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# Software Patreons

**repo:** [uraimo/awesome-software-patreons](https://github.com/uraimo/awesome-software-patreons)  
**category:** [[miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]

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# Awesome Software Patreons [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A%20List%20of%20software%20and%20coders%20patreons&url=https://github.com/uraimo/Awesome-Software-Patreons&via=uraimo)

> A curated list of awesome programmers and software projects you can support!

Help individual programmers or open source projects funding the development of your favorite software sponsoring them via Github, subscribing to their Patreon accounts or using other forms of sponsorship. 

A tangible way to give back to the open source community!

### Contents

- [Open Source Projects](#open-source-projects)
  - [Libraries](#libraries) 
  - [Operating Systems](#operating-systems)
  - [Games](#games)
  - [Open Source Art](#open-source-art)
  - [Hardware related](#hardware-related)
- [People Doing Open Source Work](#people-doing-open-source-work)
- [Other Kinds of Content](#other-kinds-of-content)
  - [Articles and Tutorials](#articles-and-tutorials)
  - [Videos](#videos)
  - [Podcasts](#podcasts)

## Open Source Projects
_Projects released with an open source license._

- [Akira](https://www.patreon.com/akiraux), [#2](https://liberapay.com/AkiraUX/) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) application for UI and UX design.
- [Albert launcher](https://www.patreon.com/albertlauncher) - Keyboard launcher written in C++/Qt.
- [bcachefs](https://www.patreon.com/bcachefs) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) filesystem.
- [Blender](https://fund.blender.org/) - 3D creation suite
- [Bottles](https://usebottles.com/funding/) - Easily manage and run [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) [apps](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/apps) on [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux).
- [Calibre](https://www.patreon.com/kovidgoyal) - E-books manager.
- [Compiler Explorer](https://www.patreon.com/mattgodbolt) - Online decompiler and compiler explorer. 
- [Deluge](https://www.patreon.com/deluge_cas) - BitTorrent client. 
- [DokuWiki](https://www.patreon.com/dokuwiki) - Wiki application.
- [Duplicati](https://opencollective.com/duplicati) - Backup client.
- [F-Droid](https://opencollective.com/f-droid), [#2](https://liberapay.com/F-Droid-Data/), [#3](https://opencollective.com/f-droid-euro) - An installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the [Android](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/android) platform.
- [Firezone](https://github.com/orgs/firezone/sponsoring) - Self-hosted VPN server using WireGuard.
- [FreeCAD](https://freecadweb.org/wiki/Donate) - Parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size.
- [Freeter](https://freeter.io/sponsor/) - [Productivity](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/work/productivity) app for Developers, Designers and other professionals.
- [Godot Engine](https://www.patreon.com/godotengine) - Complete 3D engine. 
- [HaxeFlixel](https://www.patreon.com/haxeflixel) - [Cross-platform](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/cross-platform) 2D game engine.
- [Homebrew](https://www.patreon.com/homebrew) - Package manager for macOS.
- [iTerm2](https://www.patreon.com/gnachman) - macOS terminal replacement.
- [JabRef](https://liberapay.com/JabRef) - Software for bibliography management
- [JHipster](https://opencollective.com/generator-jhipster) - Open Source application platform for creating Spring Boot + [Angular](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/angular)/[React](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/react)/Vue projects in seconds.
- [Kismet](https://www.patreon.com/kismetwireless), [#2](https://github.com/users/kismetwireless/sponsorship/) - Kismet wireless tool.
- [Laigter](https://www.patreon.com/azagaya) - Automatic normal/specular/occlussion/parallax map generator for 2D game sprites.
- [LogSeq](https://opencollective.com/logseq) - Knowledge management
- [Memcode](https://www.patreon.com/memcode) - Platform for flashcards
- [MuseScore](https://www.patreon.com/musescore) - [Music](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/music) notation software.
- [NativeScript-Vue](https://www.patreon.com/rigor789) - Native mobile applications with NativeScript and Vue.
- [Neovim](https://opencollective.com/neovim) - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
