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Is Codeberg.org financially sustainable relying on member fees? Any precedents?

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Re: Is Codeberg.org financially sustainable relying on member fees? Any precedents?

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Oh it's much worse than that. They only accept member fees paid by SEPA transfers . As in Single Euro Payment Area. Don't live in a country that uses the Euro or is part of the EU? Your money isn't welcome here. What a dumb policy.

Just use a service like Wise?

Yes, sign up for a service I would never use otherwise to send money is a very convincing and straightforward way to support this project.

Re: Is Codeberg.org financially sustainable relying on member fees? Any precedents?

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Yes. I am a paying member and thus I get the member newsletter where finances are disclosed and discussed. It’s a low-cost operation and we have enough reserves in the bank.

Thank you for sharing this information. I am also applying for membership and am eager to see Codeberg succeed. However, I am concerned about the long-term sustainability of Codeberg, especially if it plans to support CI (which is resource-intensive) and attract a significantly larger user base. Similarweb statistics indicate a substantial difference in traffic between Codeberg and GitHub. While Codeberg has approxim…

> However, I am concerned about the long-term sustainability of Codeberg

Why? If you want to support it, do so. If it collapses, change some git repository URLs in your READMEs.

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