Awesome Software Patreons

A curated list of awesome programmers and software-related Patreon accounts.

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Contents

• Open Source Projects
  • Libraries
  • Operating Systems
  • Games
• People Doing Open Source Work
• Other Kinds of Content
  • Articles and Tutorials
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
• Open Source Art
• Hardware related

Open Source Projects

Projects released with an open source license.

• Albert launcher - Keyboard launcher written in C++/Qt.
• Armory - 3D game engine for Blender.
• Asset-Importer-Lib - Loads 40+ 3D file formats into one unified and clean data structure for game-developers.
• bcachefs - Linux filesystem.
• Blender - 3D creation suite.
• Calibre - E-books manager.
• Compiler Explorer - Online decompiler and compiler explorer.
• Dear ImGui - Immediate Mode Graphical User interface for C++.
• Dekko Project - Ubuntu email client.
• Deluge - BitTorrent client.
• DokuWiki - Wiki application.
• Flarum - Forum platform.
• FreeCAD - Parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size.
• Godot Engine - Complete 3D engine.
• HaxeUI - User interface toolkit.
• Homebrew - Package manager for macOS.
• iTerm2 - macOS terminal replacement.
• Improved Initiative - D&D tabletop role-playing game combat tracker.
• Kismet - Kismet wireless tool.
• LibrePCB - Software to develop printed circuit boards.
• Machine Labs - Machine learning platform.
• Mastodon, #2 - Federated social network server.
• Matrix, #2 - An open network for secure, decentralized communication.
• Milton Paint - Drawing application.
• Monkey 2 - Monkey 2 programming language.
• MuseScore - Music notation software.
• Neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
• OMP - Music player.
• OctoPrint - Web interface for 3D printers.
• OfBorg - Tools for testing NixOS.
• Oni - Modal code editor.
• OpenFL - Cross-platform application framework.
• OpenShot - Video editor.
• Paperwork - Personal document manager.
• Parinfer - Clojure editor plugin.
• Perkeep - Personal storage system.
• PHPStan - PHP static analyzer.
• PHPUnit - PHPUnit and related projects.
• PlantUML - UML diagram creation software.
• postActiv - Microblogging platform.
• Project Lombok - Java editor plugin.
• Reddit Enhancement Suite - Reddit browser extension.
• ShareX Team - Screen capture and screen sharing tool.
• Synfig - 2D animation software.
• SysV init - System V init implementation.
• Termux - Android terminal emulator.
• Thirthy Bees - Ecommerce software.
• Tiled - A 2D game level editor.
• Transmission - BitTorrent client.
• VideoLAN - Maker of the VLC video player.
• Vim-Go - Go plugin for VIM.
• Webpack - JavaScript module bundler.
• Xfce - Desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems.

Libraries

Libraries and frameworks.

• Babel - JavaScript compiler.
• Flare3D - JavaScript 3D engine.
• Hapi.js - Node.js framework.
• Laravel - PHP framework.
• LibGDX - Game development framework.
• Moleculer - Progressive microservices framework for Node.js.
• Musl libc - The Musl libc project.
• Phalcon - Web framework delivered as a C extension for PHP.
• Vue.js - Vue.js.
• Yii framework - PHP framework.
• Zappa - A server-less Python framework.

Operating Systems

Operating Systems and Linux distributions.

• Antergos - Linux distribution.
• Elementary OS - Ubuntu variant.
• GhostBSD - Desktop-focused BSD OS.
• LineageOS - Fork of CyanogenMod.
• Linux Lite - Linux distribution.
• Parrot - Security-related Debian distribution.
• Redox OS - OS written in Rust.
• Solus - Linux distribution.
• Ubuntu Mate - Ubuntu variant.
• Ubuntu Touch - Touch-friendly mobile version of Ubuntu.

Games

Games and game-related projects.

• Citybound - City building game.
• Dark Flame - 2D Action RPG.
• Libretro Team - Libretro, RetroArch and Lakka.
• Lutris - Game launcher & platform.
• Rpcs3 - PS3 emulator.
• Xenia - Xbox 360 emulator.

People Doing Open Source Work

Developers contributing to multiple projects that ask to support their work.