- [NewPipe](https://liberapay.com/TeamNewPipe) - FLOSS video player on [Android](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/android) for services like YouTube, Soundcloud etc.
- [Olive](https://www.patreon.com/olivevideoeditor) - High quality video editing and compositing software.
- [Open Broadcaster Software](https://www.patreon.com/obsproject), [#2](https://opencollective.com/obsproject) - Video recording and live [streaming](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/big-data/streaming) software.
- [Open Chemistry](https://opencollective.com/open-chemistry) - Umbrella of multiple open source chemistry projects including Avogadro, cclib, DeepChem, MSDK, Open Babel, RDKit, and 3DMol.js.
- [Open Source BIM Collective](https://opencollective.com/opensourcebim) - Tools for building information modeling.
- [openage](https://liberapay.com/SFTtech/) - Real time strategy game engine.
- [OpenFAAS](https://github.com/users/alexellis/sponsorship) - Serverless platform.
- [OpenShot](https://www.patreon.com/openshot) - Video editor.
- [OptiKey](https://www.patreon.com/OptiKey), [#2](https://github.com/sponsors/JuliusSweetland) - Full computer control and speech with your eyes.
- [Paperwork](https://www.patreon.com/openpaper) - Personal document manager.
- [Perkeep](https://opencollective.com/perkeep) - Personal storage system.
- [PHPStan](https://github.com/phpstan) - PHP static analyzer.
- [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sponsors/sebastianbergmann) - PHPUnit and related projects.
- [Pixelorama](https://www.patreon.com/OramaInteractive) - A free & open-source 2D sprite editor, made with the [Godot](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/gaming/godot) Engine.
- [PlantUML](https://www.patreon.com/plantuml) - UML diagram creation software.
- [Project Lombok](https://www.patreon.com/lombok) - [Java](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/java) editor plugin.
- [Remmina](https://remmina.org/donations/) - Remote desktop client.
- [ShareX Team](https://www.patreon.com/ShareX) - Screen capture and screen sharing tool.
- [Sonic Pi](https://www.patreon.com/samaaron) - Code-based [music](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/music) creation and performance tool.
- [SysV init](https://www.patreon.com/sysvinit) - System V init implementation.
- [Termux](https://termux.dev/en/donate) - [Android](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/android) terminal emulator.
- [Thirty Bees](https://forum.thirtybees.com/support-thirty-bees/) - Ecommerce software. 
- [Tiled](https://www.patreon.com/bjorn), [#2](https://opencollective.com/tiled), [#3](https://liberapay.com/Tiled) - A 2D game level editor. 
- [Transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/donate/) - BitTorrent client.
- [V Programming Language](https://www.patreon.com/vlang) - Statically typed compiled programming language similar to Go, influenced by Oberon, [Rust](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/rust), [Swift](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/swift).
- [VideoLAN](http://www.videolan.org/contribute.html#paypal) - Maker of the VLC video player.
- [Vim-Go](https://www.patreon.com/bhcleek) - Go plugin for VIM.
- [Weblate](https://liberapay.com/Weblate) - Localization tool with tight version control [integration](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/integration).
- [Webpack](https://opencollective.com/webpack) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) module bundler.
- [Wiki.js](https://github.com/users/NGPixel/sponsorship), [#2](https://opencollective.com/wikijs), [#3](https://patreon.com/requarks) - Wiki platform built with [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js).
- [WireGuard](https://www.patreon.com/zx2c4), [#2](https://github.com/sponsors/zx2c4) - Next generation secure network tunnel.
- [Wireshark](https://wiresharkfoundation.org/donate/) - Helping as many people as possible understand their networks as much as possible.
- [Xfce](https://opencollective.com/xfce) [#2](https://opencollective.com/xfce-eu) - Desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems.
- [Zig](https://www.patreon.com/andrewrk) [#2](https://github.com/sponsors/ziglang) - System programming language which prioritizes robustness, optimality, and clarity.
- [Zrythm](https://liberapay.com/Zrythm) - A highly automated and intuitive digital audio workstation.
- [Kitbashery](https://github.com/sponsors/Kitbashery) - 3D kitbashing solution & CC0 model library.

