and that time isn’t free. How do open source projects pay the bills today?
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6 years
We're super excited to be working with the maintainers of @vuejs , @babeljs , and @vuetifyjs to bring you professionally supported open source. 🎉
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@tidelift
Tidelift
3 years
Last year, over 1,500 people went on an expedition called @UpstreamOSS , where we explored what makes open source awesome. ⛰️ Join us again this year on June 7:
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Tidelift
5 years
The Tidelift Subscription now covers over 1,000 of the most popular open source packages, including @TheApacheStruts , @babeljs , @vuejs , @materialui , @gulpjs and many other community-led projects pivotal to commercial app development.
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5 years
We're honored to be partnering with @GirlsWhoCode on Explore Open Source, a curriculum to encourage open source participation. 🎉 #MakeSpaceForWomen
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Today we announced a new collaboration between Tidelift and @rubytogether . If you use Ruby and are attending #OSCON , stop by our booth (616!) and learn more about it!
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@tidelift
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6 years
Are you a @JavaScript , @Java , @pypi , @official_php , or @rails maintainer? You may be eligible for $10,000 to professionally maintain your package. 💰
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5 years
Paying the maintainers of open source isn’t just about the “how," it’s about the “why.” Our proposal? Pay for value that doesn’t come for free with the software.
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2 years
Attend our new webinar, Best practices for inclusive development, a panel discussion we are hosting in partnership with @AWSOpen ! Happening Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. Attend for a free t-shirt! (U.S. only). @joshsimmons @katzj @NithyaRuff @juliaferraioli
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5 years
Big news at Tidelift today! The subscription now covers more than 1000 projects + we announced powerful new elements of the Tidelift Subscription. Take a visual tour with co-founder @havocp :
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Tidelift
2 years
Join Tidelift host Kanish Sharma and guest speaker @JimBMercer , @IDC research vice president, as they discuss the importance of a sound open source software supply chain management strategy on Oct. 13. Register here:
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We are excited to welcome @BlaineBublitz to our awesome group of Tidelift maintainers. He's offering professional support for @gulpjs ! 🙌
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5 years
This Valentine's Day, don't forget some of the most important people in your life: open source maintainers. 💖
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5 years
@github Over 4,000 open source projects on @GitHub are now immediately eligible for income from @tidelift through GitHub Sponsors!
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5 years
We’re partnering with @GitHub and funding 4,000 open source projects. #GitHubSatellite #paythemaintainers
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6 years
Microsoft asked us to judge them on their recent open source efforts. So we did, by joining data from @librariesio and @github !
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Are you an #opensource #maintainer who maintains one or more projects? We’d love to hear from you! Complete our survey and we’ll send you one or more ✨snazzy✨ gifts:
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5 years
For the past 6 years, @blainebublitz has contributed to @gulpjs as a core maintainer. Now he's working at Tidelift, and we are so excited. 🎉 He shares his story:
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5 years
This morning as part of the @GitHub Sponsors launch, we announced that 4,000 packages already have income available via @Tidelift . If you are a maintainer, see if your package is on the list here: #GitHubSatellite #paythemaintainers
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6 years
Those who maintain widely-used open source software tend to get short shrift, typically working for little direct reward. Let's fix that.
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10 months
Tidelift pays Python maintainer @hynek for his night-and-weekend work on open source projects. As Hynek says in this blog post: "Corporations wanting enterprise-grade supply chain security can't expect it for free." Read more:
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6 years
Open source needs a better business model that works for creators and users alike. With an additional $25m to pay the maintainers, Tidelift is scaling fast (and we’re hiring).
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Tidelift
6 years
It’s time to pay the open source maintainers. Or, what Voltron can teach us about improving open source development 🤖 via @opensourceway
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Tidelift
6 years
Want to know how to sign up to maintain your project on Tidelift? Co-founder @havocp explains the details.
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Tidelift
7 years
Earning enough 💰 to work on open source is hard. Maintainers interested in a new way to fund open source development should read this:
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3 years
Do you use open source software to develop applications at work? If so, please fill out our survey, and we'll send you our 2021 edition Pay the Maintainers t-shirt—for free!
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6 years
Do you use @NuxtJS ? We're excited to announce the Tidelift Subscription includes support for the popular @JavaScript package.
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6 years
Thanks @Forbes for recognizing @Tidelift as one of the 2018 @Cloud100 Rising Stars!
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6 years
In 2001, Microsoft fought open source. In 2018 they embrace it 😍 But it's time to fix their original criticism: funding and accountability
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Tidelift
2 years
We've raised $33.5M to improve open source software supply chain resilience with help from @cisco_invests and AEI HorizonX, who join Dorilton Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, @Atlassian ventures, @generalcatalyst , and @foundryvc in this funding round.
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@tidelift
Tidelift
5 years
It’s working! Tidelift now partners with the maintainers of 1,000+ community-led open source projects to deliver managed open source, with 4,000+ eligible for income. 📢 See how we do it.
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6 years
Big news: the Tidelift Subscription includes support for @NuxtJS , directly from co-creator @Atinux . 🙌
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6 years
Microsoft asked us to judge their recent contributions to open source, and we did. WTF did we find?
