Call for Funding | Future for Production Usage

[markbreuss]

We are a startup which has built their App with Getx. https://www.markone.at/ We want to upgrade to the latest Flutter Version and especially start using WASM Support.

As is now it looks like it becomes a buisiness risk to continue with Getx as the upgradability is not certain. Changing out our whole State Management would proboably take us months and 10s of thousands of dollars in develompent costs. Given the popularity of the package I would assume that there are thousands of companies in the same situation.

I know that open source work can be hard and often be unrewarding. My proposal is that companies that are in the same situation, pool together ressources to fund a development contract with a maintaner to get out the 5.0 version to future proof it for the next versions.

if only 50 companies would join this with 2000 USD we could set up a development contract of around 100K which I imagine would suffice for some time.

We are willing to make the first move by providing 4000 USD which is still an order of magnitude cheaper than ripping out our state management.

What are the toughts of other people using Getx in a serious production environment?

@jonataslaw would you be open to something like this? Is funding even the bottleneck?

Thanks for your work so far and all the best,

Mark Breuß

[IluhinDotPro]

I'm not a company, I'm a freelancer, and I can't spare $2,000, but $100-200 is within my means. I'm in.

[jonataslaw]

The latest RC sent yesterday should fix the issues with wasm builds.

I'm on vacation from work, I'm going to dedicate myself to GetX for the next 2-3 weeks to launch version 5.

I believe that any version after 5 will be much easier to maintain, the codebase is old (I wrote GetX 5 years ago) and I'm updating everything. Furthermore, the change to Navigator 2 was not something that changed part of the project, it simply caused it to be rewritten from scratch.

GetX is currently used by 181,299 people, which is an astonishingly large number, but I'm sure that even though it's desirable, it would be practically impossible to earn income from it, and I'm fine with that. I work to support myself; this is where I have fun when I have the time. But rest assured, I will never abandon it, I have an immense debt to Flutter and the community.

I'm sorry for the delay, I would like to provide more time for him, and I will organize myself for that.

[fisforfaheem]

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Thank you so much for your honesty and dedication.

Your work with GetX has helped build careers for thousands of developers, and we'll continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

GetX is truly one of the best things that has happened to the Flutter ecosystem.

We’re all hopeful to see many new changes, tutorials, and updates in the near future.

A suggestion for @jonataslaw:

Please consider accepting financial contributions as a well-deserved reward. If you still feel you don’t need it, perhaps you could use it to hire someone to update the documentation and create comprehensive Flutter GetX courses, especially with GetX 5. This would tremendously benefit the community and amplify its impact tenfold.

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[maxfrees]

It's nice to have that commitment, but so far too many people are using getx

Please consider accepting a financial contribution as a deserved reward. If you still don't feel like you need it, maybe you can use it to hire someone to update documentation and create a comprehensive Flutter GetX course, especially GetX 5. This will greatly benefit the community and increase its impact tenfold

[jonataslaw]

Thank you so much for your kind words and consideration!

I truly appreciate the suggestion of accepting financial contributions and understand the importance of ensuring that GetX remains a valuable tool for the Flutter community. It’s gratifying to know that the work I’ve done with GetX has helped so many developers and companies around the world.

My commitment to GetX has always been and will always be rooted in my passion for Flutter and my desire to contribute to something greater. While I don't depend on the project financially, I’m completely open to the idea that contributions could be used to further strengthen the community. With this support, I could dedicate more time to the library, delivering bug fixes and new features more quickly. The idea of hiring someone to help or improve the documentation also seems very reasonable to me.

My focus right now is to ensure that version 5 is released as quickly as possible and that it is stable and easy to maintain. I'm dedicating all my free time to this, and any additional support, whether financial or in terms of collaboration, will certainly be welcomed and used in the best possible way to benefit the community.

Once again, thank you so much for the support and encouragement. I’m excited about the future possibilities and remain committed to continuing to improve GetX for everyone.

[fisforfaheem]

@markbreuss Kindly Contribute and also @jonataslaw Tell us how to send the amount.

[fisforfaheem]

Kindly Donate Here: https://ko-fi.com/jonataslaw

[IluhinDotPro]

Kindly Donate Here: https://ko-fi.com/jonataslaw

What are the possibilities for supporting GetX from Russia and Belarus? Or other places where there is no visa/mastercard/paypal

[jonataslaw]

Wasm support is there!

I'm doing an experiment with nested routes that will simplify the entire codebase. There's just one small detail to make it ready. I made a request to bring the sponsor button to my profile, but it's under review on GitHub. In addition to delivering a solid version, I want to deliver tutorials and the right way to do things. I've been working with Flutter since 2017, so there's a lot that I think would be useful to share. I also acquired the getx.dev domain to create our website.

I'm sorry for the delay, I promise I'm doing everything I can with the time I have left.

[jonataslaw]

Kindly Donate Here: https://ko-fi.com/jonataslaw

What are the possibilities for supporting GetX from Russia and Belarus? Or other places where there is no visa/mastercard/paypal

Well, I would like to know, but I haven’t found anything yet. I have residency in both Europe and Brazil, and when the BRICS meeting takes place and Brazil and Russia have a new alternative payment system, I think this will become simpler.

[ruanmax]

What is the forecast to release @jonataslaw ? In this year or in 2025?

[fisforfaheem]

@markbreuss Have you contributed??

[markbreuss]

We as a company would be happy to contribute, like I said.

However we can, as you will understand, not contribute into the blind. I need an offer and a contract that outlines the work that will be done and a deadline.

Obviously the open source "coffee buying" approach has had issues in this specific case. I would thus argue for a more "traditional " approach, like any software agency or freelancer handles coding projects.

So @jonataslaw if we want to get this going, send me a quote at office@markone.at which includes the delivery of a first stable version of getx5 published on pub.dev with a reasonable deadline and a committment of certain development hours. Or at least something along those lines.

You get the signed offer back, and after delivery the payment will be wired.