### Messaging and social media

- [BookWyrm](https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm), [#2](https://opencollective.com/bookwyrm) - Social reading and reviewing, decentralized with ActivityPub.
- [Dekko Project](https://www.patreon.com/dekkoproject) - Ubuntu email client. 
- [Flarum](https://opencollective.com/flarum/) - Forum platform.
- [Funkwhale](https://opencollective.com/funkwhale) - A free, federated and social [music](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/music) server.
- [The Lounge](https://opencollective.com/thelounge) - Modern web IRC client.
- [Mastodon](https://www.patreon.com/mastodon), [#2](https://liberapay.com/Mastodon/) - Federated social network server.
- [Matrix](https://www.patreon.com/matrixdotorg), [#2](https://liberapay.com/matrixdotorg) - An open network for secure, decentralized communication. 
- [MissKey](https://www.patreon.com/syuilo) - Federated microblogging platform.
- [Nitter](https://www.patreon.com/nitter), [#2](https://liberapay.com/zedeus), [#3](https://github.com/sponsors/zedeus) - Free and open source Twitter client focused on privacy.
- [PixelFed](https://www.patreon.com/dansup), [#2](https://opencollective.com/pixelfed), [#3](https://liberapay.com/pixelfed), [#4](https://github.com/sponsors/dansup) - Federated image sharing powered by the ActivityPub protocol.
- [postActiv](https://www.patreon.com/postActiv) - Microblogging platform.
- [Reddit Enhancement Suite](https://www.patreon.com/honestbleeps) - Reddit browser extension.
- [Retrospring](https://patreon.com/retrospring), [#2](https://opencollective.com/retrospring), [#3](https://github.com/sponsors/Retrospring) - A social network following the Q/A (question and answer) principle.
- [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://opencollective.com/secure-scuttlebutt-consortium) - A distributed and secure peer-to-peer protocol and social network.

### Libraries 
_Libraries and frameworks._

- [ApexCharts](https://opencollective.com/apexchartsjs) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) charts library.
- [Asset-Importer-Lib](https://www.patreon.com/assimp) -  Loads 40+ 3D file formats into one unified and clean data structure for game-developers.
- [Babel](https://www.patreon.com/henryzhu) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) compiler.
- [Dear ImGui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/Sponsors) - Immediate Mode Graphical User interface for C++.
- [Hapi.js](https://opencollective.com/hapijs) - [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) framework.
- [HaxeUI](https://www.patreon.com/haxeui) - User interface toolkit.
- [Iced](https://github.com/sponsors/hecrj), [#2](https://ko-fi.com/hecrj_) - A [cross-platform](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/cross-platform) GUI library for [Rust](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/rust), inspired by Elm.
- [Laravel](https://www.patreon.com/taylorotwell) - PHP framework.
- [LibGDX](https://www.patreon.com/libgdx) - [Game development](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/gaming/game-development) framework.
- [MicroG](https://github.com/sponsors/mar-v-in), [#2](https://liberapay.com/microG/) - A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google's proprietary [Android](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/android) user space [apps](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/apps) and libraries.
- [Moleculer](https://www.patreon.com/moleculer) - Progressive [microservices](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/microservices) framework for [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js).
- [Musl libc](https://www.patreon.com/musl) - The Musl libc project.
- [OpenFL](https://www.patreon.com/openfl) - [Cross-platform](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/cross-platform) application framework. 
- [Phalcon](https://opencollective.com/phalcon) - Web framework delivered as a C extension for PHP.
- [stdlib](https://www.patreon.com/athan) - Standard library for [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) and [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) with an emphasis on [scientific computing](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/scientific-computing).
- [Tabulator](https://www.patreon.com/olifolkerd) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) library for building interactive tables.
- [Vapor](https://github.com/tanner0101), [#2](https://opencollective.com/vapor) - Server-side [Swift](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/swift) framework.
- [Vue.js](https://www.patreon.com/evanyou) - [Vue.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/vue-js). 
- [Yii framework](https://www.patreon.com/samdark) - PHP framework.
- [Zappa](https://www.patreon.com/zappa) - A server-[less](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/less) [Python](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/python) framework.

