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# Awesome Donations



A list of organizations, projects, tools, apps, websites and developers that you can support financially.



Please add your favourite software to the list!



### [Free Software Foundation](http://www.fsf.org)



> The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users.



- [Donate](http://www.fsf.org/donate/), check, credit card, debit card, Paypal, Flattr, Bitcoin, Litecoin

- [others](https://my.fsf.org/donate/other/)



### [The Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org)



> [!NOTE]

> Donations don't fully go to the Linux kernel!

> The Linux kernel is just one of the things they fund. [Source](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/donate)



[Donation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/donate)



[Europe Website](https://linuxfoundation.eu)



### [Open Source Initiative](http://opensource.org)



> The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community.



* [Donate](http://opensource.org/donate)

* [Flattr](https://flattr.com/thing/448050/Open-Source-Initiative-OSI)



### [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org)



> The Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects. Conservancy provides a non-profit home and infrastructure for FLOSS projects. This allows FLOSS developers to focus on what they do best — writing and improving FLOSS for the general public — while Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that do not relate directly to software development and documentation.



- [Donate](https://sfconservancy.org/donate), check, Paypal, Flattr and wire transfer



### [Software Freedom Law Center](https://www.softwarefreedom.org)



> The Software Freedom Law Center provides pro-bono legal services to developers of Free, Libre, and Open Source Software.



- [Donate](https://www.softwarefreedom.org/donate) Supported methods include: check, Network for Good (U.S. only), Paypal and Flattr.



### [Mozilla Foundation](https://mozilla.org)



> [!WARNING]

> This is not the same as the company making the Firefox browser or the Thunderbird mail app!

> 

> If you want to donate to Thunderbird, [do it here](https://www.thunderbird.net/donate)

> 

> There is no way to donate to Firefox currently. Annoy [Firefox](https://bsky.app/profile/firefox.com) or [Mozilla](https://bsky.app/profile/mozilla.org) on Bluesky.



* donate: [PayPal / Credit Card](https://sendto.mozilla.org), [Bitcoin](https://sendto.mozilla.org/page/content/give-bitcoin/), [Cheque](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Ways_to_Give#Check_.28via_postal_service.29), [Bank Transfer](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Ways_to_Give#Bank_Transfer)



### [Tor Project](torproject.org)

Creators of the Tor Network, the Firefox-based Tor-Browser, OnionShare and more



- [Donation Website](https://donate.torproject.org/) (no onion address)

- Donations via Crypto accepted: BTC, DOGE, ETH, XMR, LTC, XLM, ZEC (possibly incomplete)



### [Software in the public interest](https://www.spi-inc.org)

> SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.

> They act as a fiscal sponsor to many free and open source projects.



* Donate:

    * [click & pledge to SPI projects](https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced)

    * [Website to donate to the whole organization](https://www.spi-inc.org/donations/)



### Critical Infrastructure Software

* [**G**nuPG](https://gnupg.org/) (Encryption) – [credit card, Paypal, and SEPA transactions](https://gnupg.org/donate/)

* [**L**UKS / cryptsetup](https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup) - [Help the project](https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/#help) [Translations](https://translationproject.org/domain/cryptsetup.html)

* [**O**penSSH, LibreSSL, OpenNTPD, OpenSMTPD](https://www.openssh.com/) – Like the other OpenBSD sub-projects, funding is generally done via the same [donation framework](https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html).

* [**O**penSSL](https://www.openssl.org) – [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/openssl), [Sponsors list](https://openssl-foundation.org/about/sponsors/index.html)

* [**V**eracrypt](https://veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html) - [Donation page](https://veracrypt.fr/en/Donation.html) (bank transfer, paypal, crypto) [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/VeraCrypt/donate)



### [VideoLan](https://www.videolan.org)

Developing VLC on all platforms, libdvdcss, x264, x265. Critically for free media playback



[Donations with money here](https://www.videolan.org/contribute.html#money)



### Code Platforms

* [**C**odeberg](https://codeberg.org) - [Donation page](https://docs.codeberg.org/improving-codeberg/donate)

