Making it easier to sponsor Rust contributors
TLDR: You can now find a list of Rust contributors that you can sponsor on this page . Same as with many other open-source projects, Rust depends on a large number of contributors, many of whom make Rust better on a volunteer basis or are funded only for a fraction of their open-source contributions. Supporting these contributors is vital for the long-term health of the Rust language and its toolchain, so that it can keep its current level of quality, but also evolve going forward. Of course, this is nothing new, and there are currently several ongoing efforts to provide stable and sustainable funding for Rust maintainers, such as the Rust Foundation Maintainer Fund or the RustNL Maintainers Fund . We are very happy about that! That being said, there are multiple ways of supporting the development of Rust. One of them is sponsoring individual Rust contributors directly, through services like GitHub Sponsors. This makes it possible even for individuals or small companies to financially
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