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Open-source project monetization tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for open-source project monetization tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

▲Buy Me a Coffee moved #9 → #8
▼Open Source Collective moved #8 → #9
▼Open Collective -1.8pp (73.2% → 71.4%)
▼Linux -1.8pp (16.1% → 14.3%)
▼Stripe -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)
▼PayPal -1.4pp (26.8% → 25.4%)
▼Patreon -1.2pp (53.6% → 52.4%)
▼Open Source Collective -1.2pp (25% → 23.8%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

▲Stripe moved #7 → #5
▲Ko-fi moved #4 → #3
▼Liberapay moved #3 → #4
▼Tidelift moved #5 → #6
▼PayPal moved #6 → #7
▲Open Source Collective moved #9 → #8
▼Buy Me a Coffee moved #8 → #9
▲Ko-fi +8.9pp (35.7% → 44.6%)
▲Open Source Collective +7.1pp (17.9% → 25%)
▼Tidelift -5.3pp (32.1% → 26.8%)
▲Stripe +3.6pp (25% → 28.6%)
▲Buy Me a Coffee +3.6pp (21.4% → 25%)
▼Patreon -3.5pp (57.1% → 53.6%)
▲Open Collective +1.8pp (71.4% → 73.2%)
▼PayPal -1.8pp (28.6% → 26.8%)
▲Linux +1.8pp (14.3% → 16.1%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Stripe moved #8 → #7
▼Buy Me a Coffee moved #7 → #8
▲Patreon +8.5pp (48.6% → 57.1%)
▲Stripe +5pp (20% → 25%)
▲Open Source Collective +3.6pp (14.3% → 17.9%)
▲PayPal +2.9pp (25.7% → 28.6%)
▲Liberapay +2.2pp (37.1% → 39.3%)
▲Ko-fi +1.4pp (34.3% → 35.7%)
▲Buy Me a Coffee +1.4pp (20% → 21.4%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INOpen Source Collective entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▼ OUTIssueHunt left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Open Source Collective moved #12 → #9
▲Tidelift moved #7 → #5
▼Buy Me a Coffee moved #5 → #7
▲Liberapay moved #4 → #3
▼Ko-fi moved #3 → #4
▼Linux moved #9 → #10
▼IssueHunt moved #10 → #11
▼Buy Me a Coffee -10.4pp (30.4% → 20%)
▼Ko-fi -10.3pp (44.6% → 34.3%)
▼PayPal -4.7pp (30.4% → 25.7%)
▼Liberapay -4pp (41.1% → 37.1%)
▲Open Source Collective +3.6pp (10.7% → 14.3%)
▼Patreon -3.2pp (51.8% → 48.6%)
▼Stripe -3.2pp (23.2% → 20%)
▼Open Collective -1.8pp (73.2% → 71.4%)
▼Linux -1.8pp (16.1% → 14.3%)
▼IssueHunt -1.8pp (16.1% → 14.3%)
▲Tidelift +1pp (30.4% → 31.4%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▼Ko-fi -4.4pp (49% → 44.6%)
▲Tidelift +3.9pp (26.5% → 30.4%)
▼Liberapay -3.8pp (44.9% → 41.1%)
▼Buy Me a Coffee -2.3pp (32.7% → 30.4%)
▼PayPal -2.3pp (32.7% → 30.4%)
▲Open Collective +1.8pp (71.4% → 73.2%)
▼Stripe -1.3pp (24.5% → 23.2%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Stripe moved #10 → #8
▼IssueHunt moved #8 → #10
▲Patreon moved #3 → #2
▼Ko-fi moved #2 → #3
▲PayPal moved #7 → #6
▼Tidelift moved #6 → #7
▲PayPal +11.3pp (21.4% → 32.7%)
▲Stripe +10.2pp (14.3% → 24.5%)
▲Patreon +5.8pp (45.2% → 51%)
▼Buy Me a Coffee -5.4pp (38.1% → 32.7%)
▼IssueHunt -5.1pp (21.4% → 16.3%)
▼Open Collective -2.4pp (73.8% → 71.4%)
▲Liberapay +2pp (42.9% → 44.9%)
▼Ko-fi -1pp (50% → 49%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INStripe entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTLinux Foundation left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Patreon moved #4 → #3
▼Liberapay moved #3 → #4
▲IssueHunt moved #9 → #8
▼Linux moved #8 → #9
▲Stripe moved #11 → #10
▼Linux Foundation moved #10 → #11
▲PayPal +3pp (18.4% → 21.4%)
▲IssueHunt +3pp (18.4% → 21.4%)
▲Open Collective +2.4pp (71.4% → 73.8%)
▲Patreon +2.3pp (42.9% → 45.2%)
▲Stripe +2.1pp (12.2% → 14.3%)
▼Linux Foundation -2pp (16.3% → 14.3%)
▼Linux -1.7pp (18.4% → 16.7%)
▲Buy Me a Coffee +1.4pp (36.7% → 38.1%)
▲Ko-fi +1pp (49% → 50%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲PayPal moved #10 → #7
▼Linux Foundation moved #8 → #10
▼Linux moved #7 → #8
▼Tidelift -5.6pp (32.1% → 26.5%)
▼Linux -4.8pp (23.2% → 18.4%)
▼Liberapay -3.5pp (46.4% → 42.9%)
▼Linux Foundation -3.3pp (19.6% → 16.3%)
▼Buy Me a Coffee -2.6pp (39.3% → 36.7%)
▲PayPal +2.3pp (16.1% → 18.4%)
▼Open Collective -1.8pp (73.2% → 71.4%)
▼IssueHunt -1.2pp (19.6% → 18.4%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲ INPayPal entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTGitLab left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲PayPal moved #12 → #10
▼GitLab moved #10 → #12
▲Ko-fi moved #3 → #2
▼Liberapay moved #2 → #3
▲Linux Foundation moved #9 → #8
▼IssueHunt moved #8 → #9
▼Patreon -4.2pp (47.1% → 42.9%)
▼Buy Me a Coffee -3.6pp (42.9% → 39.3%)
▲PayPal +3.2pp (12.9% → 16.1%)
▲Linux +1.8pp (21.4% → 23.2%)
▼Open Collective -1.1pp (74.3% → 73.2%)
▲Ko-fi +1.1pp (47.1% → 48.2%)
▲Linux Foundation +1pp (18.6% → 19.6%)

