FUNDING.yml

GitHub configuration file specifying funding platforms and links for project sponsorship, displayed as a Sponsor button on the repository page. Supports platforms including GitHub Sponsors, Patreon, Open Collective, Ko-fi, Liberapay, Tidelift, Buy Me a Coffee, IssueHunt, Polar, thanks.dev, LFX Mentorship, and custom URLs.

FUNDING.yml is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include GitHub, Open Source, Repository, Sponsorship, and Funding.

FUNDING.yml’s developer surface includes documentation.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 8.5/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: funding-yml
name: FUNDING.yml
description: GitHub configuration file specifying funding platforms and links for project sponsorship, displayed as a Sponsor
  button on the repository page. Supports platforms including GitHub Sponsors, Patreon, Open Collective, Ko-fi, Liberapay,
  Tidelift, Buy Me a Coffee, IssueHunt, Polar, thanks.dev, LFX Mentorship, and custom URLs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/funding-yml.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/funding-yml/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- GitHub
- Open Source
- Repository
- Sponsorship
- Funding
- Standard
apis: []
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com