Giving Back to the Developer Community: A Guide to Sponsoring Swift and iOS Developers

As someone in the tech industry for years, I have seen the power of a strong developer community. That's why I decided to take action last year. I supported and sponsored 26 Swift and iOS developers over twelve months during my pledge year.

Each person I sponsored contributes to the vibrant Swift and iOS community through open-source projects, newsletters, blogs, talks, or other initiatives.

The hardest part is finding a person you want to support AND who provides you with the means to do so. Too often, I wanted to sponsor a person but I was unable to find a link. That's where this article comes to the rescue. All people listed here with a link to the sponsoring platform of their choice

Once you have their specific link to the platform of their choice, e.g.

  • Buy Me A Coffee

  • Ko-Fi

  • Patron

  • GitHub Sponsor

then you can send them one-time donations or regular payments. Often there is no or a small minimum amount. A credit card is usually needed, but specific platforms may support PayPal or other forms of payment.


Name: Krzysztof Zabłocki

Known For: Sourcery

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/krzysztofzablocki


Name: Khoa

Known For: Apps like PastePal

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/onmyway133


Name: Cihat Gündüz

Known For: BartyCrouch & Swift Evolution Monthly

Sponsor Link: GitHub Sponsor


Name: Daniel Saidi

Known For: Open-source projects like KeyboardKit

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/danielsaidi


Name: Marina Gornostaeva

Known For:  iOS Code Review

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hybridcattt


Name: Leonardo Pugliese

Known For: HolySwift

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/holyswift


Name: iOSDevHappyHour

Known For: #iOSDevHappyHour

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iosdevhappyhour


Name: Sarah Reichelt

Known For: macOS by Tutorials

Sponsor Link: https://ko-fi.com/trozware


Name: Nil Coalescing

Known For: blog posts by Natalia Panferova & Matthaus Woolard

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/NilCoalescing


Name: Pol Piella

Known For: iOS CI Newsletter and blog posts

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polpielladev


Name: Antoine van der Lee

Known For: SwiftLee newsletter and blog posts

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/AvdLee


Name: Gabriel Theodoropoulos

Known For: serialcoder.dev

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gabthedev


Name: Sarun W.

Known For: sarunw.com

Sponsor Link: https://www.patreon.com/sarunw


Name: Bruno Rocha

Known For: swiftrocks.com

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/rockbruno


Name: Alexander Grebenyuk

Known For: Open-source projects like Nuke

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/kean


Name: Natascha Fadeeva

Known For: tanaschita.com

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanaschita


Name: Jeroen Leenarts

Known For: AppForce1 podcast and newsletter

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AppForce1


Name: Lee Kah Seng

Known For: swiftsenpai.com

Sponsor Link: https://ko-fi.com/leekahseng


Name: Steven Curtis

Known For: stevenpcurtis.medium.com

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stevenpcuri


Name: StewartLynch

Known For: Swift YouTube videos

Sponsor Link: https://ko-fi.com/stewartlynch


Name: Leo Dion

Known For: Empower Apps podcast

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/brightdigit


Name: Keith Harrison

Known For: useyourloaf.com

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/kharrison


Name: Josh Holtz

Known For: Fastlane and Deep Dish Swift

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/joshdholtz


Name: Rudrank Riyam

Known For: Blog, Conference Talks and MusadoraKit

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/rryam


Name: Marcin Krzyzanowski

Known For: Open-source projects like CryptoSwift

Sponsor Link: https://github.com/sponsors/krzyzanowskim


Name: Vincent Pradeilles

Known For: swiftwithvincent.com

Sponsor Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/v.pradeilles


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