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.
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.
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.
Haiku, Inc. is proud to announce that we have hired existing contributor waddlesplash to work on general Haiku improvement full-time. The contract was signed on Monday, August 23, 2021 and waddlesplash plans to start work tomorrow.
In the past Haiku, Inc. has hired contributors as contractors for specific projects, such as the package system or working on WebKit and our WebPositive browser, but this is the first time someone has been hired for a more open-ended position for general improvements.
