Cloudflare launches Vite Ecosystem Fund first payout

Cloudflare is distributing the first $301,300 of the Vite Ecosystem Fund to 44 open-source projects and maintainers. The funding initiative, which follows VoidZero joining Cloudflare and committing $1 million to the Vite ecosystem, aims to combat increased maintainer burnout driven by AI-generated pull requests and overlapping feature races. Cloudflare intends to disburse the committed funds quarterly through its Open Collective. Open article →