GitHub users with attributable public free-software contributions may apply for evaluation. Evaluation does not guarantee funding. No grant writing required, 5 min setup.
If you have a good GitHub profile and not enough money, apply for financing.
Software in the world is a hierarchical structure:
If one important component is missing, the entire world economy growth may slow down. But such “components” (software libraries) are often under-financed, because they are “invisible” to users.
Moreover, even a highly visible software may be under-financed, even if it prominently asks for donations.
So, we all need a new method of gathering and distributing money to support free software. And lo, this method: Our app asks AI, which portion of the economy a user is worth, and gives him/her a proportional share of donations. The best thing about this is that you don’t need to fill a long grant request form and wait months for a decision. Instead you just connect your GitHub account and after this press Evaluate button (you press it only once) to be eligible for grants.
Project status
The software has been released. See this page for the status of the software.
Help Turn AIIM’s Beta into Evidence
AIIM remains experimental. The next proposed milestone is a five-month public adversarial test, with $1,000 planned for distribution to eligible funding recipients. Donations support the work required to run and evaluate that test.
Fund the public test → Test proposal → Independent review →
AI-generated evaluations can contain factual errors or biases; decentralized governance and non-custodial components remain under development. Public testing, auditability, and external criticism remain part of the project.
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