Funding the work
This page is for supporters who can help with money. It explains why it matters and where it goes. The details of each sponsor page are in the Sponsors section.
Why money matters
Exponential is free software, but its maintenance is work: security fixes, support for new PHP versions, releases, documentation, translations, servers, extensions, themes and new product lines. The project says it plainly: "The Exponential Open Source Project is funded by donations of time and resources by 7x (and Exponential Sponsors)" (https://exponential.earth/about/project), and 7x writes: "We work very hard for our free software projects that do not generate direct income" (https://sponsor.se7enx.com/).
A monthly sponsorship, even a small one, is the most useful form: it lets people plan.
Two organizations
| 7x | The Exponential Foundation | |
|---|---|---|
| What | The company that leads development, support and hosting | The nonprofit that operates the project |
| GitHub Sponsors | https://github.com/sponsors/se7enxweb | https://github.com/sponsors/exponentialcms |
| Other ways | https://sponsor.se7enx.com/, PayPal, Patreon, Venmo, Cash App | "a sustaining subscription or one time donation" through https://foundation.exponential.earth/ |
Both GitHub Sponsors pages were checked through the GitHub API on 18 October 2026. Which one to choose: Two organizations, two sponsor pages.
What funding pays for
- The Foundation's sponsor listing: "We are focused on the development of Features, Documentation, Tutorials, How-To's, FAQs, Source Code, Plugins/Extensions/Bundles."
- 7x: "Every little contribution is very valuable and helps us develop more of features to give back away to the community for zero cost under a open source license" (https://sponsor.se7enx.com/).
More: What sponsorship funds.
Ways to give
| Way | Page |
|---|---|
| Monthly or one-time sponsorship on GitHub | Sponsoring 7x, Sponsoring the Foundation |
| PayPal, Patreon, Venmo, Cash App, the Foundation's site | Other ways to give money |
| Buying support services from 7x | https://sponsor.se7enx.com/ |
| Funding a specific feature | Feature requests and sponsored features |
If you cannot give money
Time is just as welcome: Ways to support Exponential.
Related pages
- Sponsors: start here
- Supporting Exponential as a company
- Recognition for supporters
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
Become an Exponential Partner
Partners share their information, provide funding, contribute back and develop the products with us, and that is how Exponential grows. A partner website and dashboard are planned for mid-2027: please become a partner today to speed up our growth rate and land new features faster.