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 ZuLuuuuuu » Tue, May 27, 2025, 3:36 PM UTC

- I donated to PyInstaller project in the past. Being able to package Python programs as executable literally made a big difference at work. I am very grateful for that project. But I can't find a donation link on their web site anymore.

- I donate to Wikipedia every year a small amount.

- It is not related to programming directly, but I try to donate to https://u24.gov.ua every month.

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

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Post by linusg789 » Tue, May 27, 2025, 3:44 PM UTC

I sponsor https://github.com/jart and https://github.com/marcan on github

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

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Post by Canada » Tue, May 27, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

- Signal

- OpenBSD

- The Pirate Bay

- Wikipedia

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

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Post by k__ » Tue, May 27, 2025, 4:34 PM UTC

pvdebbe wrote: post #178

k__ wrote: post #151

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

but is it a voluntary donation?

Yes

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

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Post by grafelic » Tue, May 27, 2025, 5:15 PM UTC

I donate to XMonad because it is finest of wms and the one I use.

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

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Post by numeromancer » Tue, May 27, 2025, 5:17 PM UTC

I focus on peer-to-peer services, as I think it is the most important focus for free software:

- Radicle - IPFS - torrents and magnet links - i2p - syncthing - PeerTube/ActivityPub

&al

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

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Post by coldblues » Tue, May 27, 2025, 5:24 PM UTC

marc_abonce wrote: post #46

The random kid that compiled the LineageOS version that runs in my phone. I still don't understand why is making LineageOS compatible with more phone models so hard compared to Linux distros in desktop, so I really appreciate all the work behind it.

Same! I donate to various custom ROM maintainers for my specific device.

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

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Post by bsoles » Tue, May 27, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

I donate yearly to KiCAD, Wikipedia, and Libre Office.

I will probably also donate to FreeCAD and postgres but I have not checked if they accept donations.

I would like to single out KiCAD as the most impressive open source (?) project if you are into electronic design.

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

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Post by codeforafrica » Tue, May 27, 2025, 5:43 PM UTC

I don't donate money to projects, instead give my time where I can. I am hiring junior developers when I can afford it, mentor students to work on FOSS projects and contribute to the FOSS community in various ways. I am also supporting a few children so they can go to school. Effectively, I am targeting the long game, raising the next generation of FOSS contributors. So far this is all funded by myself. If you would like to contribute, please contact me. http://codingforafrica.at/

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

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Post by willaaam » Tue, May 27, 2025, 6:20 PM UTC

- Software

Haiku (because I was a first day BeOS user and I still miss that OS every day)

KDE (Daily driver and boy do I hate using Gnome)

Keepass2Android (essential, use it 20x per day)

Bottles (most robust and easy to use way to run windows games on my Linux box for me)

- Other projects:

Wikipedia (I'm don't 100% align with some of the politics internally and externally, as well as their spending on sidehustles, but regardless there's just no substitute)

ScreenScraper.fr (because I like neatly organized retro games)

- Today I learned:

Thunderbird donating to thunderbird only supports Thunderbird, so I'll start.

Internet Archive Even though some of the stuff they are doing is legally dubious, in general I'd say the initiative is a force for good. Considering support.

- What I wish I was able to support:

OpenSUSE I use this distro every day, but I don't have the time to invest in the community other than some well written bug reports and packaging feedback every now and then.

Firefox and MDN docs Oh boy do I have zero trust in Mozilla as an organisation, but the browser and the MDN docs are so fundamentally important to me. Regardless, I just can't bring myself to support the organisation with the current CEO.