### Operating Systems
_Operating Systems and Linux distributions._

- [/e/](https://www.patreon.com/eelo) - Privacy-focused mobile OS.
- [Elementary OS](https://www.patreon.com/elementary) - Ubuntu variant.
- [FreeDOS](https://www.patreon.com/freedos) - MS-DOS compatible operating system.
- [GhostBSD](https://www.patreon.com/GhostBSD) - Desktop-focused BSD OS.
- [GrapheneOS](https://github.com/sponsors/thestinger) - A privacy and [security](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/security/security) focused mobile OS with [Android](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/android) app compatibility.
- [LineageOS](https://www.paypal.me/LineageOS), [#2](https://www.patreon.com/LineageOS) - Fork of CyanogenMod. 
- [Linux Lite](https://www.patreon.com/linuxlite) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) distribution.
- [Mobian](https://liberapay.com/mobian/) - Debian for mobile.
- [Parrot](https://www.patreon.com/parrot) - [Security](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/security/security)-related Debian distribution.
- [PostmarketOS](https://opencollective.com/postmarketos) - A real [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) distribution for phones.
- [Qubes OS](https://opencollective.com/qubes-os) - A reasonably secure operating system.
- [ReactOS](https://liberapay.com/ReactOS/) - A free [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows)-compatible Operating System
- [Redox OS](https://www.patreon.com/redox_os) - OS written in [Rust](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/rust).
- [Serenity OS](https://github.com/sponsors/awesomekling) [#2](https://www.patreon.com/serenityos) - A graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s aesthetics.
- [Slackware Linux](https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) distribution.
- [Solus](https://opencollective.com/getsolus) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) distibution.
- [Ubuntu Mate](https://www.patreon.com/ubuntu_mate) - Ubuntu variant. 
- [Ubuntu Studio](https://www.patreon.com/ubuntustudio), [#2](https://liberapay.com/ubuntustudio) - Ubuntu variant for creating audio, video, graphics etc.
- [Ubuntu Touch](https://www.patreon.com/ubports), [#2](https://liberapay.com/UBports) - Touch-friendly mobile version of Ubuntu.

### Games
_Games and game-related projects._

- [Battle for Wesnoth](https://liberapay.com/Wesnoth) - Turn-based strategy game.
- [Cemu](https://www.patreon.com/cemu) - Nintendo Wii U emulator.
- [Citra](https://www.patreon.com/citraemu) - Nintendo 3DS emulator.
- [Citybound](https://www.patreon.com/citybound) - City building game.
- [Cxbx-reloaded](https://www.patreon.com/LukeUsher) - Xbox emulator for [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [Eigengrau's Generator](https://www.patreon.com/EigengrausGenerator) - TTRPG/Dungeons and Dragons Town and NPC Generator.
- [Fheroes2](https://www.patreon.com/fheroes2) - Free Heroes of Might and Magic II engine.
- [Heroic Games Launcher](https://www.patreon.com/heroicgameslauncher), [#2](https://github.com/sponsors/Heroic-Games-Launcher), [#3](https://ko-fi.com/heroicgames) - Open source GOG and Epic Games launcher.
- [Improved Initiative](https://www.patreon.com/improvedinitiative) - D&D tabletop role-playing game combat tracker.
- [Libretro Team](https://www.patreon.com/libretro) - Libretro, RetroArch and Lakka. 
- [Lutris](https://www.patreon.com/lutris), [#2](https://liberapay.com/Lutris) - Game launcher & platform.
- [MelonDS](https://www.patreon.com/m/Arisotura) - Nintendo DS emulator.
- [Play!](https://www.patreon.com/jpd002) - PS2 emulator.
- [Rpcs3](https://www.patreon.com/Nekotekina) - PS3 emulator.
- [Ryujinx](https://www.patreon.com/ryujinx) - Nintendo Switch emulator.
- [Xemu](https://www.patreon.com/mborgerson) - Xbox emulator.
- [Xenia](https://www.patreon.com/xenia_project) - Xbox 360 emulator.
- [yuzu](https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam) - Nintendo Switch emulator.

