HeroDevs Open Source Sustainability Fund

Who can apply

• real users
• an OSI-approved open source license

What the form asks

• Email: your email
• First Name: optional
• Last Name: optional
• Company or Organization (if applicable): optional
• Repository Foundation or Ownership (if applicable): optional
• GitHub Link: optional
• # of Stars: optional
• Criticality Score (if available): optional
• What year did you ship your first release?: optional
• Estimated number of End of Life users / downloads: optional

Rules

• No deadline is stated; the fund page links straight to the application form.
• Eligibility: you maintain an open source project under an OSI-approved license; its versions are near or past official end of life; the project is a developer tool; you are ready to keep users secure and CVE-free.
• The fund page says grants range from $2,500 to $15,000. The application form description says accepted applicants receive between $2,500 and $250,000 in donations.
• Applicants are assessed against best-practice criteria in five areas: releases and versioning, communication and transparency, documentation, support and deprecation handling, processes and support tiers.
• After you apply, a team member confirms receipt and reviews the application; if approved, HeroDevs contacts you to begin criteria review and implementation. No timeline is stated.
• Accepted projects receive a Best Practices Form, a self-service tool for documenting existing practices and getting guidance on improvements, and are expected to align with the program criteria.
• Only the email field is marked required on the form; the other questions are optional.

What they want now

HeroDevs Open Source Sustainability Fund wants Open source developer tools near end of life, Security and CVE-free maintenance, Release, documentation and support practices