Support Our Work
Carpenter Software relies on your support to keep creating and contributing valuable tools to the world community. If you find our work helpful, please consider supporting us through the channels below.
Shop our store: Please buy a book from Carpenter Software at eBay.
Get in touch: We want to hear from you! Please reach out via email or phone to share your thoughts, collaborate, or just say hello.
More Ways to Support & Connect
To help build a more active community and fund our project, we are exploring the following ideas:
- Community TODO List: We are opening up our roadmap so you can see what we are working on, suggest new features, and vote on what we should build next.
- Premium Content & Guides: Offering exclusive digital handbooks, coding cheat sheets, or extended editions of our books.
- Donation Milestones: Setting up a simple tipping page for quick, direct support. See the funding items in the TODO list below.
Project TODO List & Suggestions
What should we work on next? Take a look at our current list and let us know your thoughts!
| Item | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub Sponsors: A Sponsor button on the MageMCU repositories for one-time and monthly support. | Planned | Reaches developers who already use our libraries. |
| Ko-fi Tip Page: Quick one-time tips, plus a shop for digital handbooks and coding cheat sheets. | Planned | Also covers the Premium Content & Guides idea. |
| PayPal Support Button: A simple button for readers who prefer PayPal. | Considering | Familiar to most readers. |
| Stripe Payment Link: A hosted checkout page for a set support amount. | Considering | Card payments without a PayPal account. |
| Patreon Membership: Monthly tiers with early access to videos and articles. | Considering | Pairs with our YouTube channel. |
| Open Collective or Liberapay: Open source funding with a public record of how funds are spent. | Considering | Builds trust through transparency. |
Have a suggestion?
Don't let our phone and inbox stay quiet! Send us your ideas on how to improve our software or what tasks we should add to our TODO list next.