### Open Source Art
_Developers creating art projects and contributing to art-related open source tools and libraries._

- [Alexandre Prokoudine](https://www.patreon.com/prokoudine), [#2](https://liberapay.com/prokoudine) - GIMP contributor, editor of Libre Graphics World online magazine.
- [Andrea Ferrero](https://www.patreon.com/andreaferrero) - Developer of PhotoFlow image editor, maintains various [Appimage](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/appimage) packages.
- [Duduf](https://www.patreon.com/duduf) - Tools for animations and motion pictures production. 
- [GIMP](https://liberapay.com/GIMP/) - GNU Image Manipulation Program.
- [Inochi2D](https://www.patreon.com/clipsey) -  Opensource editor and libraries for realtime 2D puppet animation and rendering, e.g. VTubers.
- [Marc Jeanmougin](https://www.patreon.com/marcjeanmougin) - Inkscape contributor.
- [Morevna Project](https://www.patreon.com/morevna) - Various contributions to open source animation tools and animated shorts sources released under CC.
- [MyPaint](https://opencollective.com/mypaint) - Painting and drawing program that works nicely with pressure-sensitive tablets, and its dynamic brush engine library.
- [Øyvind Kolås](https://www.patreon.com/pippin), [#2](https://liberapay.com/pippin/) - Lead developer of babl & GEGL libraries used in the graphics editor GIMP.
- [Pablo Dobarro](https://www.patreon.com/pablodp606) - Sculpting improvements for Blender.
- [Synfig](https://www.patreon.com/synfig), [#2](https://opencollective.com/synfig) - 2D animation software.
- [Tavmjong Bah](https://www.patreon.com/tavmjong) - Working on Inkscape vector graphics editor.
- [ZeMarmot](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot), [#2](https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot), [#3](https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/) - 2D animation film project to be released under CC. GIMP contributions from Jehan Pagès, art and direction by Aryeom Han.

### Hardware related
_Hardware-related projects and makers._

- [Damien Maguire](https://www.patreon.com/evbmw) - Electric vehicle projects.
- [DIGImend](https://www.patreon.com/spbnick) - Improving [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) support for (non-Wacom) graphics tablets.
- [Espruino](https://www.patreon.com/espruino) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) interpreter for microcontrollers.
- [Frank Buss](https://www.patreon.com/frankbuss) - FPGA and other hardware projects.
- [GitClear](https://github.com/sponsors/gitclear) - Improved [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) support for touchpads.
- [Geoffrey D. Bennett](https://liberapay.com/gdb) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) Focusrite Scarlett software.
- [Hector Martin "marcan"](https://www.patreon.com/marcan), [#2](https://github.com/sponsors/marcan) - Asahi, [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) support for Apple Silicon Macs.
- [LibrePCB](https://www.patreon.com/librepcb) - Software to develop printed circuit boards. 
- [Martin Povišer](https://github.com/sponsors/povik) - Reverse-engineering and writing [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) drivers for audio hardware on Apple Silicon Macs.
- [Nefarius Software Solutions](https://www.patreon.com/nefarius) - [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) drivers for the Sony DualShock controller and others.
- [OctoPrint](https://www.patreon.com/foosel) - Web interface for 3D printers.
- [OpenRGB](https://www.patreon.com/CalcProgrammer1) - RGB lighting control application.
- [Pinout.xyz](https://www.patreon.com/gadgetoid) - Pinout diagrams for various microcontrollers.
- [Professor Abrasive](https://www.patreon.com/prof_abrasive) - Retro gaming. 

