Editing your profile details for GitHub Sponsors

You can update the information that potential sponsors see about your work.

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About sponsor profiles

Your GitHub Sponsors profile tells potential sponsors why they should support you. People see your sponsor profile when they click the Sponsor button on your profile. We recommend including the following information.

  • Open source work that you contribute to
  • Why you are committed to open source development

Editing your profile details

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Your sponsors.
  2. If a list of your sponsored and eligible accounts is shown, to the right of the account you want to manage, click Dashboard.
  3. In the "Profile" section in the left sidebar, click Profile details.
  4. Under "Short bio", type a brief description of yourself and your work.
  5. In the "Introduction" section, type a description of the work you'll do with your sponsorships.
  6. Optionally, choose the repositories that are showcased on your GitHub Sponsors profile.
    • In the "Featured work" section, to the right of the section title, click Edit.
    • In the modal that appears, select up to six repositories, then click Save.
  7. Optionally, select Optional: Opt-in to get featured on github.com/sponsors.
  8. Click Update profile.

Featured sponsors allows you to spotlight your sponsors. You can opt to automatically display your top 10 sponsors, manually select 10 sponsors, or feature no sponsors.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Your sponsors.

  2. If a list of your sponsored and eligible accounts is shown, to the right of the account you want to manage, click Dashboard.

  3. In the "Profile" section in the left sidebar, click Profile details.

  4. Under "Featured Sponsors", select the checkbox for the option to display your featured sponsors automatically or manually.

    • If opting to automatically feature your top 10 sponsors, select the dial button and click Update profile.

    • To manually add sponsors, select the Manually add my featured sponsors option and click Add or remove.

    • A pop up window will display allowing you to search your sponsors. Click on the desired sponsors and click Save.

  5. Click Update profile.

Sharing your profile

Let others know about your Sponsors profile by sharing it out on social media or embedding it on your personal website.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Your sponsors.
  2. If a list of your sponsored and eligible accounts is shown, to the right of the account you want to manage, click Dashboard.
  3. From the left sidebar, click Overview.
  4. Under "Share it out", select the option to share your Sponsors profile on social media or embed it on a website.