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I want to financially support FOSS projects starting in 2026, and would love to get some inspiration!

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[โ€“] comfy@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I budget my donations so I make an effort to see who I think need it the most. For example, I use Tor daily, but they have huge institutional funding. My to-do list app doesn't.

There are also some worthy candidates who simply reject donations, like Handbrake.

A few I haven't seen mentioned:

  • Small websites anyone can use for FOSS services, like (e.g. Private.coffee, Disroot, Nadeko, Riseup)
  • Any of the 5 remaining Invidious instances, Google has put effort into killing off other instances. Same with other social media alternative frontends.
  • Someone mentioned F-Droid, I don't know what I'd do without the Google Store alternatives like Aurora.
  • yt-dlp devs
  • Lemmy and various instances
  • Your operating systems, incl phones and servers if relevant
  • Codeberg
  • A few FOSS softwares used for non-fediverse sites I use. Look at all the sites you use and think about which ones are probably underfunded. Don't be afraid to ask if they haven't said anything.

This is a solid list, made me realize I need to give Disroot some loot, you're a boss!