## People Doing Open Source Work
_Developers contributing to multiple projects that ask to support their work._

- [Adam King](https://github.com/sponsors/notadamking) - RLTrader, Tensortrade and other trading related projects.
- [Andreas Heinisch](https://www.patreon.com/user?u=51471923) - LibreOffice developer.
- [Andreas Kainz](https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10071325) - LibreOffice designer.
- [Andreas Pardeike](https://www.patreon.com/pardeike) - Programming [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials), games and mods.
- [Andrius Štikonas](https://liberapay.com/stikonas) - KDE contributor, mainly KDE Partition Manager.
- [Attogram Project](https://github.com/sponsors/attogram) - Shared Media Tagger, Open Translation Engine, and many more projects.
- [Bailey Burnsed](https://www.patreon.com/BaileyBurnsed) - FOSS Nerd developing [open source games](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/gaming/open-source-games) in [Godot](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/gaming/godot) and [Rust](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/rust)
- [Daniel Gultsch](https://github.com/users/iNPUTmice/sponsorship) - Conversations Jabber client.
- [Daniël Klabbers](https://www.patreon.com/luceos) - Contributor to Flarum and other PHP projects.
- [Dave Täht](https://www.patreon.com/dtaht) - Working on improving the Internet.
- [David Hewitt](https://github.com/users/davidmhewitt/sponsorship) - ElementaryOS contributor, Torrential, Clipped.
- [Dimitri Fontaine](https://github.com/sponsors/dimitri) - Various contributions to the [PostgreSQL](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/databases/postgresql) ecosystem (pgloader, pg_auto_failover), [Emacs](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/editors/emacs) libraries (el-get), author.
- [Dominik Honnef](https://www.patreon.com/dominikh), [#2](https://github.com/users/dominikh/sponsorship) - Working on tooling for the Go programming language.
- [Dragan Djuric](https://www.patreon.com/draganrocks) - Creator of Uncomplicate, a family of [Clojure](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/clojure) libraries for AI, ML, and GPU high performance computing.
- [Drew DeVault](https://www.patreon.com/sircmpwn), [#2](https://drewdevault.com/donate/), [#3](https://liberapay.com/SirCmpwn) - sway, wlroots, sr.ht, scdoc, aerc, and more.
- [Eevee](https://www.patreon.com/eevee) - Games, applications and articles.
- [Egoist](https://www.patreon.com/egoist/overview) - Various [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) libraries and tools.
- [Erik Moqvist](https://github.com/sponsors/eerimoq) - Moblin, iOS app for IRL [streaming](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/big-data/streaming) and many other libraries.
- [Eric S. Raymond](https://www.patreon.com/esr) - Nethack, GPSd, author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar".
- [Ethan Lee](https://github.com/users/flibitijibibo/sponsorship) - Contributions to FNA, SDL2 C# and other projects.
- [Fabio Zadrozny](https://www.patreon.com/fabioz) - Working on PyDev and related projects.
- [Felipe Lima](https://github.com/sponsors/felipecsl) - Various projects and libraries like OkReplay, AirMapView, AsymmetricGridView, GifImageView, Wombat.
- [Feross Aboukhadijeh](https://github.com/sponsors/feross) - WebTorrent, StandardJS, and other [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) projects.
- [Flammie](https://www.patreon.com/flammie), [#2](https://liberapay.com/Flammie) - Apertium, linguistic tools for minority languages.
- [Franck Nijhof](https://www.patreon.com/frenck) - Creates [Home Assistant](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/home-assistant) add-ons and helps out on the main project.
- [Gabriel Gonzalez](https://github.com/users/Gabriel439/sponsorship) - Dhall language, Nix and [Haskell](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/haskell) educational projects and [Haskell](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/haskell) libraries and tool. 
- [Gilbert Pellegrom](https://github.com/users/gilbitron/sponsorship) - Raneto, [Vue.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/vue-js) libraries and more.
- [Jacky Alcine](https://www.patreon.com/jackyalcine) - Projects in the IndieWeb sphere, Koype and contributions to other open source projects.
- [James 'Purpleidea'](https://github.com/users/purpleidea/sponsorship) - mgmt config, articles and more.
- [JeanHeyd Meneide](https://www.patreon.com/thephd) - Creates C++ libraries and [standards](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/standards) proposals.
- [Joey Hess](https://www.patreon.com/joeyh) - git-annex, keysafe, other [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) software.
- [Johann-S](https://github.com/sponsors/Johann-S) - Bootstrap [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) developer and various plugins and projects.
- [Jorge Bucaran](https://github.com/sponsors/jorgebucaran) - Hyperapp and many other [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) projects.
- [Jonathan Müller](https://www.patreon.com/foonathan) - Various C++ libraries, tools, articles.
