Supporting projects
the world depends on.
Supported Source helps maintainers sell commercial licenses to the companies that depend on their projects.
- ✓ Set your price
- ✓ Sell licenses to companies
- ✓ Support your project
Great projects deserve better. Go Supported Source today.
What you get
Supporting your success.
You deserve to make money selling your project to companies. Supported Source gives you the legal, billing, and procurement help to make you successful.
- License management. Sell and manage commercial licenses frictionlessly through the website.
- Enterprise-ready. Procurement is complex. We'll handle licensing procurement, invoices, and wire transfers. It's how enterprises buy.
- Project showcase. A public page that signals your project is supported and sustainable.
- You stay in control. Your code, your repo, your community. We're supporting you in the endeavor.
Q&A
You might be asking...
Is my project still open source?
No, it's Supported Source. Commercial users buy a license, while hobbyists still use it freely. Your source code is still available on GitHub or GitLab. Open in spirit, sustainable in practice.
Do I have to change my repo?
No, you bump the version number and update your LICENSE file so it sends users to Supported Source for commercial licensing. Your code, branding, and community stay where they are.
What does Supported Source charge?
No setup fees, no monthly minimum. It's just a small percentage of license revenue, each time someone buys.
Who decides who pays?
You do, we help. It's actually tricky to get right but typically will be: small companies license at some fixed amount, large companies go through a sales and procurement process.
What are the ways people can use my project?
One standard license, three lanes:
- Commercial is paid, for companies and government agencies, with an optional nonprofit discount.
- Hobbyist is free, for individuals on non-commercial projects.
- Evaluation is a free trial, so developers can try before they buy.
What happens if other people want to contribute?
Your project gets a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) through Supported Source. New committers are asked to sign the CLA before merging. Most contributions come from people submitting changes their company needs, so there's no expectation they should be paid for small commits. We can work with projects with multiple core contributors too.
Your project deserves better.
Start the conversation with Supported Source today.