GitHub Sponsors coming soon
Monthly or one-time, from your GitHub account.
Support
Support the project
LinPad is built full-time by one developer. Sponsorship decides how fast it gets to a stable 1.0 and how many iPads it is tested on.
Sponsorship pages are being set up. The links below go live when they are approved; until then, starring the repo and sharing LinPad help most.
Where the money goes
- Test devices. LinPad is developed on one iPad Air M3. It needs an 8 GB and a 16 GB iPad Pro, an M1 and an M2 iPad to test memory limits, the JIT and the GPU path.
- Apple developer account ($99 a year) for longer-lived test builds and the increased-memory entitlement.
- Time. Device verification, memory safety, keyboard layouts, backups, documentation and releases.
- Upstream. A share for the projects LinPad stands on, such as iSH and StikDebug, once there is something to share.
Income and spending will be published, through Open Collective once it is set up.
Ways to give
Open Collective coming soon
For companies that need invoices, and transparent spending.
Planned tiers
Supporter $5 / month
Your name in the supporters list on this site and in the app's About screen.
Backer $15 / month
The above, plus a monthly sponsors' dev log: what shipped, what broke, what is next.
Patron $50 / month
The above, plus your name in the release notes and the credits of release videos.
Company sponsor $250 / month
A small linked logo on this site and in the README.
Lead sponsor $1,000 / month
A large logo at the top of the site and README, and thanks in every release post and video.
One-time gifts will be welcome too. Sponsorships are unrestricted donations: they do not buy roadmap decisions or support time, and LinPad stays free for everyone.
Hardware and company sponsors
If you make iPad keyboards, cases, docks or developer tools, a loaned device or a sponsorship of a release is the most direct help. Your logo appears only after an agreement, and LinPad does not endorse products in its software.
Contact: a direct message to @AmbsdOP on X.
Sponsors
No sponsors yet. Yours could be the first name here.
Free ways to help
- Star the repository.
- Test a release on your iPad and report what breaks.
- Make a theme, write a manual page, or record a video of your setup.