Devani is free. Keeping it that way costs money.
Servers, time, security audits, and the occasional bug bounty all need funding. If Devani saves you the cost of a WordPress stack — or just makes your work less painful — consider chipping in. Every dollar is a dollar that doesn't have to come from gating features.
Three ways to support.
All three keep the project running. Pick the one that fits how Devani fits into your work.
Coffee tier
For people running personal sites and home projects. The cost of one nice coffee a month. Adds up across a lot of people.
Freelancer tier
For solo developers and one-person agencies shipping client sites on Devani. Cheap compared to one premium plugin license.
Studio tier
For agencies running Devani across multiple client sites. Includes a sponsor link on the Devani site and priority response on questions.
Transparency, line by line.
No VC, no shareholders, no "growth budget." Funding goes to keeping the project alive and paying the people doing the work. Here's the rough breakdown.
Development time · 70%
The biggest cost. Funding lets contributors spend real hours on Devani instead of squeezing it between client work.
Infrastructure · 15%
Hosting the docs site, the CI pipeline, the build servers, the demo environment. Boring but necessary.
Security audits · 10%
Periodic third-party reviews and bug bounties for serious vulnerabilities. Open source doesn't audit itself.
Everything else · 5%
Domain renewals, accounting, the occasional swag run for contributors, conference booths at small events. The miscellaneous bucket.
Free software isn't free to build.
Every open-source CMS that's gone bad has the same story: ran out of money, took VC, optimized for return, started gating features. The way Devani avoids that path is by being directly funded by the people who use it.
- No VC means no growth pressure
- No exit pressure means no acquisition risk
- Direct funding means features stay free
- Independent governance means no roadmap captured by enterprise buyers
- Sustainable income means the project still exists in five years
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Beyond the monthly tier.
Sponsorship works for most people, but it's not the only way. If any of these fit better, get in touch.
- One-time donations. Open Collective and GitHub Sponsors both accept one-off gifts of any size.
- Agency partnerships. If your studio uses Devani across multiple client sites, a partnership tier gives you direct support and a say in the roadmap.
- Direct sponsorship. For larger gifts, invoiced sponsorships, or corporate budgets that need a formal arrangement, email us.
- In-kind support. Free infrastructure credits, security audits, design work, legal review — all genuinely valuable if you can offer them.
- Conference sponsorship. Want to sponsor a Devani talk or workshop at your event? Get in touch.
Five dollars a month from a few hundred people is more sustainable than a million-dollar Series A. Especially when the goal is to still be here, doing the same job, in ten years.
Or just tell people about us.
Word of mouth is worth more than money. If Devani's helped you, tell someone else who might want it too. That's free, and it works.