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Rich Harris, Svelte’s creator, has [joined Vercel to work on Svelte full-time](https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-welcomes-rich-harris-creator-of-svelte). We’re incredibly excited to have Rich’s level of involvement in Svelte increase even more and have him steward Svelte into the future.
Rich Harris, Svelte’s creator, has [joined Vercel to work on Svelte full-time](https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-welcomes-rich-harris-creator-of-svelte). We’re incredibly excited to have Rich’s level of involvement in Svelte increase even more and have him steward Svelte into the future.
Svelte has been made possible by the work of a large, dedicated community. Svelte has added numerous core maintainers over the course of the pandemic. In alphabetical order:
Svelte has been made possible by the work of a large, dedicated community. Svelte has added numerous core maintainers over the course of the pandemic. In alphabetical order:
- benmccann - primary maintainer of SvelteKit for much of 2021
- [benmccann](https://github.com/benmccann) - primary maintainer of SvelteKit for much of 2021
- bluwy - major contributor across SvelteKit, vite-plugin-svelte, and Vite
- [bluwy](https://github.com/bluwy) - major contributor across SvelteKit, vite-plugin-svelte, and Vite
- dominikg - creator of vite-plugin-svelte
- [dominikg](https://github.com/dominikg) - creator of vite-plugin-svelte
- dummdidumm - primary maintainer of language-tools, which includes the VS Code extension and `svelte-check`
- [dummdidumm](https://github.com/dummdidumm) - primary maintainer of language-tools, which includes the VS Code extension and `svelte-check`
- ehrencrona - contributor to SvelteKit and employee at Hyperlab who use Svelte
- [ehrencrona](https://github.com/ehrencrona) - contributor to SvelteKit and employee at Hyperlab who use Svelte
- GrygrFlzr - holds a unique status as a maintainer of both SvelteKit and Vite
- [GrygrFlzr](https://github.com/GrygrFlzr) - holds a unique status as a maintainer of both SvelteKit and Vite
- Halfnelson - creator of svelte-native
- [Halfnelson](https://github.com/Halfnelson) - creator of svelte-native
- ignatiusmb - regular SvelteKit contributor especially to TypeScript support
- [ignatiusmb](https://github.com/ignatiusmb) - regular SvelteKit contributor especially to TypeScript support
- RedHatter - creator of Svelte Devtools
- [RedHatter](https://github.com/RedHatter) - creator of Svelte Devtools
- [rixo](https://github.com/rixo) - creator of svelte-hmr
Svelte began accepting donations via [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/svelte) last year and has now had over $50,000 donated to-date. We hope that these funds will allow existing maintainers to spend more time on Svelte or that the funds could otherwise support Svelte on a part-time or contract basis, which we will continue to investigate.
Svelte began accepting donations via [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/svelte) last year and has now had over $50,000 donated to-date. We hope that these funds will allow existing maintainers to spend more time on Svelte or that the funds could otherwise support Svelte on a part-time or contract basis, which we will continue to investigate.