* [**f**orgejo](https://forgejo.org) (FOSS git forge software, used by Codeberg) - [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/forgejo)

* [**R**adicale](https://radicle.xyz/) (decentralized git forge) - [funded by Radworks](https://radworks.org/) [Tally website where you can "connect your wallet"](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/radworks)



### Linux Distributions

* [**A**rch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/) – [click & pledge](https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=47294)

* [**D**ebian](https://www.debian.org/) – [USA ePay](https://www.debian.org/donations#spi-usa-epay)

* [**G**entoo](https://www.gentoo.org/donate/)

* [**K**DE Neon (KDE directly)](https://kde.org/community/donations/#money)

* [**K**ubuntu](https://kubuntu.org/donate/)

* [**L**inux Mint](https://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php)

* [**P**ostmarketOS](https://opencollective.com/postmarketOS) (Linux on phones, tablets and Chromebooks)

* [**T**AILS](https://tails.boum.org/) (privacy-centered live system) – [Wire Transfer](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/index.en.html#swift), [PayPal](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/index.en.html#paypal), [Bitcoin](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/index.en.html#bitcoin), [Freedom of the Press foundation bundle](https://freedom.press/bundle/encryption-tools-journalists) (Credit Card, PayPal, Bitcoin)

* [**Q**ubesOS](https://www.qubes-os.org/donate/)

* **U**buntu (these projects are semi-independent from Ubuntu and take donations)

    * [**L**ubuntu](https://lubuntu.me) - [Donation page](https://lubuntu.me/donate), [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/lubuntu), [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/lubuntu), [Paypal](https://www.paypal.me/LubuntuAssociation), [TeeSpring purchases](https://teespring.com/stores/lubuntu) - ⚠️ WARNING, lubuntu.net is a fake website, lubuntu.me is the real one

    * [**U**bports](https://ubports.com) (porting Ubuntu to phones and more) - [Shop, including donations](https://ubports.com/en/shop)

    * [**U**buntu Unity](https://ubuntuunity.org) - no donations currently

    * [**X**ubuntu](https://xubuntu.org) - [Donation page](https://xubuntu.org/donations)

* [**W**honix](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Donate)

* [**X**ubuntu](http://xubuntu.org) - [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce), [Unixstickers](http://www.unixstickers.com/tag/xubuntu), [Canonical (Paypal)](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/contribute), [time](http://xubuntu.org/contribute/)



#### Android:



* [**C**alyxOS](https://members.calyxinstitute.org/donate)

* [**D**ivestOS](https://divested.dev/donate)

* [**G**rapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/donate)

* [**I**odeOS](https://iode.tech/donations/)

* [**L**ineageOS](lineageos.org) - [Paypal](https://paypal.me/LineageOS), ([Patreon](https://patreon.com/LineageOS)



#### Unix-like:

* [**R**edox-OS](https://www.redox-os.org/donate)



#### Hardware Donations:

* [**F**edora Project](https://fedoraproject.org/)

* [**O**penSuse](opensuse.org) (Send them a mail at donations@opensuse.org)



### Linux Desktops

* [**B**udgie](https://opencollective.com/buddies-of-budgie)

* [**G**NOME](https://www.gnome.org/donate)

* [**K**DE Plasma](https://kde.org/community/donations)

* [**L**omiri](https://lomiri.com/) (Desktop based on Ubuntu's Unity) - see "ubports" under [Linux Distributions](#linux-distributions)

* [**L**XQt](https://lxqt-project.org) - [OpenCollective Page](https://opencollective.com/lxqt)

* [**M**ate](https://mate-desktop.org/) - [Donation Page](https://mate-desktop.org/donate/) (Paypal, BTC), [Ubuntu Mate](https://ubuntu-mate.org/funding)

* [**X**FCE](https://xfce.org) - [Donation Page](https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/start#financial_contributions)



### Linux Software

* [**A**rdour DAW](https://community.ardour.org/donate)

* [**A**rkenfox user.js (Firefox hardening)](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js) (no donations yet)

* [**A**udacity](https://audacityteam.org) [No money donations anymore](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/is-it-possible-to-donate-money-to-this-project/61593)

