Add GitHub Sponsor & Support in Open Source Collective

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Users / CC: @david-allison @Arthur-Milchior @mikehardy

As previously discussed in Discord: Anki Donations: GitHub Sponsor and Patreon

This issue tracker will become a reminder with a deadline to add GitHub Sponsor and connect to Open Source Collective

Deadline: Using Milestones as reference -> 2.19 or 2.20 Release

Why?

• Reduce dependency in Open Source Collective for donations
• Adding another option to donate, thus decreasing the barrier for donations
• Add reminders to donate in issues and pull request via GitHub Sponsors

Links

• GitHub Sponsor Documentation
• Setting up GitHub Sponsors to Open Source Collective (OSC)
• OC Docs quick access

Extra: Tasks after adding GitHub Sponsor

• [ ] Make an announcement in Anki Forum and Reddit (@david-allison)
• [ ] Update docs (anyone)
  • [ ] https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Contributing#donate-to-ankidroid
  • [ ] Add Donations links in https://ankidroid.org/docs/manual.html#contributing

Desired Result

How it would appear in Open Source Collective Image source: Homebrew

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https://docs.github.com/en/sponsors/receiving-sponsorships-through-github-sponsors/setting-up-github-sponsors-for-your-organization

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https://github.com/sponsors/accounts -> AnkiDroid -> Get Sponsored

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Confirming our next steps with @mikehardy

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Pending GitHub Approval

@mikehardy our profile description can be updated:

https://github.com/sponsors/ankidroid/dashboard/profile

[david-allison]

I have updated our description, mostly copied from our Open Collective. Updated to remove a reference to GitHub, and move our users to 3Mn

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We have goals and tiers which we should decide on. Here is a sample of the UIs!

Goals: sample screenshot


Tiers: sample screenshot

[Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7b72491b-0dd4-4b20-b13b-2607d1380881)

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