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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? Great! 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] shows, 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.
## Terms
Regardless of whether you're an individual or a company, you may use the
_sponsor edition_ exactly under the same terms as the _community edition_,
which are given by the [MIT license][12]. However, we kindly ask you to respect
the following guidelines:
- Please __don't distribute the source code__ from the _sponsor edition_.
You may freely use it for public, private or commercial projects, fork it,
mirror it, do whatever you want with it, as long as you're not releasing the
source code, as this would cannibalize the sponsorware model.
- If you cancel your subscription, you're removed as a collaborator and will not
receive future updates of the sponsor edition. However, you may continue to
use the latest version that's available to you for __as long as you like__.
Just remember that __[GitHub deletes private forks][13]__.
[12]: license.md
[13]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/removing-a-collaborator-from-a-personal-repository