GitHub Sponsors
github.comSummary
Ask questionsGitHub Sponsors is a program within the GitHub platform that enables the community to financially support open-source developers and projects. It provides tools for maintainers to receive sponsorships and for individuals and organizations to fund their open-source dependencies, fostering a more sustainable open-source ecosystem.
Features2/19
See allMust Have
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Payment Processing
Developer API Integration
Billing & Subscription Management
Fraud Detection
Dashboard & Reporting
Other
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Stripe Connect
Stripe Issuing
Stripe Terminal
Stripe Treasury
Stripe Atlas
Stripe Capital
Stripe Sigma
Stripe Tax
Stripe Invoicing
Multi-Currency Support
Global Payment Methods
Webhook Event System
Customer Portal
Identity Verification
PricingTiered
See allFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 500MB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Issues & Projects
- Community support
- Limited CI/CD minutes
- Limited Packages storage
Team
- Everything included in Free, plus...
- Access to GitHub Codespaces
- Protected branches
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- Code owners
- Required reviewers
- Pages and Wikis
- Environment deployment branches and secrets
- 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 2GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Web-based support
Enterprise
- Everything included in Team, plus...
- Data residency
- Enterprise Managed Users
- User provisioning through SCIM
- Enterprise Account to centrally manage multiple organizations
- Environment protection rules
- Repository rules
- Audit Log API
- SOC1, SOC2, type 2 reports annually
- FedRAMP Tailored Authority to Operate (ATO)
- SAML single sign-on
- Advanced auditing
- GitHub Connect
- 50,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 50GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
Rationale
GitHub Sponsors allows users to financially support open-source projects and developers directly on GitHub. This involves processing payments from sponsors to maintainers. The platform also leverages GitHub's existing developer-centric infrastructure, implying API integration for its functionality. However, it does not appear to offer the full suite of payment infrastructure services like subscription management, fraud detection, or comprehensive financial reporting that Stripe provides. It's a specialized payment solution within the GitHub ecosystem, not a general-purpose payment platform.