- [Kevin Cozens](https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens) - Contributor to projects such as GIMP, OpenSimulator, KiCad and TinyScheme.
- [Kévin Dunglas](https://github.com/sponsors/dunglas) - API Platform, Vulcain, Mercure and [Symfony](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/back-end-development/symfony) contributions.
- [Khoa Pham](https://github.com/users/onmyway133/sponsorship) - A multitude of libraries, applications and articles about iOS/Cocoa,
- [Kozec](https://www.patreon.com/kozec) - Syncthing-GTK and SC-Controller.
- [Kurt Kremitzki](https://www.patreon.com/kkremitzki), [#2](https://liberapay.com/kkremitzki) - FreeCAD contributor and Debian packager.
- [Lars Moelleken](https://github.com/sponsors/voku) - Various PHP libraries and OSS contributions.
- [Luke Dashjr](https://github.com/sponsors/luke-jr) - Author of bfgminer and other substantial contributions to [Bitcoin](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/decentralized-systems/bitcoin).
- [Matt Lewis](https://github.com/users/mattlewis92/sponsorship) - [Angular](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/angular)-calendar and other angular components.
- [Matthieu Napoli](https://github.com/users/mnapoli/sponsorship) - Bref, PHP-DI and other PHP libraries.
- [Max Bridgland](https://github.com/users/M4cs/sponsorship) - Various pentesting [frameworks](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/frameworks) and tools.
- [Max Howell](https://www.patreon.com/mxcl) - Creator of Homebrew, maintainer of PromiseKit and a multitude of other project for Apple platforms.
- [Michal Čihař](https://liberapay.com/nijel/) - Contributor to Weblate and phpMyAdmin.
- [Nate Graham](https://liberapay.com/ngraham) - KDE contributor.
- [Nick Sweeting](https://github.com/sponsors/pirate) - ArchiveBox and OSS contributions but also articles and documentation.
- [Nicolas Hafner](https://github.com/users/Shinmera/sponsorship) - Various [Common Lisp](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/common-lisp) libraries.
- [Nils Maier](https://www.patreon.com/nmaier) - Download Them All! Firefox and Chrome extension.
- [Oleh Krehel](https://github.com/users/abo-abo/sponsorship) - GNU [Emacs](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/editors/emacs) plugins, maintainer of Ivy/Swiper/Counsel, Hydra, Avy, Lispy, and more.
- [Ondřej Surý](https://www.patreon.com/oerdnj) - Debian packager.
- [Patrick Wardle](https://www.patreon.com/objective_see) - Owner of Objective-See, various macOS [security](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/security/security) tools and articles.
- [Pedro Piñera](https://github.com/users/pepibumur/sponsorship) - Tuist and XcodeProj libraries, articles.
- [Pedro Carrasco](https://github.com/sponsors/pedrommcarrasco) - Various iOS libraries and projects.
- [Povilas Kanapickas](https://www.patreon.com/p12tic) - X server, Buildbot CI, Barrier and many others.
- [Raph Levien](https://github.com/sponsors/raphlinus) - druid and other [Rust](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/rust) projects.
- [Reini Urban](https://www.patreon.com/rurban) - Maintaining and developing software such as cperl, parrot, a lot of perl5 modules, safeclib and libredwg.
- [René Rebe](https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9504919) - T2 System Development Environment.
- [Rekka Bellum & Devine Lu Linvega](https://www.patreon.com/100) - Open source tools and games.
- [Rob Landley](https://www.patreon.com/landley) - Working on Toybox, mkroot and various other projects.
- [Ryan C. Gordon](https://www.patreon.com/icculus), [#2](https://liberapay.com/icculus/) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) ports of games, game-related utilities.
- [Sanjay Madan](https://paypal.me/mowgliiapps), [#2](https://cash.me/$Mowglii) - Mowglii [apps](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/apps), author of Itsycal and Snk.
- [Scarlett Moore](https://www.patreon.com/sgclark) - KDE contributor.
- [Scott Lahteine](https://www.patreon.com/thinkyhead) - Contributor to Marlin Firmware for 3D printers.
- [Sindre Sorhus](https://www.patreon.com/sindresorhus) - Countless open source projects.
- [skypjack](https://github.com/sponsors/skypjack) - C++ libraries such as uvw and EnTT.
- [Stéphane Peter](https://github.com/sponsors/megastep) - AudioKit contributor, Makeself and other libraries and projects.
- [Steve Purcell](https://www.patreon.com/sanityinc) - MELPA lisp package archive and other software tooling.
- [Steven Troughton-Smith](https://www.patreon.com/steventroughtonsmith) - Various iOS/macOS software. 
- [Thomas M. Edwards](https://www.patreon.com/thomasmedwards) - Gaming related projects. 
- [Tim Oliver](https://github.com/sponsors/TimOliver) - Multitude of iOS libraries and various contribution to the iOS ecosystem.
- [Timothée Giet](https://www.patreon.com/animtim) - GCompris contributor.
- [Tobias Koppers](https://github.com/users/sokra/sponsorship) - Founder and maintainer of Webpack.
- [Yorik van Havre](https://www.patreon.com/yorikvanhavre), [#2](https://liberapay.com/yorik) - FreeCAD contributor.

