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  "description": "Being a full-time open source maintainer is a rare privilege. In the interests of transparency, let me explain a little more about how I am funded.",
  "path": "/blog/funding",
  "publishedAt": "2025-07-13T09:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:jbeaa5kdaladzwq3r7f5xgwe/site.standard.publication/3gtfwwbnks225",
  "tags": [
    "open source",
    "funding"
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  "textContent": "> ⚠️ Update: this article was originally written in January 2024 [https://github.com/danielroe/roe.dev/pull/1359] but has been updated.\n\nBeing a full-time open source maintainer is a rare privilege. In the interests of transparency, let me explain a little more about how I am funded.\n\n\nMY STORY\n\nI had been increasingly involved in open source - and particularly in contributing to the Nuxt [https://nuxt.com/] ecosystem - whilst running first a creative agency and then a SaaS startup.\n\nBut when I decided (with my co-founder) to shut down the startup, Sébastien Chopin [https://atinux.com/] asked if he could sponsor me to work on Nuxt. I was already committed to the core team - so it didn't take me long to accept.\n\nThat enabled me to work on Nuxt full-time, and I was able to do so for several years, before NuxtLabs was acquired by Vercel [https://vercel.com/blog/nuxtlabs-joins-vercel] in July 2025.\n\nI also accepted a position at Vercel [https://vercel.com/], where I have the privilege of working full-time as the Nuxt project lead.\n\nI prize my independence highly and deeply appreciate the trust of Sébastien and the team at Vercel.\n\n\nSPONSORSHIP\n\nWhile I don't receive any direct funding from Nuxt via GitHub Sponsors, I do have a number of individual and corporate sponsors [https://github.com/sponsors/danielroe] that I value very highly.\n\nI see open source as about 'mutual giving' [https://roe.dev/blog/contributing-to-nuxt#what-open-source-is-to-me] and I appreciate these givers.\n\nTheir kindness is deeply appreciated. I am looking for opportunities to thank my sponsors for their generosity, and would welcome ideas 🙏\n\n\nWORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES\n\nI am sometimes asked to give paid-for workshops at conferences, and I have in past received a share of the revenue of these workshops.\n\nIn addition, conferences cover the costs of my flights and hotel and (sometimes) a speaker's fee.\n\nIf cost is ever a factor, please ask. I do not charge for community events, nor do I speak at conferences for financial reasons.\n\n\nSTREAMING\n\nI receive some revenue from streaming on Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/danielroe]. I do not enable ads or otherwise seek to monetise the streams.",
  "title": "How I'm funded",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-18T10:17:52.927Z"
}