Feross

Full disclosure: I recently started a new company, <a href="https://socket.dev">Socket</a>, and will have little to no time for maintaining existing projects or starting new ones for the foreseeable future. Companies: please continue sponsoring for logo placement or marketing purposes on the WebTorrent or StandardJS website. Individuals: I recommend you shift your funding to other worthy maintainers. 


<h4 style="text-align: center;">👋 Hey there, I'm Feross! ✨</h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Please support useful software like WebTorrent and Standard.</h4>
 
I'm an open source creator, maintainer, and mad scientist. I work on projects like <a href="https://webtorrent.io/" target="_blank">WebTorrent</a> and <a href="https://standardjs.com/" target="_blank">Standard</a>. I currently maintain <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/~feross">100+ packages on npm</a>. <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/~feross"></a>All my code is freely accessible on <a href="https://github.com/feross">my GitHub page</a>. I also work on fun experiments like <a href="https://bitmidi.com">BitMidi</a>, a free MIDI database. 
 
Some of my favorite npm packages that I've written are 
<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/simple-get">simple-get</a> (1M downloads/month), <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/run-parallel">run-parallel</a> (500K downloads/month), <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/run-series">run-series</a> (200K downloads/month), and <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/simple-peer">simple-peer</a> (26K downloads/month). I also wrote and maintain several popular browserify/webpack ecosystem packages like <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer">buffer</a> (11M downloads/month) and <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-buffer">safe-buffer</a> (23M downloads/month). 
 
In the past, I was on the Node.js Board of Directors, representing individual Node.js users like you! It was an unpaid position, but I was happy to play some small part in making things better for everyone.
 
 
<h4>Why a Patreon?</h4>
 
Since I quit my job in February 2015, I've been working full-time on open source software. I devoted my full attention to making delightful open source software ✨ living off of savings from selling my first startup. However, this can't continue forever.
 
 
I’m not affiliated with any company, so I'm counting on your support to enable me to keep writing software like WebTorrent and Standard. 
 
I'm raising funds on Patreon so I can devote more time to open source. I'd love to be able to devote several full days per week to maintaining existing projects 😇 as well as creating innovative new ones ✨.
 
 
<h4>Why donate?</h4>
 
Your donation will enable me to continue releasing new versions of WebTorrent, WebTorrent Desktop, Standard, and 100's of other open source software packages that I maintain.
 
 
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	&quot;Put your money where your love is.&quot; 
	– The Grateful Dead
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Your donation also makes a clear statement: 
You value the work I do. 
 
I care deeply about the JavaScript community. Six years ago, I fell in love with the pioneering mad scientists I met at community events like JSConf, NodeConf, and NodeSchool. Node.js and JavaScript are the first programming communities where I've felt truly at home.
 
 
<h4>What are the top priorities?</h4>
 
⚠️ 
Standard hasn't seen a new major release in over 8 months. 
 
✅ With your support, I can release the next major version of 
Standard, version 11. And, I can get all future versions out the door on a more regular basis. ✨ 
 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, <a href="https://standardjs.com/changelog.html#1100---2018-02-18" target="_blank">version 11.0.0 was released</a>! 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, <a href="https://standardjs.com/changelog.html#1200---2018-08-28" target="_blank">version 12.0.0 was released</a>! 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, <a href="https://standardjs.com/changelog.html#1300---2019-07-10" target="_blank">version 13.0.0 was released</a>! 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, <a href="https://standardjs.com/changelog.html#1400---2019-08-19" target="_blank">version 14.0.0 was released</a>! 
 
⚠️ 
WebTorrent has been on the verge of version 1.0.0 for over 2 years now. We're literally on version 0.98.20. Have you ever seen a version number that close to 1.0.0 in your whole life? 😝 We're so close, and yet there's still over 100 open issues. 🤯 
 
✅ With your support, I can review the mountain of outstanding 
WebTorrent PRs and get version 1.0 out the door in 2020! 
 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, I've continued maintaining WebTorrent with critical fixes, answering user questions, and slowly pushing things forward. 
 
