I’m making a quick list to be sure to support projects that have a positive impact on my digital life, at the crossroads of selfhosting and privacy.
Selfhosting is currently more of a hobby (fiddling, note-taking and media serving), and looking at my Portainer stack right now, I’m thinking of PiHole, Jellyfin, Homarr and Homepage.
Some projects like FileBrowser, PiGallery2 and Audiobookshelf don’t seem to have a way to contribute financially.
Any well-know project that might be in near-critical condition/need of support? Which projects are you planning to donate to?
I just donated to freefilesync. I donate randomly when I feel though.
Audiobookshelf would be the primary donation, as I’ve had thousands of hours of usage from it… I use it everywhere and all the time, when I’m working, travelling or just relaxing. In addition, I’ve often liked the idea of sponsoring a couple of features (A list-view, and folder-structure browsing)
The last couple of years I have been donating to Gluetun.
The dev is very responsive to feature requests, and I don’t know how I would get along without it now.
Codeberg
I’ll be donating to Termux. I think its an exceptional idea with an amazing execution.
Django project. I use it at my startup.
Reactive Resume https://github.com/AmruthPillai/Reactive-Resume
Disclaimer: I maintain the project :)
I’ve donated to Immich several times. So impressed by their work.
Home Assistant, evcc
Vaultwarden, Wikipedia, Vox Pupuli (Puppet)
(Bu not specifically this time of the year, it’s a monthly small amount)
JellyFin is a great one. They’re needing the support due to a lack of devs.
None.
My HumbleBundle donations go to the EFF, which is my indirect way of supporting Let’s Encrypt. I used to support the Internet Archive before they went political (and, consequently, to shit).
You’re aware that apolitical organisations don’t actually exist, right?
Home assistant
Kimai - this is one system which has helped me the most last year!