ReaderFunded · categories
The 50 most reader-funded tech sites, measured, not voted, as of 2 November 2026. 4334 funded sites with indexed pages. Category is a keyword heuristic over each site's titles and leads; search within it, see the full slice of the top 10,000, or read how it is measured.
| # | site | lang | paying | platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | joinmastodon.orgpages | en | 9,422 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, irs990, github_sponsors, patreon |
| 41 | pixeldrain.compages | en | 24,578 Patreon | patreon |
| 124 | mifirm.netpages | en | 9,203 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 134 | polyhaven.compages | ja | 8,248 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 135 | brew.shpages | en | 1,355 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, github_sponsors, patreon |
| 138 | gimp.orgpages | en | 1,826 Liberapay + Patreon | patreon, liberapay |
| 143 | fouadraheb.compages | en | 7,836 Patreon | patreon |
| 158 | neovim.iopages | en | 1,127 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 161 | f-droid.orgpages | en | 1,553 Liberapay + Open Collective | opencollective, liberapay |
| 162 | evcc.iopages | de | 6,783 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors |
| 215 | theripper93.compages | en | 4,979 Patreon | patreon |
| 253 | streamer.botpages | en | 918 Patreon | patreon, kofi |
| 256 | ratingposterdb.compages | en | 4,207 Patreon | patreon |
| 268 | omdbapi.compages | en | 3,986 Patreon | patreon, btc |
| 314 | calibre-ebook.compages | en | 878 Patreon | patreon |
| 322 | obsproject.compages | en | 664 Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, patreon, buymeacoffee |
| 329 | meshcore.iopages | en | 3,214 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors, buymeacoffee |
| 345 | asahilinux.orgpages | en | 608 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 347 | sonicether.compages | en | 827 Patreon | patreon |
| 352 | mastodon.worldpages | 1,012 Liberapay + Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, kofi, liberapay, patreon, youtube | |
| 366 | join-lemmy.orgpages | en | 788 Liberapay + Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, liberapay, patreon |
| 373 | pi-hole.netpages | en | 2,865 GitHub Sponsors + Patreon | github_sponsors, patreon, youtube |
| 375 | servo.orgpages | en | 606 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 406 | lemmy.worldpages | en | 908 Patreon | buymeacoffee, kofi, patreon |
| 425 | devol.itpages | it | 1,433 Liberapay | kofi, liberapay |
| 463 | octoprint.orgpages | en | 2,506 GitHub Sponsors + Patreon | patreon, github_sponsors, youtube |
| 543 | obsidian.mdpages | en | 1,974 Buy Me a Coffee + Ko-fi | buymeacoffee, kofi, youtube |
| 555 | osnews.compages | en | 656 Patreon | patreon, kofi |
| 587 | webpack.js.orgpages | en | 380 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 611 | nobaraproject.orgpages | en | 543 Patreon | patreon |
| 641 | github.blogpages | en | 1,573 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors |
| 671 | nixos.orgpages | en | 403 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 694 | playframework.compages | en | 301 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 747 | cryptpad.orgpages | en | 376 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 753 | voxta.aipages | en | 1,246 Patreon | patreon |
| 813 | goalkicker.compages | en | 1,136 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 825 | swiperjs.compages | en | 265 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 830 | filmot.compages | en | 368 Patreon | patreon |
| 888 | joplinapp.orgpages | en | 394 GitHub Sponsors + Patreon | github_sponsors, patreon, youtube |
| 902 | archimatetool.compages | en | 1,016 Patreon | patreon |
| 930 | postmarketos.orgpages | en | 286 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 979 | deathgenerator.compages | en | 346 Patreon | patreon |
| 996 | vuejs.orgpages | en | 221 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, patreon, github_sponsors |
| 1041 | freecodecamp.orgpages | 317 GitHub Sponsors + Patreon | irs990, github_sponsors, buymeacoffee, patreon, youtube | |
| 1046 | memstechtips.compages | en | 868 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors, kofi, youtube |
| 1085 | outreachstud.iopages | en | 835 Patreon | patreon |
| 1087 | lairdubois.frpages | fr | 292 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 1094 | mcstacker.netpages | en | 825 Patreon | patreon, kofi, youtube |
| 1115 | 11ty.devpages | en | 253 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective | opencollective, github_sponsors |
| 1154 | socket.iopages | en | 193 Open Collective | opencollective |