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isaacs

Oakland CA

In 2009, I invented npm and spent 12 years working on it, including founding npm, Inc. (acquired by GitHub in 2020), and designing and implementing Arborist, the library that powers npm 7 and 8.

If you use JavaScript in any capacity, there is a very good chance you are depend on code I wrote.

I left GitHub in November 2021 to found another startup, and no longer work on npm full time. (I'd love to hear about the challenges your company has with pricing!)

Apart from that, I maintain node-tap and a whole host of Node.js utility libraries that are used by millions of JavaScripters around the world. Sponsorship helps me justify my non-work OSS time, since that takes me away from other activities, and sponsoring libraries of mine will help me judge where my OSS maintenance time is best spent.

22 sponsors have funded isaacs’s work.

@darcyclarke
@hassanhashmy
@photopandaorg
@iNishant
@rafaelkallis
@balsa
@cerebrl
@csev
@scoutapm-sponsorships
@GitbookIO
@jensstigaard
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@danburonline
@sejas
@awibox
@GraphQLGuide
@polarsignals
@DIY0R
@weakish
Private Sponsor
@orangeBisquit
@getsentry

Featured work

  1. tapjs/node-tap

    Test Anything Protocol tools for node

    JavaScript 2,082
  2. isaacs/node-glob

    glob functionality for node.js

    JavaScript 7,719
  3. isaacs/rimraf

    A `rm -rf` util for nodejs

    JavaScript 4,861
  4. TypeScript 4,403
  5. isaacs/nave

    Virtual Environments for Node

    Shell 1,530
  6. isaacs/blog.izs.me

    eleventy app that powers my blog

    JavaScript 13

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You won't get any special privileges, except the karmic joy that comes with a life full of gratitude, but that's a lot.

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For $6k a month, I'll prioritize (and likely fix) any issues that you run into with any of my personal open source code. When possible, I'll also dig into problems caused in other open source JS code, and provide workarounds or alternatives if I can't fix it.

Fair disclaimer: there's a good chance I'll eventually fix it, even if you don't pay. But at this tier, you get to have your issues prioritized.

There is no guarantee that your issues will be fixed, since such a thing cannot be guaranteed, but I am unusually prolific and quite good at debugging JavaScript, so it's likely that if it can be root caused and fixed, I'll fix it. If you are unsatisfied, I'll provide a one-time refund of that month's fee.