Keep Localess Free for Everyone
Localess is MIT-licensed and free to use — forever. But building and maintaining it takes real time and effort. Your sponsorship directly funds the developers making it better every week.
Why Businesses Sponsor Localess
Sponsoring an open-source tool your team depends on is one of the highest-ROI investments in your developer ecosystem — and it signals the right values to the market.
- Align with the open-source community.
- Position your brand as a company that invests in the tools developers actually use. That reputation compounds over time.
- Influence the roadmap.
- Sponsors get a direct line to the core team to prioritize features that matter to your business.
- Early access to features and fixes.
- Get new capabilities and critical bug fixes before the general release, reducing risk in your production environment.
- Dedicated support channel.
- Higher-tier sponsors get priority responses from the core team — no waiting in the public issue queue.
- Visible brand recognition.
- Your logo appears on the Localess website, README, and release notes, seen by thousands of developers monthly.
Why Developers Sponsor Localess
If Localess saves you hours every week, a small monthly contribution keeps it evolving. You're not just donating — you're investing in your own workflow.
- Shape what gets built next.
- Your voice carries weight. Sponsors get direct input on feature prioritization and the project roadmap.
- Back a tool you rely on.
- Open-source only survives when the people who benefit from it contribute back. This is the simplest way to do that.
- Build your public profile.
- Sponsorship is a visible signal of your commitment to open source — valuable for your GitHub profile, portfolio, and career.
- Connect with the core team.
- Get access to exclusive channels with the maintainers, ask questions, and learn how the internals work.
- Be part of something bigger.
- Your contribution helps keep Localess free for developers worldwide, including those who can't afford paid alternatives.