# How I make a living working on SerenityOS

DevFeed: [How I make a living working on SerenityOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-make-a-living-working-on-serenityos-38355.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://awesomekling.github.io/How-I-make-a-living-working-on-SerenityOS/>)

Author: Andreas Kling

Published: 2022-10-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Andreas Kling](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andreas-kling.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [non-technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/non-technical.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [personal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/personal.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [serenityos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serenityos.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

Andreas Kling explains how recurring individual sponsorships and donations, including Patreon and GitHub Sponsors, support his full-time work on SerenityOS. He also discusses YouTube as a secondary source of income and frames the post as a transparency report.

## Source excerpt

This post describes in detail how I support myself while working on the SerenityOS project.