Please sponsor Cucumber
Hello Friend!
Now that Cucumber is back in community ownership we are relying on sponsors to fund the project.
Cucumber was downloaded over 200 million times in 2025. Thousands of companies rely on Cucumber tests to validate their software. We are a team of volunteers who maintain the core Gherkin parser, the Java, Ruby, JavaScript and Go flavoured implementations of Cucumber. That's a lot of work!
Why does an open source project need money?
Financial contributions ensure the team can get paid for their time, and cover running costs like server and email hosting, password managers etc.
Your sponsorship money means we that we not only keep the lights on, but invest in strategic projects to ensure that Cucumber will remain a reliable and fun way to test your software for years to come.
Convince your boss
Maybe you are a boss. If so, congratulations! 💪🏻
We would really love to add to our corporate sponsors on the silver, gold and platinum plans. Having this regular income gives the maintainers peace of mind and allows us to focus on delivering valuable code.
As a Silver sponsor or above you get your name and logo on the Cucumber website with a link to your site. Our website has thousands of visitors every day from software professionals all over the world. Think about how much you love Cucumber, then think about how much they will all love your brand if you're sponsoring us. It's hard to resist, isn't it?
If you're interested but need more details, please feel free to reply to this email.
Otherwise, head over to our opencollective page and sign up today!
cheers, Matt