* [**B**lissOS / Waydroid](https://opencollective.com/blisslabs/donate)

* [**B**ottles (Easy Wine Configuration)](https://usebottles.com/funding/)

* [**C**alibre E-Book Manager](https://calibre-ebook.com/get-involved) (Javascript button on the top right)

* [**C**lementine](https://www.clementine-player.org/) (audio player) – no money accepted

* [**C**ryptomator](https://cryptomator.org/donate/)

* [**C**ryptsetup / LUKS](https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup) (no Donation possible currently)

* [**D**eaDBeef](http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net) (audio player) – [PayPal, Flattr](http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/support.html)

* [**E**asyEffects](https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects) [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/wwmm) [Patreon](https://patreon.com/wellingtonwallace) [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RK723F4EKH2UE)

* [**f**fmpeg, the cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video](https://ffmpeg.org) - [Donation page](https://ffmpeg.org/donations.html)

* [Mozilla **F**irefox](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/) [Donation to Mozilla Foundation](https://foundation.mozilla.org/donate) (indirectly to Firefox, as the Corporation is managing it)

* [**F**reeTube](https://freetubeapp.io/) [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/FreeTube) [BTC](bitcoin:1Lih7Ho5gnxb1CwPD4o59ss78pwo2T91eS) [Monero XMR](monero:48WyAPdjwc6VokeXACxSZCFeKEXBiYPV6GjfvBsfg4CrUJ95LLCQSfpM9pvNKy5GE5H4hNaw99P8RZyzmaU9kb1pD7kzhCB)

* [**F**reeplane Mindmap Tool](https://docs.freeplane.org/contribute/contribute.html) (No money donations but help in Forums wanted)

* [**G**eany](http://www.geany.org/) (text editor) – [Paypal](https://www.geany.org/service/donate/)

* [**G**IMP](http://www.gimp.org/) (image manipulation) – [PayPal](http://www.gimp.org/donating/#paypal), [Flattr](http://www.gimp.org/donating/#flattr), [Bitcoin](http://www.gimp.org/donating/#bitcoin), [Wire Transfer](http://www.gimp.org/donating/#wire), [Cheque](http://www.gimp.org/donating/#cheque)

* [**I**nkScape](https://inkscape.org/) (vector graphics) – [Paypal, cash, cheque or international money order in US funds](https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/donate/)

* [**J**amesDSP for Linux](https://github.com/ThePBone) [KoFi](https://ko-fi.com/thepbone) [PayPal](https://paypal.me/timschneeberger)

* [**K**eePassX](http://keepassx.org) (password management) – [Flattr](https://flattr.com/thing/49794/KeePassX), [PayPal](http://www.keepassx.org/)

* [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) (password management, spiritual successor to KeePassX) – [Paypal, Flattr, Bitcoin, Dash, Patreon](https://keepassxc.org/donate/)

* [**K**rita](https://krita.org/en/support-us/donations/)

* [**L**ibreOffice](http://www.libreoffice.org/) (powerful office suite) – [Credit Card, PayPal, Bitcoin, Flattr, Wire Transfer](http://www.libreoffice.org/donate/)

* [**L**ibrewolf](https://librewolf.net/) – [Core Contributors](https://librewolf.net/#core-contributors) - [maltejur](https://liberapay.com/maltejur), 

* [**L**ynis Security Audit Tool](https://cisofy.com/pricing/) (FOSS, enterprise solutions available)

* [**L**yX](http://www.lyx.org) (WYSIWYG LaTeX editor) – [PayPal](http://www.lyx.org/Donate)

* [**M**umble](https://wiki.mumble.info) (VoIP conference software) – [Paypal, Bitcoin](https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Donate)

* [**M**onero](https://ccs.getmonero.org/donate/)

* [**O**BS](https://obsproject.com/contribute)

* [GNU **O**ctave](https://octave.org/donate)

* [**O**penAndroidInstaller](https://openandroidinstaller.org/#contribute) – [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/OpenAndroidInstaller/donate)

* [**O**penShot](http://openshot.org/) (video editing) – [PayPal](http://openshot.org/donate/)

