FLOSS/fund
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Zerodha's fund for Free and Open Source projects, $1 million a year. Individuals, projects, communities and organisations apply by publishing a funding.json manifest and submitting its URL to the public directory. Focus is on existing, widely used and impactful projects; very new projects or projects with minimal usage are not considered for now.
Who can apply
- a live product
- real users
What the form asks
- funding.json manifest URL: the URL of your funding.json
Rules
- Applications stay open all year; the committee evaluates applications at the end of every quarter and sends decisions by email. A fresh $1 million was planned for 2026.
- Individuals, projects, groups, communities or organisations can apply, for one project or for an entity representing many.
- Focus is on existing, widely used and impactful projects and their sustainability. Very new projects or projects with minimal usage are not considered for the time being.
- Request up to $100,000 in one year, as a minimum of $10,000 and multiples of $25,000 thereafter.
- Apply by publishing a funding.json manifest (see fundingjson.org) and submitting its URL to the directory. The application is publicly visible on the directory.
- Projects are evaluated on value, impact, criticality and innovation by Zerodha's internal investment committee. Decisions come by email.
- The applicant or legal entity needs a bank account and the tax documents its jurisdiction requires. Paperwork after acceptance can take up to 4 weeks.
- Funded projects are asked to publicly acknowledge the fund with a link to its website.
Past rounds
- First tranche, May 2025: $325k to 9 projects: 9 winners