Evan You—Evan You created Vue.js and pioneered sustainable independent open source funding via Patreon
Evan You created Vue.js in 2014, which grew to become one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks. In 2016, he became one of the first developers to sustain full-time open source work through Patreon and later GitHub Sponsors, pioneering a model for independent open source sustainability. All his projects (Vue, Vite, Vitest) are MIT licensed.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Open Source Licensing Integrity | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.664 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Evan You created Vue.js and became one of first developers to sustain open source via Patreon
You created Vue.js in 2014 and in 2016 became one of the first developers to work full-time on open source funded through Patreon. He later expanded to GitHub Sponsors. All projects (Vue, Vite, Vitest) maintain MIT licenses.