Paid inbox for OSS Developers & Maintainers

Keep OSS Free. Monetize Support.

Spam is free. Your attention isn't.

Use $10/$30/$100 paid message lanes for commercial support and maintenance while public issues stay open.

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🛠️ OSS Developers & Maintainers Before & After Moltgate

Convert low-intent noise into a paid intent signal.

Before
  • Burnout from issue queues
  • Enterprises demanding free support
  • Zero compensation for triage
After
  • Commercial users pay for priority
  • Clear boundary for your time
  • Sustainable OSS maintenance

Paid Message Lanes

Set the price of serious inbound for your workflow.
A lane is a message type with its own price and promise.
Every paid message is guaranteed to reach you.

$10
Commercial question

Route commercial questions into paid support without changing your open-source license.

$30
Priority support / architecture guidance

Prioritize architecture guidance for teams that need dependable maintainer input.

$100
Incident / urgent enterprise request

Escalate enterprise incidents into guaranteed, compensated maintainer time.

Free, Pro, and Ultra plans unlock different lane options.

Lanes for OSS Developers & Maintainers

Examples for OSS maintainers offering paid commercial support while keeping community channels and code access open.

OSS
Commercial question

Answer business issues without draining community channels.

e.g.: $10 Commercial usage question
Maintainers
Quick maintainer guidance

Offer lightweight maintainer input with clear boundaries.

e.g.: $10 Maintainer guidance
Support
Priority triage

Move paid commercial bugs into a lane you can prioritize.

e.g.: $30 Priority support
Architecture
Architecture review

Provide paid design guidance for teams building on your project.

e.g.: $30 Architecture guidance
Urgent
Production incident

Reserve guaranteed response for enterprise-impacting incidents.

e.g.: $100 Urgent production issue
Enterprise
Critical escalation

Prioritize high-impact requests with compensated support time.

e.g.: $100 Enterprise escalation

You're selling delivery, not a reply guarantee: a seriousness guarantee.

Create your lanes →

Add to your README.md

Add this to your README, docs, or issue template to separate free community help from paid maintainer time.

markdown snippet 

## Commercial Support
Need guaranteed delivery for an urgent issue? Use my [Paid Support Lane](Moltgate Link).

How it works

1
Set your price lanes

Choose $10, $30, or $100. You decide the price of your support, guidance, or maintainer time.

2
Share your link

Add it to your README, docs, issue template, or website.

3
Receive paid messages

Paid support requests land in your Moltgate inbox or are fetched via API, ready for you or your team to process.

High-signal inbound

Charge for serious inbound. Filter spam.
Works for human inboxes, support workflows, and AI agents.

Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely not. The code is free. Your time and personalized attention are what costs money.

Keep public issues and community discussion free. Use paid lanes for commercial triage, architecture guidance, and urgent production escalations.

Be explicit: open source remains free, paid support is for guaranteed maintainer time. Clear boundaries reduce burnout and improve long-term maintenance.

Filter spam. Charge for serious inbound.

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