Become a sponsor to andrei BARBURAS

Hi, I'm Andrei Barburas. I build a small collection of free, open-source tools for people who self-host: a suite of Android apps (Nóta, Merk, Runa, Blik, Qarib, Vinci and a few more in the works) designed around Nextcloud, along with Home Assistant apps and a handful of WordPress plugins.

I started making these because I wanted something the existing options didn't offer; small, focused tools that fit my own self-hosted setup instead of forcing me to compromise. No ads, no tracking, GPLv3 licensed where applicable, and built to work with the tools people already run at home.

I'm open about the fact that I use AI throughout development. It genuinely helps me move faster and build things I wouldn't otherwise have time for as one person. But AI doesn't replace the actual work; I still spend the evenings figuring out what something should actually do, testing it against real setups and edge cases, and tracking down the inevitable weird bugs. AI is a tool I use, not a shortcut around the thinking.

It also isn't free; subscriptions and everything else that comes with building this way adds up. Sponsoring helps cover that, along with the subscriptions and self-hosted services these projects are built to integrate with.

I'm not trying to make a living off this or get rich; I have a day life outside of it. What sponsorship really buys back is time: the evenings I spend on these projects instead of with my family. If these tools are useful to you and you'd like to help keep them going, any support is genuinely appreciated.