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Case study: The business impact of paying open source maintainers to scale real-world application security

What if your team could save $1 million while improving the security and resilience of an application that your company depends on to deliver ...

by Lauren Hanford
on October 29, 2024

The open source maintainer community is getting grayer

By Chris Grams on October 24, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

AI-based coding tools are thriving, and maintainers have some valid concerns about the impact on their work

By Chris Grams on October 17, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

In the wake of the xz utils hack, two-thirds of maintainers are less trusting of contributors

By Chris Grams on October 15, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Almost half of maintainers feel underappreciated and like the work is thankless

By Chris Grams on October 10, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Paid maintainers do more maintenance and documentation work than unpaid maintainers

By Chris Grams on October 8, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Paid maintainers are significantly more likely to implement critical security practices than unpaid maintainers

By Chris Grams on October 3, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Maintainers are much more likely to align with the OpenSSF Scorecard when they are paid for their work

By Chris Grams on October 1, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Maintainers are spending 3× more time on security than they did a few years ago

By Chris Grams on September 26, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Who’s paying the maintainers? Donation programs, employers, and Tidelift

By Chris Grams on September 24, 2024

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...