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Sponsor the Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation raises and distributes funds to improve Python's packaging ecosystem.
Recent projects funded include:
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The successful relaunch of the Python Package Index, powered by the new 'Warehouse' codebase
With $170,000 in funding from the Mozilla Open Source Support Program in 2018 -
Improving PyPI's security and accessibility, and adding support for multiple locales
With $80,000 in funding from the Open Technology Fund in 2019 -
Additional security-focused features for PyPI
With $100,000 in funding from Facebook Research in 2019 and 2020 -
Overhauling pip's user experience and dependency resolver
With $407,000 in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Mozilla Open Source Support Program in 2020
With your support, the PSF can continue to fund packaging improvements, benefiting millions of Python users around the world.
PSF Sponsorship
All of these initiatives help maintain and support the tools that the Python community uses daily. This work can only be done with the generous financial support that you or your organization provides.
Your contributions matter and they make an impact. Every donation counts!
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PSF sponsors
We are immensely grateful to the following organizations for their support of the Python Software Foundation
Capital One
Capital One is a maintaining sponsor of the Python Software Foundation.
Real Python
Real Python is a participating sponsor of the Python Software Foundation.
Salesforce
Salesforce is a sustainability sponsor of the Python Software Foundation.
OpenEDG Python Institute
OpenEDG Python Institute is a supporting sponsor of the Python Software Foundation.
Infrastructure sponsors
The following sponsors donate infrastructure that keeps PyPI up and running for millions of users across the globe
AWS
Amazon Web Services is a Maintaining sponsor of the Python Software Foundation as well as the 2023 PyPI Security Sponsor, funding key enhancements to PyPI infrastructure and operations including the new PyPI Safety & Security Engineer position.
Datadog
PyPI uses Datadog to collect metrics from the applications, services, and infrastructure behind the scenes allowing for the team to measure the impact of new changes, monitor for problems, and alert when systems fail.
Fastly
PyPI uses Fastly's CDN to quickly serve content to end-users, allowing us to minimize our hosting infrastructure and obscure possible downtime.
Pingdom
PyPI's infrastructure volunteers use Pingdom to monitor and receive alerts about downtime and other issues affecting end-users.
Sentry
The PyPI team uses Sentry to capture, record, and respond to exceptions and errors on PyPI. Sentry is also a supporting sponsor of the Python Software Foundation.
StatusPage
The PyPI team uses StatusPage to communicate downtime, service degradation, or maintenance windows to end-users.
One-time donors
We are thankful to our one-time donors for their support of the Python Package Index
Your company here
Would you like to fund a specific development to make Python packaging better?
Contact the Project Funding Working Group to discuss how we can partner with you.
Mozilla
In late 2017 the Python Software Foundation was awarded a Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) award.
This award was used to move PyPI from its legacy codebase and deploy Warehouse - the new codebase powering PyPI.
Open Technology Fund
In 2019 the Python Software Foundation was awarded a contract through the OTF Core Infrastructure Fund.
This contract included an audit and improvements to the accessibility of PyPI, internationalization and translations for PyPI user interface, and security features including two-factor authentication and API tokens for uploads.
