As all of you know, Defold is completely free for anyone to use. You can use Defold to build and release games for any platform, even consoles, without paying anything. It will always remain this way since the Defold Foundation objectives clearly state that Defold has to be provided for free. We like this and we hope you do too!
But this doesn’t mean that developing the Defold game engine and hosting the build servers cost nothing. It is in fact quite expensive!
If you enjoy using Defold and maybe even make some money on the games you make with Defold we would really appreciate if you would consider becoming a monthly sponsor. It costs as little as $3 a month. You can either use GitHub Sponsors, Patreon or PayPal.
Your donations will be used to pay for the build servers which we keep available 24/7. The build servers are used when you build your game and use native extensions. The build servers are also used when you use an app manifest to strip away engine of functionality which you do not use.
On behalf of the entire Defold team I thank you for considering a donation!