The Tidelift Subscription

Pro developers get assurances. OSS maintainers get paid.

Open Source

Software Engineering

Developer Tools

About The Tidelift Subscription on Product Hunt

“Pro developers get assurances. OSS maintainers get paid.”

The Tidelift Subscription launched on Product Hunt on February 26th, 2018 and earned 74 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #20 on the daily leaderboard. The Tidelift Subscription is a first step toward making open source work better for everyone. Where professional software development teams can be confident that the open source code they rely on is reliable. And open source maintainers and core teams can build sustainable businesses around their projects.

On the analytics side, The Tidelift Subscription competes within Open Source, Software Engineering and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 621.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how The Tidelift Subscription performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.

Who hunted The Tidelift Subscription?

The Tidelift Subscription was hunted by Andrew Nesbitt. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.

For a complete overview of The Tidelift Subscription including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.