This week we released a new @tidelift company video that in 3 minutes articulates the problem Tidelift solves, how we solve it, and what makes us unique.
Watch it the new video on our YouTube channel 📺 : piped.video/IIRHRIDZ5xc
We've raised $15m from @gcvp, @foundrygroup, and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. @dff explains how we are using it to help open source creators and users. bit.ly/2IFNl4k
Today we introduce the Tidelift Subscription. What does that mean?
• Professional peace of mind
• One source for open source
• Built for the way you work
bit.ly/2EZ1E2f
Do you use the PHP framework @Symfony? If you're using PHP at all, the answer is probably yes. It's now part of the Tidelift Subscription! bit.ly/2Zn3ens
Join Tidelift and @AWSOpen for an insightful panel discussion exploring inclusive development practices in open source on Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. If you attend, you’ll get a free Pay the Maintainers t-shirt. (U.S. only, sadly.) bit.ly/3dvOSe6
The Tidelift Subscription now includes support for @vuetifyjs. Thrilled that @zeroskillz is helping us make open source work better for everyone. bit.ly/2t5DhHq
We're super excited to be working with the maintainers of @vuejs, @babeljs, and @vuetifyjs to bring you professionally supported open source. 🎉bit.ly/2Lif0tz
Last year, over 1,500 people went on an expedition called @UpstreamOSS, where we explored what makes open source awesome. ⛰️ Join us again this year on June 7: bit.ly/36k16ma
The Tidelift Subscription now covers over 1,000 of the most popular open source packages, including @TheApacheStruts, @babeljs, @vuejs, @materialui, @gulpjs and many other community-led projects pivotal to commercial app development. bit.ly/2J3q2AH
Today we announced a new collaboration between Tidelift and @rubytogether. If you use Ruby and are attending #OSCON, stop by our booth (616!) and learn more about it! bit.ly/2SimOfh
Paying the maintainers of open source isn’t just about the “how," it’s about the “why.” Our proposal? Pay for value that doesn’t come for free with the software. bit.ly/2TzpOre
"I hope that [Tidelift] is a business model that companies find efficient and needed, but also as a way to give back to open source." - @zeroskillzbit.ly/2CK4vv9
Your engineering team is likely depending on an open source library that's been vulnerable for 3 months. How did this happen, and how can you prevent it in the future? bit.ly/2PXof4W
Big news at Tidelift today! The subscription now covers more than 1000 projects + we announced powerful new elements of the Tidelift Subscription. Take a visual tour with co-founder @havocp: bit.ly/2GRZwZk
We are excited to welcome @BlaineBublitz to our awesome group of Tidelift maintainers. He's offering professional support for @gulpjs! 🙌 bit.ly/2N0Dq6Q
Join Tidelift host Kanish Sharma and guest speaker @JimBMercer, @IDC research vice president, as they discuss the importance of a sound open source software supply chain management strategy on Oct. 13. Register here: bit.ly/3xBcTaA
Those who maintain widely-used open source software tend to get short shrift, typically working for little direct reward. Let's fix that. bit.ly/2tpQ4Yw
Are you an #opensource#maintainer who maintains one or more projects? We’d love to hear from you! Complete our survey and we’ll send you one or more ✨snazzy✨ gifts:
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Tidelift pays Python maintainer @hynek for his night-and-weekend work on open source projects.
As Hynek says in this blog post: "Corporations wanting enterprise-grade supply chain security can't expect it for free."
Read more: bit.ly/3s3v8G0
For the past 6 years, @blainebublitz has contributed to @gulpjs as a core maintainer. Now he's working at Tidelift, and we are so excited. 🎉 He shares his story: bit.ly/2Mx3iMV
In 2001, Microsoft fought open source. In 2018 they embrace it 😍 But it's time to fix their original criticism: funding and accountability bit.ly/2peuWPE
Open source needs a better business model that works for creators and users alike. With an additional $25m to pay the maintainers, Tidelift is scaling fast (and we’re hiring). bit.ly/2Av9yfD
Do you use open source software to develop applications at work? If so, please fill out our survey, and we'll send you our 2021 edition Pay the Maintainers t-shirt—for free! bit.ly/3FJYU3Q
It’s working! Tidelift now partners with the maintainers of 1,000+ community-led open source projects to deliver managed open source, with 4,000+ eligible for income. 📢 See how we do it. bit.ly/2J4q5Mz
We've raised $33.5M to improve open source software supply chain resilience with help from @cisco_invests and AEI HorizonX, who join Dorilton Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, @Atlassian ventures, @generalcatalyst, and @foundryvc in this funding round. bit.ly/3U65KII
Folks, we can do better than this. 😣 Root causing the event-stream hack, and what might stop this from happening again. (Hint: it's not that complicated 👍) bit.ly/2ArXFpH
In the first in a series of posts about @urllib3, a Python package that is downloaded billions of times a year, we dive into how maintainers keep the project secure (and why you should care) bit.ly/3SCSn0D
Are you attending @GitLab Commit in San Francisco tomorrow? Make sure to check your coffee cup for a 'free pay the maintainers' t-shirt QR code! bit.ly/380P8cx
Real-world software development means taking open source dependencies seriously. We ❤️ @_rsc’s comprehensive take on the matter and have some additional ideas on where to go from here. bit.ly/2G07GyW
Tidelift CEO and co-founder @dff will share a new approach to improving open source supply chain resilience that brings together people and software. Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/3wGt2uR
We'd like to thank our GLOBAL DIVERSITY SPONSOR @tidelift for offering 10 scholarships to #VuejsAmsterdam and #FrontendDeveloperLove!😍
Applications are now closed and all winners have been chosen. CHECK YOUR EMAILS 💕
Everyone should care about the sustainability of open source software, and @TechCrunch explains why in an in-depth feature. How does @tidelift hope to contribute? bit.ly/2tBHanB
Tidelift raises $15m Series A to make open source work better—for everyone. @gcvp, @foundrygroup, and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik co-lead round. prn.to/2J1V6B9
So happy that @PyCon is hosting the Maintainers Summit today. The Tidelift team is there, so if you're a maintainer attending, look for @kmszu to discuss maybe getting paid for the work you do. #paythemaintainers
We made the @businessinsider list, and we are hiring! 🎉 From the article: "Tidelift's answer [to making money from free, open source software]: A marketplace where users of open source software can pay developers for their services in managing and maintaining the code."
Our recent survey found that 92% of applications contain open source libraries. How well does your organization understand its dependencies? 🧐 bit.ly/2Kd3rhT
SBOMs are the talk of the town—but are they really the silver bullet? Join
@dff on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. ET when he hosts @csoandy in a fireside chat. RSVP:
bit.ly/3fswp3a