Hey everyone,
The Bambuddy Sponsors program is now fully live with five recurring tiers. If you've been waiting for a way to back the project that's more than a one-off tip, here it is.
The tiers — what you get:
Backer — $5/mo
Your name in BACKERS.md. The warm feeling of keeping a local-first project alive.
Supporter — $15/mo
Everything in Backer, plus:
Access to a private sponsors space
Monthly sponsor newsletter
Early release notes before public announcement
️ Patron — $35/mo
Everything in Supporter, plus:
A vote on the quarterly roadmap
First Patron vote opens June 2026 on Q3 features
Sustaining Sponsor — $150/mo
Everything in Patron, plus:
Direct async email line to me for technical questions - ~2-3 business day response
Corporate — $500/mo
Everything in Sustaining Sponsor, plus:
Priority email response (next business day)
Your logo in the README header
Your logo in the sitewide footer on bambuddy.cool
Placement on the Press page
Sign up: https://github.com/sponsors/maziggy
One-time tip instead: https://ko-fi.com/maziggy
Why this exists
Bambuddy is principled local-first software. No cloud, no telemetry, no upsells, no enterprise SKU hiding behind the OSS edition. Igor's Lab framed it as "a principled alternative to Bambu Cloud" and I want to keep that promise. Sponsors are how that stays true — every dollar goes into shipping the next release, not into building a paywall around the current one.
If you're running Bambuddy in production (especially with multiple printers, an LDAP setup, or in a workshop / makerspace) and it's saving you time, the Sustaining Sponsor or Corporate tier is what underwrites the support response time and roadmap influence you'd otherwise have to negotiate as a contract.
What I won't do
No hosted SaaS tier. The project stays self-hostable forever.
No feature gated behind a sponsor tier. Everything that's in OSS Bambuddy today stays in OSS Bambuddy.
No vendor lock-in. AGPL-3.0, your data on your hardware.
Questions, feedback, or "I'd sponsor if X were a perk"? Reply in this thread.
Thanks to everyone who's already on board.
— Martin
