The Digital Press

JetBrains is sponsoring five open-source PHP projects and maintainers, including promising tools like the Rust-based PHP static analyzer Mago. This new sponsorship approach aims to diversify their support and strengthen the PHP community.

Why it matters: JetBrains supports key PHP projects, helping improve tools for developers in a competitive, frugal market.

The big picture: Sponsorships highlight JetBrains’ commitment to open source while focusing on impactful projects annually.

Notable projects: Saif Eddin Gmati’s Mago linter, Markus Staab’s involvement in PHPStan and PHPUnit, and Sjon Hortensius’s 3v4l.org.

Commenters say: Many appreciate JetBrains’ support and choice of maintainers, though some prefer customizable editors like VSCode over JetBrains products.