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     1  ---
     2  title: "Donations"
     3  description: "Donations to the rclone project."
     4  type: page
     5  ---
     6  
     7  # {{< icon "fa fa-heart heart" >}} Donations to the rclone project
     8  
     9  Rclone is a free open source project with thousands of contributions
    10  from volunteers all round the world and I would like to thank all of
    11  you for donating your time to the project.
    12  
    13  However, maintaining rclone is a lot of work - easily the equivalent
    14  of a **full time job** - for me. Nothing stands still in the world of
    15  cloud storage.  Rclone needs constant attention adapting to changes by
    16  cloud providers, adding new providers, adding new features, keeping
    17  the integration tests working, fixing bugs and many more things!
    18  
    19  I love doing the work and I'd like to spend more time doing it - your
    20  support helps make that possible.
    21  
    22  Thank you :-)
    23  
    24  {{< nick >}}
    25  
    26  PS I'm available for rclone and object storage related consultancy -
    27  [email me](mailto:nick@craig-wood.com) for more info.
    28  
    29  {{< monthly_donations >}}
    30  
    31  ## Personal users
    32  
    33  If you are a personal user and you would like to support the project
    34  with sponsorship as a way of saying thank you that would be most
    35  appreciated. {{< icon "fa fa-heart heart" >}}
    36  
    37  ## Business users
    38  
    39  If your business distributes rclone as part of its products (which the
    40  generous MIT licence allows) or uses it internally then it would make
    41  business sense to sponsor the rclone project to ensure that the
    42  project you rely on stays healthy and well maintained.
    43  
    44  If you run one of the cloud storage providers that rclone supports and
    45  rclone is driving revenue your way then you know it makes sense to
    46  sponsor the project. {{< icon "far fa-smile" >}}
    47  
    48  Note that if you choose the "GitHub Sponsors" option they will provide
    49  proper tax invoices appropriate for your country.
    50  
    51  ## Monthly donations
    52  
    53  Monthly donations help keep rclone development sustainable in the long
    54  run so this is the preferred option. A small amount every month is
    55  much better than a one off donation as it allows planning for the
    56  future.
    57  
    58  {{< monthly_donations >}}
    59  
    60  ## One off donations
    61  
    62  If you don't want to contribute monthly then of course we'd love a one
    63  off donation.
    64  
    65  {{< one_off_donations >}}
    66  
    67  If you require a receipt or wish to contribute in a different way then
    68  please [drop me an email](mailto:nick@craig-wood.com).