About tea
Enhancing the sustainability of open-source software
The tea Protocol is a decentralized technology framework secured by reputation and incentives that enables open-source developers & maintainers to be rewarded for their software contributions.
Solving the open source incentive model
Our Mission
Securing the Future of Open Source in the Age of AI
The tea Protocol started with one mission: fix the Nebraska Problem. Too many open-source heroes—often far from the spotlight—keep the digital world running without recognition or reward. Our first move was CHAI, the oracle that maps and ranks dependencies across the global software stack so the work buried deepest finally gets the credit it deserves.
Then AI changed the game. In a world where software can be deployed at lightning speed, open source isn’t just important—it’s non-negotiable. Security. Provenance. Trust. They’re now mission-critical, demanded by everyone. That’s why we’ve gone beyond dependencies to build the universal distribution system for open source—fuelled by value-aligned incentives that protect the ecosystem, reward its creators, and power the next era of software.
Then AI changed the game. In a world where software can be deployed at lightning speed, open source isn’t just important—it’s non-negotiable. Security. Provenance. Trust. They’re now mission-critical, demanded by everyone. That’s why we’ve gone beyond dependencies to build the universal distribution system for open source—fuelled by value-aligned incentives that protect the ecosystem, reward its creators, and power the next era of software.
Vision
Web3 innovation for the open-source community
Open-source software development and web3 share many synergies. tea is bringing the best of web3 to OSS.
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