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# <span hidden>Sponsorship</span> :logo: :material-plus: :octicons-heart-fill-24:

Material for MkDocs uses the [sponsorware][1] release strategy, which means that
__new features are first exclusively released to sponsors__. Read on to learn 
[how sponsorship works][2] and how you can [become a sponsor][3] to enjoy the 
latest features before everybody else.

  [1]: https://github.com/sponsorware/docs
  [2]: #how-sponsorship-works
  [3]: #how-to-become-a-sponsor

## How sponsorship works

__Material for MkDocs is split into a community edition and a sponsor edition__.

New features will first land in the _sponsor edition_, which means that sponsors 
will have access immediately. Every feature is tied to a funding goal in monthly 
subscriptions. If this funding goal is hit, the feature is merged into the 
_community edition_ and released to the public to be generally available. Bugs
will be fixed in the community edition and merged back into the sponsor edition.

See the [roadmap][4] for a list of available and upcoming features of the
_sponsor edition_, and for demonstration purposes, [__the official docs built
with the sponsor edition__][5].

  [4]: #roadmap
  [5]: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material-next/

## How to become a sponsor

You've decided to become a sponsor? You're just __three easy steps__ away from 
enjoying the latest features of Material for MkDocs. Complete the following
steps and you're in:

- Visit [squidfunk's sponsor profile][6] and pick a tier that includes exclusive
  access to squidfunk's sponsorware, which is any tier above $10/month. Select
  the tier and complete the checkout.
- Within 24 hours, you will be added as a collaborator to a private GitHub 
  repository, which contains a fork of Material for MkDocs with [brand new and 
  exclusive features][7].
- Create a [personal access token][8], which allows installing the _sponsor 
  edition_ of Material for MkDocs from any destination, including other CI 
  providers like [GitLab][9] or [Bitbucket][10].

__Congratulations! :partying_face: You're now officially a sponsor and can use
the sponsor edition until you decide to cancel your monthly subscription, which 
you're free to do at any time.__

  [6]: https://github.com/sponsors/squidfunk
  [7]: #roadmap
  [8]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token
  [9]: https://gitlab.com
  [10]: https://bitbucket.org

## Roadmap

The following list of funding goals – named after varieties of chili peppers 
[I'm growing on my balcony][11] – show which features are already part of the 
sponsor edition or yet to come.

  [11]: https://www.instagram.com/squidfunk/

### Madame Jeanette

[:octicons-fire-24: Funding goal: __$500__][6] ·
:octicons-lock-24: Status: _exclusively available_

Improve search UI and UX to show relevant results more prominently, show missing 
terms that were not found on a specific page and highlight terms found when 
following a search result.

- [x] #1790 – Added grouping of search results
- [x] #1799 – Added missing query terms to search result
- [x] #1799 – Improved search result relevance and scoring
- [ ] TBD – Improved search result summaries
- [ ] TBD – Added highlighting of query terms on target pages

### Bhut Jolokia

[:octicons-fire-24: Funding goal: __$1,500__][6] ·
:octicons-lock-24: Status: _pending_

Add native support to Material for MkDocs to build and deploy multiple versions
of a single documentation project, with the help of a plugin.

### Caribbean Red

[:octicons-fire-24: Funding goal: __$3,000__][6] ·
:octicons-lock-24: Status: _pending_

Add an alternative, completely different _vertical layout_, optimized to read 
documentation and code side-by-side, e.g. for the documentation of APIs.