## Other kinds of content
_Articles, videos, podcasts, etc…_

### Articles and Tutorials

- [Alecaddd](https://www.patreon.com/alecaddd) - Various programming [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials).
- [Boiling Steam](https://www.patreon.com/boiling_steam_linux), [#2](https://liberapay.com/boilingsteam/) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) gaming news, reviews, guides.
- [Chris Bradfield](https://www.patreon.com/kidscancode) - Programming [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials) for kids. 
- [DistroWatch](https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch) - Reviews and [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials) for [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux)/BSD.
- [Fluent C++](https://www.patreon.com/fluentcpp) - C++ articles.
- [GamingOnLinux](https://www.patreon.com/liamdawe) - articles and videos about [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux), [Steam](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/learn/steam) Deck, SteamOS gaming.
- [Kyle Simpson](https://www.patreon.com/getify) - Author of the "You Don't Know JS" book series. Doing articles, [podcasts](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/entertainment/podcasts) and OSS contributions.
- [Meeting C++](https://www.patreon.com/meetingcpp) - C++ articles.
- [Modernes C++](https://www.patreon.com/rainer_grimm) - C++ articles.

### Videos

- [Corey Schafer](https://www.patreon.com/coreyms) - [Python](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/python) [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials).
- [Fun Fun Function](https://patreon.com/funfunfunction) - [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) and general programming videos.
- [Joel Yliluoma](https://www.patreon.com/Bisqwit), [#2](https://liberapay.com/Bisqwit), [#3](https://steadyhq.com/en/bisqwit) - Programming videos.
- [LiveOverflow](https://www.patreon.com/liveoverflow) - IT [security](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/security/security) videos.
- [The Coding Train](https://www.patreon.com/codingtrain) - Programming [tutorials](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/computer-science/tutorials).
- [ThreatWire](https://www.patreon.com/ThreatWire) - Hak5 [security](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/security/security) show.

### Podcasts

- [Destination Linux](https://www.patreon.com/destinationlinux) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) discussion and news related podcast.
- [Late Night Linux](https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) and news.
- [More Than Just Code](https://www.patreon.com/mtjc) - Podcast for iOS developers.
- [The Debug Log](https://www.patreon.com/thedebuglog) - [Game development](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/gaming/game-development). 
- [This Week in Linux](https://www.patreon.com/tuxdigital) - [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) News Podcast, 2-3 times more topics per episode than other [podcasts](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/entertainment/podcasts).

## Contributing

Please take a quick look at the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/uraimo/awesome-software-patreons/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first. Thanks to all [contributors](https://github.com/uraimo/awesome-software-patreons/graphs/contributors); you rock!

## License

This list adopts a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).