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@rivo

rivo

Berlin, Germany

Thank you for joining in to support my projects! ❤️

What you get for your support:

  • My time and effort to create, improve, and maintain Open Source projects, projects with the goal of making your work (and life) better and easier. It's simple: The more I can earn with Open Source, the more time I can dedicate to it.
  • Exposure to hundreds of thousands of visitors and users of my projects (depends on your sponsoring tier).
  • A free t-shirt (depends on your sponsoring tier).
  • My eternal gratitude! 🙏🏼

About your rewards:

  • After sponsoring me, you will be sent instructions on how to redeem your awards.
  • At this time, t-shirts cannot be shipped to certain countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. I will get in touch with you to find a solution.
  • Please get in touch with me if you have any questions.

Who am I?

Based in Berlin, Germany, I've been programming for close to 40 years in all kinds of languages and, after an M.Sc. in CompSci, working in IT for more than 20 years. Since 2014, my love has been Golang and thus most of my GitHub projects are written in that language.

I've seen the world before Open Source was really a thing and I never want to go back! It's hard to understate what impact it has on the world, on people's creativity, and our future. I have profited so much from OSS. If I can give back to the Open Source community, I'm all in!

I want to make my projects work in the long run, decades if possible. Help me turn this into reality!

Other ways to support me:

Any support is appreciated! One-time payments are perfectly fine. Or purchase from my Spreadshirt showroom (don't select the US site). Or use PayPal.

You can also book me for a speaking engagement. I have experience giving workshops, in person or through video. Contact me for details.

Current sponsors 3

@derailed
@gdamore
@carpii
Past sponsors 14
@github
@garbelini
@moson-mo
@RasmusLindroth
@evanpolster
@marco-m
Private Sponsor
Private Sponsor
Private Sponsor
@zoroqi
@F1bonacc1
@ilikeorangutans
@AlyxPink
@kivattt

Featured work

  1. rivo/tview

    Terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets — written in Golang

  2. rivo/uniseg

    Unicode Text Segmentation, Word Wrapping, and String Width Calculation in Go

    Go 610
  3. rivo/duplo

    Detect duplicate (or similar) images. Written in Go.

    Go 397

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$ a month

You'll receive any rewards listed in the $17 monthly tier. Additionally, a Public Sponsor achievement will be added to your profile.

$17 a month

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You're a Fellow Dev

You enjoy my work and just want to support it. Thank you so much!

$42 a month

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You're a Generous Dev

You enjoy my work and want to support it, but the smallest tier feels low for the value I provide, and you want to contribute more. Many thanks!

This tier also entitles you to a free t-shirt and your name in my project README's.

$127 a month

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You're an Appreciative Company

Maybe one or more of my projects help your business in some way and it wants to see them flourish in the long run? This is the way to go!

This tier also entitles you to a free t-shirt and your name in my project README's as a bronze sponsor (with your picture or logo).

$255 a month

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You're a Supportive Company

My work is so valuable to your business your realize this is the best way to ensure long-term support. Good decision!

This tier also entitles you to a free t-shirt and your name in my project README's as a silver sponsor (with your picture or logo).

$511 a month

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You're Seriously Awesome!

This is more than just a donation, this is the tier of $0x1FF awesomeness! I bow to you!

This tier also entitles you to a free t-shirt and your name in my project README's as a gold sponsor (with your picture or logo). You will also get a distinct shoutout right here on my GitHub Sponsoring page.