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# Backing Directus
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> Directus is both _premium_ and _free_ — two things that don't often go together. It takes significant resources to
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> maintain the platform. If you'd like to help keep development active, please consider supporting Directus through one
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> of the methods below.
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## Financial Support
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Talented full-time and part-time staff, infrastructure, and third-party services are just some of our organization's
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many expenses. Below are a few ways to help us keep the lights on and move towards a self-sufficient open-source core
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product.
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### GitHub Sponsors
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Monthly donations via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/directus) are the most reliable form of financial
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support. Donate to the organization, or directly to [our core developers](https://github.com/orgs/directus/people)!
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### Sponsored Work
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[Commissioned Features](/getting-started/support/#commissioned-features) and
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[Expedited Fixes](/getting-started/support/#expedited-fixes) are great ways to financially support the development of
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Directus, and improve the codebase for the community.
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### Merch
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Our merchandise is a great way to support Directus — you get some swag, and we get some financial support and
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advertising. Simply make an appropriate financial donation through
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[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/directus) (or contact us for bulk pricing), and once we coordinate sizing
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and shipping details, we'll get it shipped!
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## Other Contributions
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Below are several ways that _anyone_ can help improve the Directus ecosystem. These are free alternatives for when
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financial support is not a possibility.
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### Code Pull Requests
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Squashing bugs, optimizing the codebase, increasing test coverage, and adding new features, are all extremely valuable.
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Not technical? We have plenty of documentation that can always use some extra attention. Learn more in our
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[Contributors Guide](/contributing/introduction).
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### App Translations
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Every [translation](/contributing/translations/) of the App enables users in new languages to use our international
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platform. Our [Crowdin integration](https://locales.directus.io) makes polishing existing translations or creating new
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ones a breeze.
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### Bug Reporting
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If you encounter an issue within Directus, no matter how small, we would love to hear about it. Proper bug reporting
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helps our team improve platform stability. [Report a bug on GitHub](https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/new)
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### Brand Advocacy
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You can create _perfect_ software, but if no one knows about it, it's all for naught. Marketing and advertising are
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expensive, but you can help us avoid these costs with the following quick options:
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- **GitHub Stars** — The primary metric by which we measure our success. It only takes a few seconds to head to the
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[Directus GitHub](https://github.com/directus/directus) and click the star. Enough activity in a short period of time
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and we get even more exposure from being featured on GitHub's trending page!
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- **Social Posts** — A quick post mentioning [@directus](https://twitter.com/directus) goes a long way — and we re-tweet
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the team's favorite shout-outs to our 35K+ followers.
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- **Testimonials** — _One sentence._ Even that was a sentence, and it was only two words! If you're a fan of Directus,
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we'd love to hear why with a short endorsement. Shoot us an [email](mailto:info@directus.io),
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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/directus), or [Discord](https://directus.chat) message with your name, title, and company.
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- **Reviews** — The following popular rating platforms allow for you to post your rating and testimonial publicly, which
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automatically gives it more exposure.
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- [G2](https://www.g2.com/products/directus/reviews)
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- [Capterra](https://www.capterra.com/p/156619/Directus/)
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- [TrustRadius](https://www.trustradius.com/products/directus/reviews)
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