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2 years
We’ve raised $27m in Series C funding to scale Tidelift with our maintainer partners and our friends at Dorilton Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, @Atlassian ventures, @generalcatalyst , and @foundrygroup . What does that mean for you?
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5 years
Tidelift is working with @NumFOCUS to support three huge Python projects that are vital to scientific and technical computing:
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6 years
Over $1M available to pay open source maintainers on Tidelift. 💰 Here are the details.
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5 years
Are you attending @GitLab Commit in San Francisco tomorrow? Make sure to check your coffee cup for a 'free pay the maintainers' t-shirt QR code!
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Tidelift
4 years
Start the new year off right and join the @Tidelift team! We're making open source work better—for everyone. Check out our openings:
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2 years
In the first in a series of posts about @urllib3 , a Python package that is downloaded billions of times a year, we dive into how maintainers keep the project secure (and why you should care)
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6 years
Real-world software development means taking open source dependencies seriously. We ❤️ @_rsc ’s comprehensive take on the matter and have some additional ideas on where to go from here.
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Tidelift
6 years
We are excited to be a sponsor of VueConf! Looking forward to seeing folks there!
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Vueconf.US
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Open Source platform warriors @tidelift are sponsoring VueConf! If you work with #opensource you need their zen. SIGN UP here & come meet @youyuxi @sarah_edo @chrisvfritz @blakenewman @jenlooper @rachelnabors @mirisuzanne & many more @vuejs heroes
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2 years
Last month at @UpstreamOSS , @joshsimmons led a panel discussion featuring @duaneobrien , @algillen , @baconandcoconut , @brooklynrob , and @alyssapwright , where they each answered the question: What do we, as OSS citizens, owe each other?
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6 years
In light of the recent Red Hat / IBM news, @dff looks back on 8 places where Red Hat mattered most.
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6 years
Everyone should care about the sustainability of open source software, and @TechCrunch explains why in an in-depth feature. How does @tidelift hope to contribute?
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6 years
Many packages in the #javascript , #java , #python , #php , #ruby and #rubyonrails ecosystems are pre-approved to earn $10,000 with Tidelift. See if your package qualifies:
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6 years
Didn't get a chance to go to @Frontend_Love or @vuejsamsterdam ? We have you covered; here's our own @johnbintz 's trip report! 📰
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Steve Ballmer was right about open source...
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5 years
Do you use the popular Python testing tool @pytestdotorg ? Well, you're in luck, because it's now part of the Tidelift Subscription! 🔥
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2 years
Tidelift CEO and co-founder @dff will share a new approach to improving open source supply chain resilience that brings together people and software. Register for the webinar here:
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When we talk about rewarding OSS maintainers for work, it is often framed only in terms of basic sustainability. Let's aim higher 👆!
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Awesome in-depth piece by @dannycrichton of @techcrunch highlighting some of the issues and solutions around open source sustainability.
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Tidelift raises $15m Series A to make open source work better—for everyone. @gcvp , @foundrygroup , and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik co-lead round.
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6 years
We are happy to be a part of making @vuejsamsterdam an even more inclusive event! Thanks for providing us with the opportunity! See you all this week!
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Vuejs Amsterdam
6 years
We'd like to thank our GLOBAL DIVERSITY SPONSOR @tidelift for offering 10 scholarships to #VuejsAmsterdam and #FrontendDeveloperLove !😍 Applications are now closed and all winners have been chosen. CHECK YOUR EMAILS 💕
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6 years
Open source projects like Linux and React attract millions of dollars in support. But what about the rest of the software we depend on?
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7 years
A pic of @luis_in_140 dropping knowledge @monkigras yesterday. Next up, @fosdem ! His analysis of open source licensing:
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Are you an open source maintainer? Join us tomorrow for a live Q&A where we answer questions about earning 💰 on the Tidelift platform.
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Tidelift
4 years
Today as part of @JFrog #SwampUp we are announcing an even better way to manage your open source components—right from your existing Artifactory workflow. 🐸 More details here:
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6 years
Our recent survey found that 92% of applications contain open source libraries. How well does your organization understand its dependencies? 🧐
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5 years
We made the @businessinsider list, and we are hiring! 🎉 From the article: "Tidelift's answer [to making money from free, open source software]: A marketplace where users of open source software can pay developers for their services in managing and maintaining the code."
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Business Insider
5 years
47 enterprise startups to bet your career on in 2020
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6 years
Exciting news: @leonardr is offering support for his Python project Beautiful Soup through the Tidelift Subscription. 🎉
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Tidelift
5 years
So happy that @PyCon is hosting the Maintainers Summit today. The Tidelift team is there, so if you're a maintainer attending, look for @kmszu to discuss maybe getting paid for the work you do. #paythemaintainers
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Tidelift
3 years
Last Friday, Tidelift co-founder @luis_in_brief and ecosystem strategy lead @joshsimmons hosted a casual chat about the upcoming @OpenSourceOrg elections. You can watch it here:
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Tidelift
5 years
We 💖 sponsoring @changelog ’s new Maintainer Spotlight. The latest episode features @feross (maintainer of @StandardJS , @WebTorrentApp , and more) discussing the key challenges maintainers face today.
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The Tidelift Subscription now includes support for @mongoosejs , which will be professionally maintained by @code_barbarian . 🎉
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