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For individuals who want Yii to stay maintained.

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$5 USD / month

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For developers using Yii in real projects.

$15 USD / month

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For freelancers, consultants, and senior developers who earn money with Yii.

$50 USD / month

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For companies using Yii in production.

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For companies where Yii is important production infrastructure.

$1,500 USD / month

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LTS Sponsor

For companies depending on Yii 1.1/2.0 LTS, long-lived Yii applications, or Yii 3 adoption.

$3,000 USD / month

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For companies whose products depend heavily on Yii.

$5,000 USD / month

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GitHub Sponsors

$67,820.19 USD since Nov 2020

2

$29,000 USD since Apr 2019

3

$13,800 USD since Oct 2020

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$12,100 USD since Apr 2019

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$8,600 USD since Jul 2019

6

Onetwist Software

$8,200 USD since Apr 2019

7

DudeSquare B.V.

$7,450 USD since Sep 2019

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$3,300 USD since Apr 2019

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$3,254.38 USD since Jun 2021

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$2,700 USD since Aug 2022

Individuals

1

$6,100 USD since Apr 2019

2

Dmitry Zaitsev

$2,000 USD since Dec 2024

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$1,780 USD since Apr 2019

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$1,254.66 USD since Feb 2024

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Alexander Smythe

$1,240 USD since Jul 2021

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Hexlet

$1,234.56 USD since Sep 2021

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$1,032 USD since Jun 2020

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$1,000 USD since May 2020

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$650 USD since Jul 2019

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$650 USD since Mar 2021

Yii Software is all of us

Our contributors 392

Thank you for supporting Yii Software.

Paweł Brzozowski

Core Contributor

$170 USD

Alexey Rogachev

Core Contributor

Aleksei Gagarin

Core Contributor

I ♥ PHP and Open Source

Alexander Mak...

Admin

Let's move Yii forward!

Carsten Brandt

Admin

Andrii Vasyliev

Core Contributor

Dmitry Naumenko

Core Contributor

Wilmer Arambula

Admin

Rustam Mamada...

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Making Yii great again!

Viktor Babanov

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Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Monthly financial contribution to Yii Software (backer)

Credit from Dana Luther to Yii Software • August 9, 2026

+$10.00USD

Completed

Contribution #159929

Yii development

Category

Maintenance and Development

from Wilmer Arambula to Yii Software • August 5, 2026

-$600.00 USD

Paid

Monthly financial contribution to Yii Software

Credit from Gunnar Rikardsson to Yii Software • August 2, 2026

+$10.00USD

Completed

Contribution #959124

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Today’s balance

$8,290.75 USD

Total raised

$187,108.97 USD

Total disbursed

$178,818.22 USD

Estimated annual budget

$28,731.35 USD

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News from Yii Software

Updates on our activities and progress.

New website is live

The Yii website has a fresh new look! We’ve redesigned it for clearer navigation, better readability, improved mobile support, and consistent dark mode—all while keeping the familiar Yii spirit. Take a look and...

Published on August 9, 2026 by Alexander Makarov

Security lessons Yii learned thanks to GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

Last year Yii was chosen to be in session...

Published on February 17, 2026 by Alexander Makarov

YiiCast #2: DI Container

The second episode is about DI container. It is a mixed dialogue between an AI-voiced script and the real Alexander Makarov (@samdark), core team lead....

Published on February 17, 2026 by Alexander Makarov

About

Yiisoft primary goal is to develop and support Yii that is a fast, secure, and efficient PHP framework and a set of reusable libraries. Flexible yet pragmatic. Works right out of the box with reasonable defaults.

Our team

Paweł Brzozowski

Core Contributor

Alexey Rogachev

Core Contributor

Aleksei Gagarin

Core Contributor

I ♥ PHP and Open Source

Alexander Mak...

Admin

Let's move Yii forward!

Carsten Brandt

Admin

Andrii Vasyliev

Core Contributor

Dmitry Naumenko

Core Contributor

Wilmer Arambula

Admin

Rustam Mamada...

Core Contributor

Making Yii great again!

Viktor Babanov

Admin

Marco van 't ...

Core Contributor

Sergei Predvo...

Core Contributor