# Partnerships can keep open source sustainable

DevFeed: [Partnerships can keep open source sustainable](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/partnerships-can-keep-open-source-sustainable-2195.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/24/partnerships-can-keep-open-source-sustainable/>)

Author: Phoebe Sajor

Published: 2026-07-24T07:40:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Stack Overflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stack-overflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>)

Tags: [acquisition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/acquisition.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev-tools.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [leaders-of-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leaders-of-code.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [partnerships](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partnerships.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [se-stackoverflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-stackoverflow.md>), [se-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-tech.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

Ryan welcomes VoidZero's Evan You and Cloudflare's Dane Knecht to discuss Cloudflare's acquisition of VoidZero, the implications for JavaScript development, and how partnerships can help open-source projects remain maintained and sustainably monetized.

## Source excerpt

Ryan welcomes VoidZero's Evan You and Cloudflare's Dane Knecht back to the show to discuss Cloudflare's recent acquisition of VoidZero and what it means for JavaScript development, how partnerships like theirs can help open-source projects stay maintained and sustainably monetized, and how Cloudflare's distributed systems are helping to improve developer experience in Vite and beyond.