* [**O**penSnitch](https://patreon.com/evilsocket)

* [**P**idgin](https://pidgin.im) (instant messaging) – [donation page](https://imfreedom.org/donate/)

* [**P**inta](https://www.pinta-project.com/howto/contribute) – (no donations)

* [**P**iper TTS](https://github.com/rhasspy/piper) – (no Donations available)

* [**P**ipeWire](https://pipewire.org/) – [donation page](https://en.liberapay.com/PipeWire/donate)

* [**q**Bittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/donate)

* [**Q**EMU](https://www.qemu.org/sponsors/) – [Paypal](https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YN74TZRMBBM6U)

* [**Q**Gis](https://donate.qgis.org)

* [**R**emmina Remote Desktop](https://remmina.org/donations/)

* [**R**ustDesk](https://rustdesk.com/) – [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/rustdesk) [KoFi](https://ko-fi.com/I2I04VU09)

* [**S**ignal](https://signal.org/donate/)

* [**S**impleX Chat](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#help-us-with-donations)

* [**S**tirlingPDF (PDF-Editor with Web-Frontend)](https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF) – [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/Frooodle) [Paypal](https://paypal.me/froodleplex?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB)

* [**S**yncthing](https://syncthing.net/donations/)

* [**T**enacity (Audacity Fork)](https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity#contributing) – (no money donations yet)

* [**T**he Document Foundation (Libreoffice)](https://libreoffice.org/donate)

* [**T**hunderbird](https://feddit.de/post/thunderbird.net/donate)

* [**T**ypst Markup Language in Rust](https://github.com/sponsors/typst)

  

### For Companies:

* [**Q**EMU](https://www.qemu.org/sponsors/)

* [**X**MPP](https://xmpp.org/community/sponsors/)

* [**O**penWifi](https://openwifi.tip.build/) [Apply for Membership](https://telecominfraproject.com/apply-for-membership/)



### Android Software



Repositories & Tools



* [**A**ccrescent](https://accrescent.app) (a security-focused store, aiming to be an alternative to Google Play) - [Donation Page](https://accrescent.app/donate) (Taproot, XMR, ETH, SegWit), [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/accrescent)

* [**A**uroraStore](https://auroraoss.com) (Free Google PlayStore Client) - [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/whyorean)

* [**F**-Droid](https://f-droid.org) - [Donation page](https://f-droid.org/donate)

* [**I**zzyOnDroid](android.izzysoft.de/) - [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/izzyondroid), [Services by the developer](https://www.izzysoft.de/services)

* [**O**btainium](https://obtainium.imranr.dev) (A tool to get apps from various sources) - [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/ImranR98), [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/imranr), [Monero XMR](https://imranr.dev/monero-address)



Apps



* [**A**egis Authenticator](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/beemdevelopment)

* [**A**nki](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/how-can-i-donate.html?highlight=donate#how-can-i-donate--contribute) (Company, no Donations but paying the iOS App or help in the Forum helps)

* [**C**onversations](https://conversations.im) (XMPP Chat) - [Professional support](https://gultsch.de), [Buy the app in the Google PlayStore](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations). [Web hosting](https://account.conversations.im/domain)

* [**F**edilab and lots of others](https://liberapay.com/tom79)

* [**F**lorisBoard Patrick Gold](https://liberapay.com/patrickgold)

* [**F**ossify Apps](https://github.com/FossifyOrg) (SimpleMobileTools Fork) - [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/FossifyOrg), Main Maintainer: [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/naveensingh), [Patreon](https://patreon.com/naveen3singh), [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/naveensingh), [Paypal](https://paypal.me/naveen3singh) (or search for "naveen3singh" to avoid fees)

* [**I**ronfox]([Donation page](https://celenity.dev/donate/)

* [**J**erboah for Lemmy](https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa#support--donate)

* [**M**agisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk) (WARNING many fake websites!) (No Donations), [Github Sponsor of "diareuse"](https://github.com/sponsors/diareuse), [Github Sponsor of "yujincheng"](https://github.com/sponsors/yujincheng08), [Github Sponsor of "osm0sis"](https://github.com/sponsors/osm0sis)

