Do you find my software helpful?
I offer 70+ software programs and libraries, free to use for anyone in the world. You even get the source code for free, and may modify it to your liking. To develop open source software is not without cost though — it takes technical knowledge, time, and effort.
If you want to feel all warm and fuzzy inside, your financial support is very welcome. Money isn't everything though — if it had been, I wouldn't give away code for free. There are many ways to help the open source and digital rights communities.
Thank you in advance 😃
Donation options
Send a postcard
Why not simply send a postcard instead? I rarely receive snail-mail in this digital age, and it would make my day.
Joel Purra
Wrangelstr. 55
DE-10997 Berlin
Germany
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Donations with bank transfer
Direct transfers to my bank account are possible internationally. This is particularly suitable for donations in Swedish Kronor (SEK) or Euro (EUR), since transactions within the European Union (EU) are fast and without fees.
| Account holder | Joel Purra |
|---|---|
| International Bank Account Number (IBAN) | SE4692700000092711527077 |
| Bank Identifier Code (BIC) | IBCASES1 |
| Receiving bank | ICA Banken AB, Sweden |
Support in other ways
Each and every one can help out in free/libre open source software and digital rights organizations. It doesn't have to take much effort — start your journey based on your own abilities, wants, and needs.
- Help someone install and use open source software.
- Tell a few friends about open source code.
- Share a few links to open source projects and websites.
- Improve project translations in your native tongue.
- Write a bug report.
- Patch a bug and send a pull request.
- Join an open source software workshop or meetup.
- Attend a digital rights workshop or meetup.
- Become a member of a digital rights organization.
- Mention to your boss that many open source developers are happy to write code as contractors.
Support other projects
My own open source software is built with the help of many, many other open source projects — thousands when including subdependencies. Akin to standing on the shoulders of giants, I owe my career to the open source and digital rights communities.
Below are some projects, organizations, and individuals, which I consider worthy of promoting. If you would like to explore something interesting, and perhaps extend your support, these would be some of my recommendations.
- AntiMicroX
- A program for configuring gamepads and joysticks in Linux and Windows. Can map buttons to custom keyboard/mouse/scripts/macros.
- Source code
- uBlacklist
- A filter for search engines, removing unwanted search hits from the results page. Can filter on results by URL/domain, and automatically import lists maintained by others.
- Source code, Website
- ZeroMQ.js
- Javascript bindings for ZeroMQ, a flexible message queue library/protocol. Enables implementing asynchronous communication both internally on the same machine, and externally between multiple machines. Allows several patterns, but does not require a dedicated/central message broker.
- Source code, Website, Wikipedia
- Twitch on Kodi
- Watch your favorite live streams on your Kodi system. Stream categories on Twitch are focused on gaming, but also include many other topics — historically also including live programming streams featuring yours truly.
- Source code
- Mumble voip
- Low latency, high quality voice chat application, with client support for multiple operating systems. Can be self-hosted; uses encrypted connections, including public TLS certificates for the hosting domain.
- Source code, Website, Wikipedia
These entries are a randomized subset, refreshed periodically. You may recognize some popular projects already; I have tried to also include lesser-known projects and individual efforts, where some extra exposure and support may make a bigger difference.
See also my list of starred repositories on Github for a much broader, mixed list of both useful and interesting projects.