• Alyssa Ross - Doing FOSS graphics driver work and contributions to NixOS and several other projects.
• Amit Merchant - Open source software enthusiast.
• Andreas Kainz - LibreOffice designer.
• Andreas Pardeike - Programming tutorials, games and mods.
• Dave Täht - Working on improving the Internet.
• Daniël Klabbers - Contributor to Flarum and other PHP projects.
• Dominik Honnef - Working on tooling for the Go programming language.
• Drew DeVault, #2, #3 - sway, wlroots, sr.ht, scdoc, aerc, and more.
• Duduf - Tools for animations and motion pictures production.
• Eevee - Games, applications and articles.
• Egoist - Various JavaScript libraries and tools.
• Eric S. Raymond - Nethack, GPSd, author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar".
• Ethan Lee - XNA Preservation Tools and Linux/macOS games.
• Fabio Zadrozny - Working on PyDev and related projects.
• Ferros - WebTorrent, StandardJS and other JavaScript projects.
• Franck Nijhof - Creates Home Assistant add-ons and helps out on the main project.
• JeanHeyd Meneide - Creates C++ libraries and standards proposals.
• Joey Hess - git-annex, keysafe, other Linux software.
• Johann-S - Bootstrap JavaScript developer and various plugins and projects.
• Jonathan Müller - Various C++ libraries, tools, articles.
• Kozec - Syncthing-GTK and SC-Controller.
• Kurt Kremitzki, #2 - FreeCAD contributor and Debian packager.
• Marc Jeanmougin - Inkscape contributor.
• Mathias Buus - Various JavaScript modules.
• Nate Graham - KDE contributor.
• Nefarius Software Solutions - Windows drivers for the Sony DualShock controller and others.
• Nils Maier - Download Them All! Firefox and Chrome extension.
• Ondřej Surý - Debian packager.
• Patrick Wardle - Owner of Objective-See, various macOS security tools and articles.
• Pierre Krieger - Various Rust libraries.
• Rekka Bellum & Devine Lu Linvega - Open source tools and games.
• Rob Landley - Working on Toybox, mkroot and various other projects.
• Sam Hewitt - Open source designer.
• Scarlett Clark - KDE contributor.
• Scott Lahteine - Contributor to Marlin Firmware for 3D printers.
• Sindre Sorhus - Countless open source projects.
• Steve Purcell - MELPA lisp package archive and other software tooling.
• Steven Troughton-Smith - Various iOS/macOS software.
• Steven Van Impe - Author, editor and contributor on various Swift projects.
• Sébastien Vercammen - Various gaming related projects.
• Tanu Kaskinen, #2 - PulseAudio sound server contributor.
• Tavmjong Bah - Working on Inkscape vector graphics editor.
• Toby Zerner - Flarum contributor.
• Thomas M. Edwards - Gaming related projects.
• Timothée Giet - GCompris contributor.
• Yorik van Havre, #2 - FreeCAD contributor.
• Øyvind Kolås - Lead developer of babl & GEGL libraries used in the graphics editor GIMP.

Other kinds of content

Articles, videos, podcasts, etc...

Articles and Tutorials

• Alecaddd - Various programming tutorials.
• Chris Bradfield - Programming tutorials for kids.
• DistroWatch - Reviews and tutorials for Linux/BSD.
• Fluent C++ - C++ articles.
• Meeting C++ - C++ articles.
• Modernes C++ - C++ articles.
• Modocache - LLVM/Swift related articles.

Videos

• CS Dojo - Programming videos.
• Corey Schafer - Python tutorials.
• The Coding Train - Programming tutorials.
• ThreatWire - Hak5 security show.
• Zer0Mem0ry - Programming and security videos.

Podcasts

• CPP Cast - Podcast for C++ developers.
• Fatal Error - Programming.
• Late Night Linux - Linux and news.
• More Than Just Code - Podcast for iOS developers.
• Software Defined Talk - Enterprise software.
• The Debug Log - Game development.
• The Development Hell Podcast - Web programming.
• The Elixir Fountain - Elixir news.

Newsletters

• iOS Goodies - iOS newsletter.

Open Source Art

Developers creating art projects and contributing to art-related open source tools and libraries.

• Morevna Project - Various contributions to open source animation tools and animated shorts sources released under CC.
• ZeMarmot, #2, #3 - 2D animation film project to be released under CC. GIMP contributions from Jehan Pagès, art and direction by Aryeom Han.

Hardware related

Hardware-related projects and makers.

• Damien Maguire - Electric vehicle projects.
• Espruino - JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers.
• Frank Buss - FPGA and other hardware projects.
• Jantje - Sloeber plugin and Arduino videos.
• Micah Elizabeth Scott - Videos and hardware.
• Pinout.xyz - Pinout diagrams for various microcontrollers.
• Professor Abrasive - Retro gaming.

Contributing

Please take a quick look at the contribution guidelines first. Thanks to all contributors; you rock!

License

This list adopts a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license.