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How to back the project financially?

While NixOS is free and open-source, there are a lot of costs coming with such a large project. Your support helps us keep it sustainable. There are two main ways to support the project:

Sponsorships

Recurring support with perks in return.

Help us keep NixOS and Nixpkgs sustainable by becoming a sponsor. Your support helps us maintain the infrastructure, improve the project, and organize events. We offer various sponsorship tiers, each with its own set of benefits.

Ideal for organizations and businesses who want to make a long-term commitment to the project.

Read more about Sponsorships

Donations

Simple one-time or recurring payments.

Show your support by donating to the NixOS Foundation. This helps us continue to provide free, open-source software to the community. This is a regular donation with no perks in return. We accept donations either via Open Collective or via bank transfer.

Ideal for individuals and organizations who want to just say thank you and secure the project's future.

Read more about Ways to Donate

Sponsorship Tiers

We offer a variety of sponsorship tiers to support NixOS development.

  • Small Orgs €10,000 +

    • Logo on the website
    • 1 NixCon ticket
    • Badge for your website
    • Social Media Posts
    Get in touch

  • Medium Orgs €50,000 +

    • Logo on the website
    • 3 NixCon tickets
    • Badge for your website
    • Social Media Posts
    • Blog article: How they use Nix (e.g., hardware case study)
    • Featured in the newsletter (e.g., with a banner of your choice)
    Get in touch

  • Large Orgs €100,000 +

    • Large logo on the website
    • 5 NixCon tickets
    • Badge for your website
    • Social Media Posts
    • Blog article: How they use Nix (e.g., hardware case study)
    • Featured in the newsletter (e.g., with a banner of your choice)
    • Quarterly 1:1 call with Foundation representatives for feedback and updates
    Get in touch

  • Extra Large Orgs €150,000 +

    • Large logo on the website and in the footer
    • 8 NixCon tickets
    • Badge for your website
    • Social Media Posts
    • Blog article: How they use Nix (e.g., hardware case study)
    • Featured in the newsletter (e.g., with a banner of your choice)
    • Quarterly 1:1 call with Foundation representatives for feedback and updates
    • Exclusive interview published on official NixOS channels
    Get in touch

Are you a university or startup?

We are aware that many universities and startups are interested in supporting NixOS but may struggle with the financial entry level. Get in touch with us to learn about our community tier which will grant you a logo on our website.

Ways to donate

Open Collective

NixOS Foundation is using Open Collective to manage the finances so everyone can see where money comes from and where money goes.

With Open Collective you can make a single or recurring contribution by credit card transfer.

Donate using Open Collective

SEPA Bank Transfer* 

    Stichting NixOS Foundation, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    IBAN: NL13 BUNQ 2061 2530 32
    BIC:  BUNQNL2AXXX

* Please add your name and purpose (donation) in the description of the transfer. If you would like to support us with amounts above 2000 euro per year, please contact us at foundation@nixos.org , as this will have tax implications.

The NixOS Foundation

The NixOS infrastructure, development and events are funded by its users and sponsors.

Maintaining our build farm and binary cache is very expensive. We depend on your support to ensure the continuous operation and expansion of the NixOS infrastructure.

Please consider donating a small amount every month to contribute to sustainable funding. Donations are handled by a nonprofit organization, the NixOS Foundation .

Acknowledgements

The Nix package manager was developed by Eelco Dolstra as part of his PhD research in the TraCE project , funded by the Jacquard programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and SERC. The first prototype of NixOS was developed by Armijn Hemel as his master’s thesis project. Hydra, the Nix-based continuous build system, was developed as part of the LaQuSo Buildfarm project, funded by NIRICT and LaQuSo .

The following companies and institutes have supported the development of NixOS and hosting for its infrastructure. We are very grateful for that! If you would like to support us as well, please contact The NixOS Foundation .

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