LOCAL MODEL Why we do what we do.
If Local Model Dojo shows you value, contribute any amount toward development. Most of what we earn here goes to Jake (Oklahoma veteran on disability) and the other veterans helping ship the project.
Where the money goes.
Engineering hours, infrastructure, code-signing certificates, the legal review pass on the EULA and privacy notice, and a small operating reserve so the lights stay on if a month is slow. We do not have outside investors and do not plan to.
What you get back.
The honest answer is: the same software you can already buy. Donations are not a purchase. They are a vote — for the project, for the people building it, for the model of paying once for a tool you own and not renting your AI from a frontier vendor every month for the rest of your life.
One bonus: contributors of $500 or more get a private one-hour Founder Zoom with Jake. He shows you the craziest local-model tricks he's running and walks through the project's backstory. No script, no NDA — just honest engineering talk.
Ready to contribute?
The Stripe Payment Link below accepts any amount of $5 or more, one-time. Card data never touches our servers — Stripe handles it.
Donate any amountFor-profit entity. Not tax-deductible.
One more thing.
If you can't or don't want to contribute money — please file a useful bug, submit your benchmark to the leaderboard, or write up your setup somewhere public. That's worth as much as a donation.