Maintenance floor.
Domains, CI, release infrastructure, and basic hardware coverage.
Sponsor
Fund the public core without buying roadmap control.
Sponsors fund maintenance, test hardware, docs, security review, and install reliability. Paid support remains separate from public roadmap ownership.
Maintainer time.
Support triage, install fixes, docs, runbooks, and operator feedback.
Hardening.
Security review, appliance builds, stable releases, and recovery testing.
Smaller recurring support can fund docs, test hardware, roadmap notes, and early operator feedback cycles.
Sponsors can fund public priorities and receive updates, but do not get private control over the open roadmap.
Sponsor impact
Funding should turn into visible reliability, hardware coverage, and recovery proof.
Supports public maintenance work that keeps route, DNS, tunnel, device, and backup state visible.
Supports device and hardware reporting without giving sponsors roadmap control.
Supports rollback, restore, and security hardening work that benefits every operator.