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon52.4%
#3Ko-fi44.4%
#4Liberapay39.7%
#5Stripe27%
#6Tidelift27%
#7PayPal25.4%
#8Buy Me a Coffee25.4%
#9Open Source Collective23.8%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 7, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Open Collective73.2%
#2Patreon53.6%
#3Ko-fi44.6%
#4Liberapay39.3%
#5Stripe28.6%
#6Tidelift26.8%
#7PayPal26.8%
#8Open Source Collective25%
#9Buy Me a Coffee25%
#10Linux16.1%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 2, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Sep 1, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 31, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 30, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 29, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 28, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon57.1%
#3Liberapay39.3%
#4Ko-fi35.7%
#5Tidelift32.1%
#6PayPal28.6%
#7Stripe25%
#8Buy Me a Coffee21.4%
#9Open Source Collective17.9%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 27, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon48.6%
#3Liberapay37.1%
#4Ko-fi34.3%
#5Tidelift31.4%
#6PayPal25.7%
#7Buy Me a Coffee20%
#8Stripe20%
#9Open Source Collective14.3%
#10Linux14.3%

Aug 26, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Open Collective73.2%
#2Patreon51.8%
#3Ko-fi44.6%
#4Liberapay41.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee30.4%
#6PayPal30.4%
#7Tidelift30.4%
#8Stripe23.2%
#9Linux16.1%
#10IssueHunt16.1%

Aug 25, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Open Collective73.2%
#2Patreon51.8%
#3Ko-fi44.6%
#4Liberapay41.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee30.4%
#6PayPal30.4%
#7Tidelift30.4%
#8Stripe23.2%
#9Linux16.1%
#10IssueHunt16.1%

Aug 24, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Patreon51%
#3Ko-fi49%
#4Liberapay44.9%
#5Buy Me a Coffee32.7%
#6PayPal32.7%
#7Tidelift26.5%
#8Stripe24.5%
#9Linux16.3%
#10IssueHunt16.3%

Aug 23, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Open Collective73.8%
#2Ko-fi50%
#3Patreon45.2%
#4Liberapay42.9%
#5Buy Me a Coffee38.1%
#6Tidelift26.2%
#7PayPal21.4%
#8IssueHunt21.4%
#9Linux16.7%
#10Stripe14.3%

Aug 22, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Open Collective73.8%
#2Ko-fi50%
#3Patreon45.2%
#4Liberapay42.9%
#5Buy Me a Coffee38.1%
#6Tidelift26.2%
#7PayPal21.4%
#8IssueHunt21.4%
#9Linux16.7%
#10Stripe14.3%

Aug 21, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Open Collective71.4%
#2Ko-fi49%
#3Liberapay42.9%
#4Patreon42.9%
#5Buy Me a Coffee36.7%
#6Tidelift26.5%
#7PayPal18.4%
#8Linux18.4%
#9IssueHunt18.4%
#10Linux Foundation16.3%

Aug 20, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Open Collective73.2%
#2Ko-fi48.2%
#3Liberapay46.4%
#4Patreon42.9%
#5Buy Me a Coffee39.3%
#6Tidelift32.1%
#7Linux23.2%
#8Linux Foundation19.6%
#9IssueHunt19.6%
#10PayPal16.1%

Aug 19, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Aug 18, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Aug 17, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Aug 16, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Aug 15, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Aug 14, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Open Collective74.3%
#2Liberapay47.1%
#3Ko-fi47.1%
#4Patreon47.1%
#5Buy Me a Coffee42.9%
#6Tidelift32.9%
#7Linux21.4%
#8IssueHunt20%
#9Linux Foundation18.6%
#10GitLab14.3%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/open-source-monetization-tools/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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