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Donating

By the end of this page you will know how to support Osmium, whether or not you want to send money.

Osmium is free software under the GPL-3.0, and it stays that way. There is no paid tier, no licence key and no feature held back.

What donations pay for#

The project and the people who build it. Donations go to Osmium's running costs and to the maintainers' time — there is no company behind it and no budget other than what people give.

Where to donate#

There is nowhere to donate yet. A platform has not been chosen, and this page will name it plainly once one has been.

To do the donation destination, once chosen — GitHub Sponsors, Ko-fi, Liberapay or Open Collective — with the real URL.

Ways to help that cost nothing#

These are worth as much and are open to everyone:

  • Star the repository at limelamp/osmium. It is how most people find a tool like this one.
  • Report bugs. A clear report with osmium --version and the exact command is worth more than a vague one from ten people. Filing a good bug report says what to include.
  • Write documentation. If a page here was wrong or missing, that is a fixable thing, and the fix helps the next person.
  • Tell someone. If Osmium saved you an afternoon, the person running a server for their friends would like to know.