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Keygen continues the Open Source Pledge
2 months ago
- Keygen renewed its commitment to the Open Source Pledge in 2025, donating $9,541.58 to open source projects, well above its $4,000 minimum.
- The company had 2 employees and donated to 20+ projects, with top recipients including Bevy Engine ($3,000), Ziglang ($3,700), and Electron Builder ($1,200).
- Keygen thanked open source maintainers and encouraged other software companies to join the pledge.
- Keygen also provides free distribution and auto-upgrade services to open source projects like Tabby, estimated at ~$1,000 in egress fees, though not counted as monetary donations.
Pledging $300,000 to the Zig Software Foundation
2 months ago
- Mitchell Hashimoto and his wife pledged $300,000 to the Zig Software Foundation.
- Hashimoto has followed Zig since 2019, contributed to the compiler, and uses Zig for his terminal project Ghostty.
- He supports independent software projects that are transformative, well-managed, and built out of passion.
- Zig is described as ambitious, innovative, practical, and has a clear path to stability and industry adoption.
- About a third of ZSF funding comes from individual donations, and a call for donations is made.
Pledging Another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation
2 months ago
- Mitchell Hashimoto is pledging an additional $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation, bringing total support to $700,000.
- He respects Zig's technical progress, community culture (e.g., Contributor Poker, AI ban), and its approach to maintainership.
- He comments on recent debates about Bun's Zig fork and Rust rewrite, advocating for empathy and respect in discussions.
- Despite using AI heavily himself, he respects ZSF's differing policies and values Zig's independence and quality.
- He credits Zig for enabling his project Ghostty and encourages others to donate to ZSF.

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Keygen continues the Open Source Pledge

Pledging $300,000 to the Zig Software Foundation

Pledging Another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation