How we stay free.

OSS Protector is new and self-funded. Here's exactly what it costs to run and how sponsorship works — when there's money to report, this page will show every cent.

Sponsor the project

Money in

$0/ mo

No sponsors yet — the project is just getting started.

What it costs to run

Compute & hosting

Cloudflare Workers — currently within the free tier.

Database

Cloudflare D1 (SQLite) — currently within the free tier.

AI review

OpenRouter, using free models today. Paid models are opt-in (BYOK).

Resend for sign-in codes — within the free tier.

No sponsors yet

Every sponsor will be published on this page, publicly. Be the first to back open-source abuse intelligence.

Become the first sponsor

Individual

$5+/mo

A small ongoing contribution. Your handle on the sponsors page.

Sponsor on GitHub

Company

$50+/mo

Your logo on this page. Helps cover compute and AI review as usage grows.

Become a sponsor

Foundation

custom

For foundations backing critical OSS infrastructure. Let's talk.

Get in touch

Governance

OSS Protector is maintained in the open. The scoring code and signal weights are public; you can read exactly how a flag is computed on the methodology page. Sponsors do not influence what we flag. Funding pays for infrastructure, never for placement on the blocklist.