Ask HN: What projects do you donate to? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by k__ » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:22 AM UTC

I regularly donate to a universal basic income project here in Germany.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by dmantis » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:24 AM UTC

I have a personal list with filters by donation method with foss projects: https://hacker.charity

Usually I pick the way I want to spend money at the moment and give them to someone who satisfies the criteria.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by znpy » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:28 AM UTC

Last time i donated, in january, it was to VLC.

I wanted to donate a bit every month but didn’t manage to get the habit.

I want to donate to projects like XFCE and the Free Software Foundation.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by skeaker » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:29 AM UTC

In addition to some of the big ones already mentioned here I also donate to my local animal rescue. They do very noble work saving injured animals from being euthanized and nursing them back to health. It's also soul-crushing work as they can't always save them in time. Having lost pets before myself, I can't imagine the stress of working in a place where you can expect to lose bonded animals somewhat regularly. I really admire their fortitude.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by myaccountonhn » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:31 AM UTC

dijit wrote: post #102

I’ve sent money to openbsd. They might not be popular to use, but the absolute freedom of the software along with how simple it is written makes it an incredible “good” for studying OS design. I have also donated to the FSFE (European FSF) and the Linux foundation, but we don’t get tax incentives for donating to charity in most european countries. So it’s quite costly.

I also donated to the FSFE, they're doing such important work in the EU at this time.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by alok-g » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:31 AM UTC

Not regularly, but I have donated to:

FreeFileSync, an excellent file sync utility within a network.

https://freefilesync.org/

StemRoller, separate stems (e.g., voice) from songs.

https://www.stemroller.com/

John's Background Switcher, shuffle wallpapers from various sources

https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/

Wikipedia Foundation

Etc.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by normie3000 » Tue, May 27, 2025, 10:31 AM UTC

swarnie wrote: post #56

Kagi - in the sense that i paid for a year of membership and only did about three searches. I hear great things, i love the idea behind it, a 65 year habit is hard to break. I'll be back soon.