I know a lot of people who have projects with 500-5000 stars and zero sponsors. Realistically the prospect of living off open-source development on github is a

I know a lot of people who have projects with 500-5000 stars and zero sponsors. Realistically the prospect of living off open-source development on github is as likely as living on sales as a book author. It happens, but it doesn't happen easily or often. If you run a super-popular project you might pickup a sponsor or two, but it seems that the odds are low.