Support Derpibooru
Derpibooru is run by a group of volunteers, and takes a lot of time and money to maintain, run and provide. Our server costs are over 450 Euros every month, and this is a significant strain on us.
If you can spare any money to help us continue providing this service and develop it further, please consider donating via the button below.
As an added thank-you for donating, you won't see adverts on the site for a while after you donate. We don't like adverts but they do help keep us afloat.
If you want to get adverts hidden after donating via Bitcoin, you'll need to email clovertheclever at derpibooru dot org and cite your Bitcoin transaction ID to get your account set as a donor manually - automating this process would jeopardize the security of our donations wallet.
Thank you for supporting Derpibooru!
Click a button below to donate via your chosen method of payment
PayPal
Bitcoin
Or you can send directly to the address 16RuAe7d1qQmsXy3TK8awsF9d5Cdj7Gqfo with your favourite client
Any funds above and beyond that required to cover our costs will be held in reserve soley for future use on the site, or donated to Cancer Research UK, a leading charity promoting scientific research into cures and treatment for cancer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I support the site by advertising?
You can find out about advertising on the site over at this page
What are Bitcoins?
Bitcoins are a virtual peer-to-peer distributed cryptocurrency. They are often preferable to established currencies for international transfers, and have the added benefit of being strongly anonymous when used properly.
However, we mainly support them as an alternative to PayPal, which is not available in all countries. Bitcoins can be bought via international bank transfer from practically any country.
You can find out more here and learn how to get started here
Why does Derpibooru cost so much to run?
We host hundreds of gigabytes of artwork and transfer tens of terabytes of images every month. Additionally we run quite a complex website, with significant computational requirements - handling hundreds of requests per second on average!
On top of that, because we let you personalize the site completely through filters, we can't easily cache all the complicated work we do server-side. These factors combined mean we need a lot of transit (which is expensive) and a lot of server power (also expensive).
We don't have any costs on top of the servers and bandwidth that are covered by these donations; some minor incidental costs are covered out of pocket each month by members of the administration team. We all work for free; nobody is paid to run, write, moderate or maintain the site. What we ask for help with is the big cost of the servers and their upkeep and connectivity.
Why can't Derpibooru support itself through commercial ads?
We host a lot of content that most advertising networks will refuse to have their adverts featured alongside for legal reasons (payment companies get jumpy around graphic adult material). The networks that support being shown alongside this content are typically rather dodgy and we'd rather not deal with them and risk our users privacy and safety.
We run adverts which feature primarily community artists who run commissions and wish to gain exposure via the site. These adverts do not bring a huge amount of money in towards the site's upkeep, but they do help.