Funding and Transparency
DevGlobe is independently maintained and free to use. GitHub Sponsors helps pay for the public infrastructure and maintenance required to keep the project available and trustworthy.
What funding supports
- Azure application hosting, storage, and observability
- Public developer-data refreshes and GitHub API-backed processing
- Security updates, testing, and dependency maintenance
- Documentation, community support, and open-source development
Sponsorship tiers
| Tier | Monthly amount | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Supporter | $5 | Sponsor badge and monthly project update |
| Builder | $15 | Supporter benefits and optional name recognition |
| Community Partner | $50 | Builder benefits and an optional linked logo |
| Ecosystem Sponsor | $250 | Community Partner benefits and a quarterly roadmap discussion |
Recognition is optional and published only with the sponsor's approval. Roadmap discussions provide context and feedback opportunities; they do not purchase product decisions or priority.
Independence and privacy
Sponsorship never influences:
- Developer rankings, scores, or search placement
- Profile moderation or verification decisions
- Introduction acceptance or opportunity matching
- Access to private developer information, analytics, or credentials
Sponsors receive no preferential access to developers. DevGlobe's public-evidence methodology and consent boundaries apply equally to everyone.
Monthly costs
Actual recurring costs will be published here from provider invoices after the first reporting period. Account identifiers, secrets, credits, and security-sensitive billing details will not be disclosed.
| Category | Current monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Azure hosting and storage | Pending first report |
| Monitoring and analytics | Pending first report |
| Data processing and refreshes | Pending first report |
| Other project services | Pending first report |
Monthly reports will show sponsorship income separately from project expenditure and note material donated credits or grants.
Current milestones
- Increase meaningful developer-profile claims
- Grow repeat MCP and agent usage
- Improve contribution-mission matching and completion
- Expand consent-based collaboration outcomes
- Keep public discovery reliable, privacy-preserving, and documented
Milestone updates and material funding-policy changes are recorded in this page's Git history.