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Overview
The Open Source Backbone is a community-driven initiative dedicated to keeping critical infrastructure accessible, reliable, and free from advertising influence. This donation page explains how contributions support ongoing operations, development, and governance without compromising user privacy or autonomy. By funding core hosting, security, maintenance, and collaboration, supporters help sustain a robust, open ecosystem where developers and users collaborate with transparency and trust.
Our mission centers on long-term sustainability and grassroots participation. Contributions—whether occasional or regular—directly underwrite the work that keeps services resilient, open, and inclusive. The project thrives because people like you see value in a resource that prioritizes merit, privacy, and community over banner revenue. Each contribution is a vote for a more open, privacy-respecting internet infrastructure.
Why Your Support Matters
In a digital landscape saturated with ads and opaque monetization, the backbone we’re building offers a different path. Your support ensures the infrastructure remains ad free, reducing tracking, optimizing performance, and preserving a user-first experience. It also empowers a diverse community to contribute without gatekeeping barriers, strengthening governance and shared responsibility.
- Ad-free integrity — uphold a trustworthy platform where content and features aren’t shaped by advertising pressures.
- Sustainable hosting — secure reliable uptime through dependable bandwidth and scalable infrastructure.
- Open-source development — fund maintenance, feature enhancements, bug fixes, and security audits performed by volunteers and paid contributors alike.
- Community governance — support inclusive decision-making processes that reflect a global user base.
Every contribution strengthens the community’s ability to respond to evolving needs. It also accelerates improvements that benefit researchers, developers, and everyday users who rely on open tools and transparent practices. By funding the foundation, you help ensure that critical services remain available, adaptable, and respectful of privacy.
How Donations Are Used
Donations are allocated to the essential activities that keep the project standing and growing in a healthy, responsible manner. Core areas include hosting and bandwidth to guarantee performance, security tooling and audits to maintain trust, ongoing development to respond to community feedback, and outreach to broaden participation. A portion supports governance activities—facilitating discussions, maintaining a public roadmap, and ensuring accountability to supporters and contributors alike.
We believe in transparency by default. Regular, easily accessible summaries describe where resources go and what outcomes are achieved. This approach helps donors understand the concrete value of their gifts and reinforces the shared commitment to responsible stewardship of funds.
Latest Updates
The Open Source Backbone program continues to evolve through collaborative effort. While progress is steady and ongoing, we prioritize stable growth, thoughtful enhancements, and sustainable practices over rapid, unsustainable expansion. This section remains evergreen, focused on long-term impact rather than short-term announcements.
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Transparency & Trust
Integrity guides every aspect of the project. We publish accessible information about governance decisions, milestones, and fiscal planning whenever possible. Donors can expect clear accounts of how resources are applied, along with open metrics that reflect progress toward stated goals. The community participates in ongoing conversations about priorities, ensuring that guidance comes from a diverse set of voices and perspectives. This commitment to openness helps build lasting confidence that resources are used responsibly and in service of the shared mission.
Support the Project
Your contribution helps keep critical infrastructure ad free and available to a broad audience. We welcome support through any of the channels below; choose the method that works best for you and join a growing network of supporters who share a commitment to open, privacy-respecting technology.