[HN Gopher] Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
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       Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
        
       Hi Hacker News,  I've recently come into a bit of excess money and
       I feel like giving back to some FOSS people.  I'd like to make my
       money go to people who don't already get a bunch of other donations
       (not to say those people aren't worthy!). Any ideas?
        
       Author : AndroidKitKat
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-12-21 20:44 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
       | fizwidget wrote:
       | OrganicMaps is worth supporting IMHO:
       | https://organicmaps.app/donate/
       | 
       | It's a FOSS maps app for iOS/Android that uses OpenStreetMaps
       | data. Offline support & minimal battery usage make it idea for
       | walks/hikes/travelling.
        
       | nashashmi wrote:
       | I don't know how much they get but it's peanuts. React os.
       | https://reactos.org/donate/
        
       | mhitza wrote:
       | You can donate to NLNet[1], which itself is an organization that
       | funds FOSS development. Or you can just look at the
       | software/dependencies you already use an donate to those
       | developers ;)
       | 
       | [1] https://nlnet.nl/
        
       | TAForObvReasons wrote:
       | Look at software you use and identify underlying libraries.
       | 
       | SVGO https://github.com/svg/svgo is used by many graphics
       | software but hasn't seen donations commensurate with usage
       | https://opencollective.com/svgo
        
       | grapheneta wrote:
       | GrapheneOS
       | 
       | https://grapheneos.org/
        
       | LinuxBender wrote:
       | Ampache has been around for over 15 years but they are always
       | improving. When it first started at a college I donated beer but
       | they also accept money. [1] I think they would prefer
       | contributions in the form of software development. [2]
       | 
       | Ampache is _A web based audio /video streaming application and
       | file manager. Allowing you to access your music & videos from
       | anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device._
       | 
       | [1] - https://ampache.org/donate.html
       | 
       | [2] - https://github.com/ampache/ampache
        
       | type0 wrote:
       | Falkon Web Browser https://www.falkon.org
        
       | msadowski wrote:
       | I'm very much robotics oriented but I currently support two
       | people on GitHub:
       | 
       | - Davide Faconti (https://github.com/facontidavide) for his work
       | on BehaviorTrees that are game changing for some projects and for
       | his plotting library that saved me hours of time debugging
       | robotics systems
       | 
       | - Atsushi Sakai (https://github.com/AtsushiSakai) for his
       | collection PythonRobotics with neat visualizations of some of the
       | concepts
        
       | fathyb wrote:
       | I support those, and I believe they deserve more:
       | 
       | - SerenityOS [0], they do get some donations, but nothing close
       | to the Linux Foundation, Wikipedia, or Mozilla.
       | 
       | - MikroORM [1] if you'd like to support an ORM for TypeScript in
       | the backend, again some donations, but nothing close to
       | SerenityOS!
       | 
       | [0]: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity
       | 
       | [1]: https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm
        
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       | ris wrote:
       | https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/ ~40 projects taking
       | donations there
       | 
       | You can also browse the list of participating organizations for
       | last google summer of code for FOSS foundations etc. geared up to
       | manage donations.
       | 
       | Edit: not going to plug any specific ones, but this will get you
       | a candidate list. I would personally start by looking at
       | underlying software that has helped you most in earning your
       | living.
        
       | runjake wrote:
       | Perhaps it's controversial, but OpenBSD, because so much of what
       | they do ends up in a bunch of different software, either directly
       | or inspirationally.
       | 
       | https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html
        
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