The Haiku, Inc. financial report for 2024
is now available on the Haiku, Inc. Documents page.
Our donations for 2024 were higher than any other year, breaking all previous
records by almost $10,000! Even with some reasonably high expenses we still
managed to have a net positive year.
In 2024 our contractor waddlesplash worked the whole year, and we had a new beta
release.
We had some very generous large donations this year, which is part of what made
this a record setting year. One individual in particular donated a total of
$7,500 through GitHub Sponsors, which is extremely generous!
After about a year and a half since the last beta, Haiku R1/beta5 has been released. See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just download the release (or upgrade to it from an existing install!)
The Haiku, Inc. financial report for 2023
is now available on the Haiku, Inc. Documents page.
Our donations for 2023 were almost as high as 2021, which was our record year so
far. We pretty much broke even on income vs expenses, which bodes well for the
future. Of course for more detail read the report!
In 2023 our contractor waddlesplash worked the whole year, and efforts are
currently under way to make another beta release.
For many years now, Haiku is a regular participant in the Google Summer of Code program, which
offers paid mentorship to people willing to work full time on Haiku for a few months. Google
handles the payments, while mentors from our developer team handle the onboarding of the new
contributors and guide them through the project.
Read more about Google Summer of Code 2024.
We received several great applications this year, and 5 developers were selected!
For many years now, Haiku is a regular participant in the Google Summer of Code program, which
offers paid mentorship to people willing to work full time on Haiku for a few months. Google
handles the payments, while mentors from our developer team handle the onboarding of the new
contributors and guide them through the project.
Read more about Google Summer of Code 2023.
This year, 3 developers were selected.
The Haiku, Inc. financial report for 2022
is now available on the Haiku, Inc. Documents page.
Our donations for 2022 were almost as high as 2021, which was our record year so
far.
In 2022 our contractor waddlesplash worked the whole year, and we got a Beta 4
release near Christmas due to his efforts as well as from our many other contributors.
I want to extend a huge thanks to all our donors, everyone in the project really
appreciates every donation we get. A lot got done in 2022 and 2023 should be another
great year for Haiku. I won’t make any predictions as far as releases are concerned
(I’ve learned not to do that anymore), but I know Haiku will continue to improve
and become a better system for daily use every month. Much of this is due to the
support of our donors which allows us to pay someone to work on Haiku.
After a year and a half since the last beta, Haiku R1/beta4 has been released. See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just download the release (or upgrade to it from an existing install!)
We are proud to announce that Haiku, Inc. is now accepting donations through GitHub Sponsors.
This was actually set up about a month ago but it was only announced in our forums. We already have 10 sponsors and have set a new goal to get 20.
One nice aspect of GitHub Sponsors is that the fees for any payments are covered by GitHub. Haiku, Inc. loses a decent percentage of our PayPal donations to fees, so any current donors using PayPal to donate to Haiku can consider switching to GitHub Sponsors to make your donation go a bit further.
The Haiku, Inc. financial reports for 2020 and
2021 are now available on the
Haiku, Inc. Documents page.
There is also a forum post with a bit more details,
which also explains why the 2020 report was so late and the 2021 report was so early.
Our donations for 2022 are off to a great start with over $2,000 donated so far, and we are not even
10 days into the year.
One note for donors: some analysis of the PayPal fee structure by one of our community members has
shown that larger donations seem to have less fees as a percentage, so for those donors who
are able, a few larger donations might be better than many small ones. Of course I know our donation
page suggests PayPal subscriptions, but we may be changing some of that this year. Also as noted in
the 2021 Financial Report, we plan to add GitHub Sponsors as a donation option, which has no fees.
The Haiku Project launched its official merchandise today in partnership with FreeWear, an online free and open-source software (FOSS) merchandising store and print shop. The partnership will allow The Haiku Project to offer a new way for people to financially contribute to the development of Haiku whilst getting a physical item in return for their gratitude. Donations greatly contribute to initiatives such as the recent development contract, which is allowing waddlesplash, a respected Haiku contributor, to make further general improvements to Haiku, such as system improvements, new and refined drivers and more. The partnership will mean that a portion of merchandise sales is donated to the Haiku Project, allowing The Project to continue funding both the development contract, pay for ongoing costs such as server hosting, and the chance to pursue other initiatives.