⚠️
 <a href="https://webtorrent.io/desktop/" target="_blank">WebTorrent Desktop</a> is the best torrent app in existence (this is objective, I'm not biased at all 🤭). Yet, the app suffers from performance issues when too many torrents are added or too many peers show up. It's also missing important power user features like bandwidth throttling. 
 
✅ With your support, we can fix the 
WebTorrent Desktop performance issues, release version 1.0, and push our monthly active user number from 50K users/month to 1M users/month and beyond by making the UX even better. uTorrent, Vuze, and Transmission better watch out! 
 
UPDATE: Thanks to your support, WebTorrent Desktop now has 100K users/month, we've released several new versions, fixed critical issues, come out of beta, and continue slowly pushing things forward. 
 
<h4>What rewards are available?</h4>
 
I have some cool rewards in store for those who choose to become supporters. Take a look at the cool stuff I'm offering.
 
 
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your love.
 
— Feross
 
 
Note: some folks have asked me if it's possible to do a one-time donation, or if I accept cryptocurrency. Yes, and yes! 
 
Bitcoin (BTC) - 1GJjdX1Qkf9ZLmn13zjg8ske7uho6tSJxf 
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) - qr4dzfukzwad47zsjxp2nsnvnw3dtd4uuv4jfch706 
Ether (ETH) - 0x0c0Ca4d20103Ce6AdA43e04dEdEC88a018f136E9 
Litecoin (LTC) - LVcmhXKTgijpwNpxv7d5SWtyUusedjTZ2F 
 
I also accept <a href="https://www.paypal.me/feross" target="_blank">PayPal</a>, if you insist. 😁

Free

<ul><li>Your name will be added to the Supporter section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul>

WebTorrent Supporter

Standard Supporter

Open Source Supporter

<ul><li>Your name will be added to the Top Supporter section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul>

Top Supporter

<ul><li>Your name (and link, if you have one) will be added to the Bronze Supporter section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Personal thank you tweet from my <a href="https://twitter.com/feross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feross</a> account.</li></ul>

Bronze Sponsor (limited spots)

<ul><li>Your company logo and link will be added to the Silver Sponsor section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Personal thank you tweet from my <a href="https://twitter.com/feross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feross</a> account.</li></ul>

Silver Sponsor (limited spots)

<ul><li>You get a private 1-on-1 video chat with me, over Google Hangouts, for 20 minutes every month. We can talk about whatever you feel like. If you don't have any questions, I'll ask you some instead.</li></ul><ul><li>Personal thank you tweet from my <a href="https://twitter.com/feross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feross</a> account.</li></ul>

1-on-1 monthly video chat

<ul><li>Your (small) company logo and link will be added to the official website and README.md of <a href="https://github.com/standard/standard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Standard</a> or <a href="https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WebTorrent</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Your company logo and link will be added to the Gold Sponsor section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Personal thank you tweet from my <a href="https://twitter.com/feross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feross</a> account.</li></ul>

Gold Sponsor (limited spots)

<ul><li>Your (LARGE) company logo and link will be added to the official website and README.md of <a href="https://github.com/standard/standard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Standard</a> or <a href="https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WebTorrent</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Your name or company logo will be added to the Platinum Sponsor section of <a href="https://feross.org/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">feross.org/thanks</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Personal thank you tweet from my <a href="https://twitter.com/feross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feross</a> account.</li></ul>

Platinum Sponsor (limited spots)

Your name will be added to the Supporter section of feross.org/thanks.

Your name will be added to the Top Supporter section of feross.org/thanks.

Your name (and link, if you have one) will be added to the Bronze Supporter section of feross.org/thanks.

Personal thank you tweet from my @feross account.

Your company logo and link will be added to the Silver Sponsor section of feross.org/thanks.

You get a private 1-on-1 video chat with me, over Google Hangouts, for 20 minutes every month. We can talk about whatever you feel like. If you don't have any questions, I'll ask you some instead.

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