# Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers

DevFeed: [Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers-4192.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html>)

Author: Chromium Blog (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2025-01-09T17:01:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chromium Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chromium-blog.md>)

Topics: [Chromium](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chromium.md>), [linux foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-foundation.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

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## AI overview

Google announced a partnership with the Linux Foundation and the launch of Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers, a fund intended to support open-source contributions and developers working on the Chromium ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

Since Google announced the Chromium project in 2008, we have been excited to build on the great foundations of open-source web browsers and contribute to the continued development of a rich web platform. Today, Chromium is used by hundreds of different projects globally, including big browsers like Chrome, home electronics from LG, application frameworks like Electron and even custom applications like Bloomberg terminals and SpaceX capsule control software. In 2024, Google made over 100,000 commits to Chromium, accounting for ~94 percent of contributions. While we have no intention of reducing this investment, we continue to welcome others stepping up to invest more. Google also continues to invest heavily in the shared infrastructure of the Open Source project to "keep the lights on", including having thousands of servers endlessly running millions of tests, responding to hundreds of incoming bugs per day, ensuring the important ones get fixed, and constantly investing in code health to keep the whole project maintainable. This work represents hundreds of millions of US dollars in annual investment just for maintenance costs before any new feature, innovation or other business priorities can be addressed. Sustainable funding of critical open source infrastructure remains a hot industry-wide topic of discussion and over the years we've heard from many companies and developers about how critical the Chromium project is to their work. They've also shared how they would like to support the continued health of the project, beyond direct engineering support. Today Google is pleased to announce our partnership with The Linux Foundation and the launch of the Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers. The goal of this initiative is to foster a sustainable environment of open-source contributions towards the health of the Chromium ecosystem and financially support a community of developers who want to contribute to the project, encouraging widespread support and continued techno