Post #4042120
2026-07-23 17:24 UTC
Similar looking data for Open Source Collective:
- $41.9M in total contributions to OSS collectives
- 1.8% ($763k) flows collective-to-collective at all
- 0.17% ($69,647) is in an actual loop
- The loops are dependency funding: eslint/jest/vite/webdriverio/verdaccio/11ty, parcel/rspack/swc
So on both platforms, 98%+ of open source funding is net new money in, not recirculation
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@andrewnez@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 17:28
Looking at both totals: GHS: $100M in 7 years (~$14M/yr). OSC: $42M in 9 years (~$4.7M/yr) ~$20M/yr combined = payroll of one mid-size software company, for the whole ecosystem $100M across 70k maintainers = ~$1,400 each, lifetime Corporate share: ~$5-6M/yr, from every company in the world combined