Support DDEV
Help Us Build a Sustainable Future
DDEV serves over 17,000 developers every week, eliminating environment setup headaches and enabling teams to focus on what matters: building great software. This impact is only possible through the generous financial support of our community.
Like many open-source projects, DDEV faces the challenge of sustainability. We need consistent funding to maintain the level of support and rapid response to technology changes that you depend on. Your financial support directly funds the full-time maintainers who keep DDEV working seamlessly with the latest PHP versions, databases, and frameworks.
Ready to invest in DDEV's future?
🎯 Financial Support
Why Financial Support Matters: DDEV requires two full-time maintainers to provide the level of support and responsiveness you depend on. We actively maintain compatibility with rapidly changing upstream technologies—PHP 8.5, PostgreSQL 18, MariaDB 11.8, and emerging frameworks—often before you even realize these changes could break your workflow.
Our Current Goal: We need $12,000/month to fully fund both maintainers. We're currently at $7,800/month. Your contribution directly ensures DDEV's sustainability and continued excellence.
Ways to Support Financially
- GitHub Sponsors: Perfect for individuals and organizations who prefer monthly recurring support
- Direct Invoicing: Many organizations prefer direct billing. Contact us to set this up
- Annual Commitments: Help us plan ahead with annual sponsorship agreements
Every contribution matters—from $5/month individuals to $1,000/month organizations.
Join these amazing sponsors who make DDEV possible. Learn more about the DDEV Foundation, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
🤝 Community Contributions
Community contributions help reduce the maintenance burden on our funded maintainers, allowing them to focus on core development and new features.
💬 Help Others in the Community
Answer questions on Discord, GitHub, and Stack Overflow. Every question you answer helps our maintainers focus on development.
Join Discord →🛠 Contribute Code & Docs
File issues, submit PRs, improve documentation. Every contribution, from typo fixes to new features, helps.
Contributing Guide →📢 Spread the Word
If DDEV has improved your development workflow, help others discover it too! The more developers who use DDEV, the stronger our case for sustainable funding becomes.
- ⭐ Star the project on GitHub
- 📝 Write about your DDEV experience in blog posts
- 🗣 Mention DDEV in conference talks and meetups
- 📺 Create videos showing DDEV workflows
- 💬 Share on social media when DDEV saves you time
Got a DDEV success story? Let us know! We love hearing how DDEV has helped your team.
Ready to Make a Difference?
DDEV's future depends on our community stepping up to ensure financial sustainability. Whether you're an individual developer who relies on DDEV or an organization that saves countless hours with our tool, your financial support makes the difference between DDEV thriving and struggling to survive.
🎯 Our Challenge: We need just $4,200 more per month to reach our $12,000 sustainability goal.
That could be:
- 42 developers at $100/month
- 14 agencies at $300/month
- 4 organizations at $1,000/month
- Or any combination that works for your budget
Every contribution brings us closer to a fully sustainable DDEV.
Join the movement to make DDEV sustainable.
Questions? Join our Discord community or check out the DDEV Advisory Group discussions.