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About
Building up
Since 2013, gulp has been the toolkit of choice for developers and designers alike. Not only do we have communities who’ve relied on us since the beginning, but there’s also a constant flow of new users who find out how great their workflow can be with gulp.
Prior to the last major release, gulp was maintained by a sole maintainer who wasn’t always able to dedicate much time to the project. You might have noticed releases taking a while. 😉
In preparation for the release, we focused on raising funds for the project to expand the team. Our goal was to have a variety of maintainers, each working on smaller parts of the large system. Now, we have over a dozen team members, including developers, documentarians, and even a triage team all working in their “spare” time to maintain and improve the project you love. ❤️
Prior to the last major release, gulp was maintained by a sole maintainer who wasn’t always able to dedicate much time to the project. You might have noticed releases taking a while. 😉
In preparation for the release, we focused on raising funds for the project to expand the team. Our goal was to have a variety of maintainers, each working on smaller parts of the large system. Now, we have over a dozen team members, including developers, documentarians, and even a triage team all working in their “spare” time to maintain and improve the project you love. ❤️
Towards sustainability
If you’ve used our documentation in the last few years, you’re experiencing first-hand the benefits of funding gulp. With a moderately successful funding effort, we found contributors to focus their time and energy, leading to the creation of high quality documentation. Whether you’re a new user just getting started or a power user looking to improve your workflow, there’s something for everyone!
There is still plenty of work do in all parts of the project, so we created an official Expense Policy to ensure all our maintainers are being compensated for the vital work they do.
There is still plenty of work do in all parts of the project, so we created an official Expense Policy to ensure all our maintainers are being compensated for the vital work they do.
Help us grow
Gulp is still going strong, but we need your help! We want to continue expanding our team and find even more contributors from every discipline.
We also want to keep building the gulp community, a place for plugin authors to collaborate with the core team on best-in-class plugins for all of our users.
We also want to keep building the gulp community, a place for plugin authors to collaborate with the core team on best-in-class plugins for all of our users.
Our team
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Financial Contributions
Top financial contributors
Organizations
GitHub Sponsors
$29,365.96 USD since Oct 2020
CodeinWP
$11,100 USD since Feb 2018
WordTips
$7,500 USD since Mar 2021
Sticker Mule
$3,900 USD since Feb 2017
Frontend Masters
$3,800 USD since Dec 2018
clay
$3,600 USD since Jul 2017
FundOSS
$3,249.62 USD since Jun 2021
Craft CMS
$3,200 USD since Apr 2017
Icons8
$2,771 USD since Mar 2017
Mixmax
$1,100 USD since Jan 2018
Individuals
Addy
$6,000 USD since May 2018
WPBeginner
$3,000 USD since Aug 2018
Zacky Ma
$930 USD since Jul 2016
Rens Groothuijsen
$418 USD since Sep 2016
Benjamin Roffe
$350 USD since Nov 2018
Rich Holman
$335 USD since Sep 2019
Eric Casthart
$319 USD since Sep 2016
Marius
$260 USD since Jun 2019
WPExplorer
$200 USD since Nov 2018
Even Stensberg
$200 USD since Dec 2018
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Budget
Transparent and open finances.
$250.00USD
Completed
Contribution #581590
$2.00USD
Completed
Contribution #515977
Credit from Benjamin Roffe to gulp •
$5.00USD
Completed
Contribution #36474
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Today’s balance$33,208.30 USD
Total raised
$78,570.00 USD
Total disbursed
$45,361.70 USD
Estimated annual budget
$10,209.46 USD