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Freeware. Really.
What I can offer today is the work itself: useful tools for your NAS, shared as freeware. All features are available free of charge. If they are useful to you, put them to work.
The bill comes to 0.00. That makes a change for a NAS owner.
Four ways, if you feel like it
If you would like to contribute, the options are below.
All it takes
Take part in the performance ranking
Add the QNAP Utilities repository to App Center, install StorageDiag Workbench & Utilities and run Benchmark this NAS! from its desktop. Results that pass the checks appear in the public CPU and memory rankings with details of your NAS model, processor and memory. The rankings never show a serial number or an IP address.
Voluntary contribution
Support the project
You can contribute any amount through Revolut, or pay by card through Stripe, either once or monthly. Contributing does not change your access to the apps or the help available on the forum.
Card via Stripe
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A one-off card payment; on Apple devices, Apple Pay works too.
Renews each month until cancelled.
Each contribution card opens a payment page in a new tab. Stripe's checkout service, Link, processes the payment and sends the receipt. Your statement shows an entry starting with LINK.COM*.
Cards accepted at checkout
Good to know: support is legal and taxed. If you don't want to contribute, don't.
A cause close to my heart
For Tymon
My son Tymon has cystic fibrosis. On his page, I explain the condition and how you can help him, separately from supporting the apps.
And if you'd rather not do any of this, that's completely fine. The apps are yours to use either way.
Why freeware?
I use these tools on my own NAS too. I share them because the QNAP community, which I've been part of since 2008, has given me a lot: answers, bug reports and ideas.
Not everything comes for free, so I'll at least try to give something back with these tools and programs.
Thank you for every contribution, kind word and bug report. I am especially grateful for the help given to Tymon. And if you simply use these tools and find them useful, that means a lot too. That is why I make them.
Silas