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New article from The New Stack highlights why we need to pay the maintainers

Pay the maintainers! That’s our rallying cry at Tidelift, so we were delighted to read a new article from The New Stack by Heather Joslyn succinctly ...

by Amy Hays
on September 21, 2023

Upstream recap: Lessons from offering paid support for OSS projects

By Caitlin Bixby on July 20, 2023

On June 7th, for the third year in a row, we hosted Upstream, a virtual, one-day celebration of open source, the developers who use it, and the ...

Upstream recap: Maintainer state of the union panel

By Caitlin Bixby on July 18, 2023

On June 7th, for the third year in a row, we hosted Upstream, a virtual, one-day celebration of open source, the developers who use it, and the ...

New data showing the impact of paying maintainers to improve open source security

By Lauren Hanford on June 15, 2023

Today, I’m excited to release our 2023 open source maintainer impact report—our first annual overview of the strategy and results from securing the ...

The experience of being a maintainer—in their words

By Chris Grams on June 1, 2023

In late 2022, Tidelift fielded its second survey of open source maintainers. Hundreds of maintainers responded with thoughts about getting paid for ...

Maintainers need help building a sustainable community around their projects

By Chris Grams on June 1, 2023

In late 2022, Tidelift fielded its second survey of open source maintainers. Hundreds of maintainers responded with thoughts about getting paid for ...

Webinar recap: top findings from the 2023 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer report

By Caitlin Bixby on May 30, 2023

Last week, we hosted a webinar sharing key highlights from the recently unveiled 2023 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer report, which ...

Maintainers to industry: We need help(and here’s what we need)

By Chris Grams on May 30, 2023

In late 2022, Tidelift fielded its second survey of open source maintainers. Hundreds of maintainers responded with thoughts about getting paid for ...

Maintainer burnout is real. Almost 60% of maintainers have quit or considered quitting maintaining one of their projects

By Chris Grams on May 25, 2023

In late 2022, Tidelift fielded its second survey of open source maintainers. Hundreds of maintainers responded with thoughts about getting paid for ...

Open source maintenance can be stressful, lonely, and financially unrewarding

By Chris Grams on May 23, 2023

In late 2022, Tidelift fielded its second survey of open source maintainers. Hundreds of maintainers responded with thoughts about getting paid for ...