Question

Your company depends heavily on a small open-source library maintained by a single developer in their spare time. Leadership wants to help ensure the project stays actively maintained by providing ongoing financial support directly to the maintainer through GitHub. Which GitHub feature should you use?

Accepted Answer

GitHub Sponsors, to provide recurring monthly funding to the maintainer

Answer

GitHub Marketplace, to purchase the library as a paid app

Answer

Starring the repository to increase its visibility and funding

Answer

Forking the repository so your company can maintain its own copy