* [**O**SMAnd Android navigation](https://osmand.net/docs/user/purchases) (no donations but purchases)

* [**S**impleMobileTools Tibor Kaputa](https://patreon.com/tiborkaputa) - SMT was sold as he didn't get enough donations. You can still donate to him. [Fossify is the continued fork](https://github.com/FossifyOrg)



### Online Software / Services

* [**B**eaconDB](https://beacondb.net) (free network geolocation) - [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/joelkoen/). Contributors: [sim6](https://gitlab.com/sim6) (freelance work), [Mikaela](https://github.com/Mikaela) (freelance work)

* [**C**ryptPad](https://opencollective.com/cryptpad/contribute/) (Service and Software)

* [**N**extcloud](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/) (Help wanted, no donations)

* [**i**2p Invisible Internet Protocol](https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved) (They have a hall of fame but no donation way to be found?)

* [**L**emmy](https://join-lemmy.org/donate)

* [**L**eon Tiekötter](https://liberapay.com/tiekoetter)

* [**L**iberenet](https://wiki.librenet.co.za/about) [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/librenet/)

* [**R**iseUp](https://liberapay.com/riseup)

* [**T**iekötter](https://www.tiekoetter.com/en/donate/) (He hosts several awesome projects like SearX)



### Software Modifications

Hardening, Forks, Configurations



Firefox

* [**B**etterfox](https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox) - [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/yokoffing)

* [**P**hoenix](https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix) - [Donation page](https://celenity.dev/donate/) (Crypto, others on request)

* [**T**orproject](https://torproject.org) (many privacy improvements and hardening) - [see above](#tor-project)



Thunderbird 

* [**D**ove](https://dove.celenity.dev) - [Donation page](https://celenity.dev/donate/)

* [**T**hunderbird user.js](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js) - [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/HorlogeSkynet)



Safari hardening

* [**C**elenity](https://codeberg.org/celenity/Safari-Hardening) - [Donation page](https://celenity.dev/donate/)



### Websites, Information

* [**P**rivacyGuides.org](https://privacyguides.org) - [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/privacyguides) [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/privacyguides) [Donation Page](https://donate.magicgrants.org/privacyguides) [List of contributors](https://codeberg.org/privacyguides/privacyguides.org#contributors) ([Github list of contributors](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org?tab=readme-ov-file#contributors)



### Open Hardware / Open Firmware

* [**3**mdeb](https://3mdeb.com/) (Company, no donations but buying their Coreboot hardware helps)

* [**C**oreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/donate.html)

* [**D**asharo](https://docs.dasharo.com/) (no donations but purchases of Hardware)

* [**L**ibreboot](https://libreboot.org/) [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/libreleah)

* [**M**rChromeBox](https://mrchromebox.tech) (Coreboot for Chromebooks)

* [**N**ovaCustom](https://configurelaptop.eu) (Company)

* [**S**tarlabs Systems](https://starlabs.systems)

* [**S**kulls (preconfigured Coreboot)](https://github.com/merge/skulls/) [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/merge)

* [**H**eads](https://osresearch.net/) [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/insurgo) [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/tlaurion)



### Donation services

* [**B**uyMeACoffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com)

* [**F**lattr](https://flattr.com)

* [**G**ithub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/) (allows to see what dependencies you use. also linked on repos)

* [**K**o-Fi](https://ko-fi.com)

* [**L**iberapay](https://liberapay.com)

* [**M**agic Grants](https://donate.magicgrants.org/)

* [**O**penCollective](https://opencollective.com)

* [**P**atreon](https://patreon.com)



## [Donate Code](https://www.donatecode.com)



## Translations!

A lot of FOSS projects are primarily in english, you can help translate them!



TODO: make a list



## ToDo

* more android apps

* Windows / Mac FLOSS

* get more contributors

  * advertise!



### Linux Distributions

* Ubuntu/Canonical

  * Ubuntu-based distributions (~~Xubuntu~~, Lubuntu, ...)

* Slackware