Ways to support Exponential
This page is for anyone choosing how to help. Pick what fits your skills and time; all of it counts.
Compared
| Way | Time or money | Skills | Impact | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug report | 15 minutes | Careful description | A problem gets known and fixed | Testing and reporting bugs |
| Forum or chat answer | 10 minutes | Experience with Exponential | One person unblocked, and everyone who finds it later | Helping others |
| Typo or doc fix | 10 minutes | Reading carefully | Clearer help for everyone | Contributing documentation |
| Translation | 1 hour and up | Native language | The administration in your language | Contributing translations |
| Tutorial or how-to | A few hours | Writing, experience | Many people learn faster | Contributing documentation |
| Pull request | Hours to days | PHP, templates, Git | A fix or feature in every future release | Contributing code |
| Testing a development version | An hour per release | A test installation | Problems found before release | Testing and reporting bugs |
| Advocacy | Any | Telling the truth well | More users, more contributors | Advocacy |
| One-time donation | Any amount | None | Pays for a piece of work | Funding the work |
| Monthly sponsorship | From a few dollars a month | None | Dependable time for maintenance | Sponsors: start here |
| Partnership | A subscription and commitment | A business with Exponential | Sustained business around the project | Partners: start here |
How to choose
- You use Exponential daily: report bugs, answer questions, fix the docs you stumble over.
- You speak another language: translate; few contributions reach as many people.
- You build with Exponential: send your fixes back as pull requests.
- You have less time than money: sponsor monthly.
- Your company depends on it: combine sponsorship with a few hours a month of staff time (Supporting Exponential as a company).
A note on money
Volunteer work is valuable, but maintenance (security fixes, PHP upgrades, releases, infrastructure) needs paid, dependable time. If you can, combine your contribution with a sponsorship of 7x, the Exponential Foundation, or both (Two organizations, two sponsor pages).
Related pages
- Supporters: start here
- Recognition for supporters
- Supporter FAQ
- Give and donate: the ways to give on exponential.earth and where each link goes
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
Become an Exponential Partner
Partners share their information, provide funding, contribute back and develop the products with us, and that is how Exponential grows. A partner website and dashboard are planned for mid-2027: please become a partner today to speed up our growth rate and land new features faster.