---
title: "I just crossed $1 million on GitHub Sponsors. 💰🎉"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-just-crossed-1-million-on-github-sponsors--0zcpghtag
source_url: https://calebporzio.com/i-just-cracked-1-million-on-github-sponsors-heres-my-playbook
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-08-22T13:12:23.092Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:12:02.550Z
tags: ["general-programming", "github", "open-source", "venture-capital"]
reading_time: 13
upvotes: 50
comments: 9
language: en
---

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# I just crossed $1 million on GitHub Sponsors. 💰🎉

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 13 min read · 50 upvotes · 9 comments

## Summary

The author shares their journey of earning over a million dollars through GitHub Sponsors, detailing strategies for monetizing open source projects. They emphasize the importance of building relationships, creating valuable content, and diversifying revenue streams to mitigate platform risks. Key recommendations include producing screencasts, engaging with the community, leveraging email lists, and exploring additional payment processors beyond GitHub. The post highlights the challenges of maintaining open source projects and the necessity of selling products to sustain financial stability.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://calebporzio.com/i-just-cracked-1-million-on-github-sponsors-heres-my-playbook>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@crazy\_pancake** · 1 upvotes

> Finally he can afford US medical care

**@bobbyiliev** · 1 upvotes

> This is super cool! Caleb definitely deserves it 👏

**@bhavin92** · 0 upvotes

> Congrats!

**@abdelghanihamaz** · 0 upvotes

> Congrats! well deserved 👏👏👏

**@fabianmarz** · 0 upvotes

> Congrats! Well deserved 🥳

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