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@mplsllc

Patrick Britton

mplsllc
Minneapolis, Minnesota

MPLS LLC

An independent software company in Minneapolis. No VC. No investors. No advertisers. Our software answers to the people who run it.

What we ship

  • MacSurf A modern web browser for Classic Mac OS 9 on PowerPC. Real CSS3, ES2023 JavaScript, and native HTTPS through macTLS, running on a 233 MHz G3 iMac. Version 2.0.5 ships now.
  • macTLS Native TLS 1.2 and 1.3 for Mac OS 9, built on BearSSL with 121 trust anchors. Brings live HTTPS to machines the modern web left behind.
  • PublicAid A free national directory of social services. 154,000 verified listings, an open API, and a native Android app. No paywalls. No tracking.

Why sponsor

Your sponsorship keeps these projects free, ad-free, and accountable to users instead of investors. Every tier covers server costs, development time, and the slow careful work of building software which lasts.

Patrick and the MPLS team

@mplsllc

With at least 12 monthly sponsors I can pay for my server costs and spend more time working on projects and getting out releases as well as starting new and exciting projects

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$ a month

You'll receive any rewards listed in the $25 monthly tier. Additionally, a Public Sponsor achievement will be added to your profile.

$5 a month

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Retro Surfer — You're helping keep this alive, and that means a lot.

Your $5/month helps cover server costs and development time for MacSurf and MPLS LLC's open-source work.

In return you get:

  • Supporter credit in the MacSurf README
  • Your name baked into the MacSurf binary credits (running on real OS 9 hardware)
  • A Sponsor badge on your GitHub profile
  • Access to a private repo with MacSurf weekly releases, additional art work and other projects.

$25 a month

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Power Mac — You're genuinely fueling this thing.

At $25/month, you get the inside track on everything MPLS is building. On top of the Retro Surfer credits, you get early release notes before they hit GitHub, private dev log posts with real behind-the-scenes detail, and a monthly poll where you vote on what gets prioritized from the actual backlog. File a bug? It goes on the short list for next session.

In return you get:

  • Everything in the Retro Surfer tier
  • Early access to dev builds and release notes
  • Private monthly dev log posts
  • Monthly feature priority vote
  • Bug priority bump
  • Access to a private repo with MacSurf weekly releases, additional art work and other projects.

$100 a month

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Site Patron — This is the one for people who really want to see MacSurf work on their corner of the web.

At $100/month, twice a month I'll take your site and spend a focused session getting it to render as well as I can in MacSurf — tracking down bugs, applying workarounds, and writing up what I find. The results go public so everyone benefits. Plus everything in Power Mac.

In return you get:

  • Everything in the Power Mac tier
  • 2x targeted site bug-run sessions per month (your site, on real OS 9 hardware)
  • Your name or logo on the MPLS sponsors page
  • A direct line to share feedback that shapes the roadmap
  • Access to a private repo with MacSurf weekly releases, additional art work and other projects.