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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by rococode on Sunday July 10, 2022 @12:43PM (#32046278)
Even their expenses are open source!

https://lichess.org/costs

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by matesz on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:48PM (#32047637)
$53k per year for main developer salary - from what I understand it’s quite complex Scala codebase.
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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by lukeschwartz on Sunday July 10, 2022 @01:15PM (#32046610)
wow, $409,644.10/year; now I really wonder how much money they make from donations.
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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by Scarblac on Sunday July 10, 2022 @01:26PM (#32046738)
Roughly the same amount, I think? They seem to spend what they receive.
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