Supporters: start here
This section is for everyone who wants to help Exponential grow: users, developers, designers, translators, writers, teachers, companies and organizations. You do not need permission and you do not need to be an expert. Every contribution, from one bug report to a monthly sponsorship, makes the next release better for everyone.
Why Exponential needs your support
Exponential continues a code base whose original vendor ended it; "Exponential has made it beyond it's end of life in 2021 and survived" (README). It survives because people keep it alive:
- 7x leads development, support, hosting and community growth (Who is 7x?).
- The Exponential Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2026, operates the project and funds its open source work (Who is the Exponential Foundation?).
- Contributors send pull requests, translations and documentation; "Every pull request is merged"
(
doc/eng-us/bc/6.0/ci.md). - Sponsors pay for the time all of this takes.
"The Exponential Open Source Project is funded by donations of time and resources by 7x (and Exponential Sponsors)" (https://exponential.earth/about/project). Your time and your money are exactly what the project runs on.
The ways to help
| Way | Good for | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Developers | Contributing code |
| Documentation | Writers, experienced users | Contributing documentation |
| Translations | Native speakers | Contributing translations |
| Testing and bug reports | Every user | Testing and reporting bugs |
| Helping others | Experienced users | Helping others in the community |
| Advocacy | Everyone | Advocacy |
| Funding | Individuals and companies | Funding the work, Sponsors: start here |
| Company support | Organizations that use Exponential | Supporting Exponential as a company |
All of them are compared on Ways to support Exponential.
Start now
| You have | Do this |
|---|---|
| 10 minutes | Star https://github.com/se7enxweb/exponential; join https://t.me/exponentialcms; fix a typo with "Edit on GitHub" on any help page |
| 1 hour | Report one bug well; answer one forum question at https://share.exponential.earth/forums; translate a few messages |
| 1 month | Fix an issue with a pull request; write a tutorial; complete a translation section; sponsor monthly |
| A budget | Sponsor 7x and the Foundation: https://github.com/sponsors/se7enxweb, https://github.com/sponsors/exponentialcms |
Please consider funding the work
Code, documentation, extensions, themes, applications and new product lines all take paid time. If Exponential helps you or your organization, a monthly sponsorship of any size is the most dependable support you can give. There are two sponsor pages for two organizations with different missions: 7x (the company that does most of the development) and the Exponential Foundation (the nonprofit that operates the project). Read Two organizations, two sponsor pages and choose one, or both.
Map of the supporter pages
- Ways to support Exponential
- Contributing code · Contributing documentation · Contributing translations
- Testing and reporting bugs · Helping others in the community
- Advocacy · Funding the work · Supporting Exponential as a company
- Recognition for supporters · Supporter FAQ
Related pages
- Sponsors: start here
- Partners: start here
- Develop with Git
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
See also: Community.
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.