Help me keep building ReacherX

I went full time on ReacherX in June 2026 after years of fitting it around university and paid work. Here is how you can help me keep going.

SalmanFounder, ReacherX

Aug 21, 20263 min readUpdated Sep 11, 2026

I went full time on ReacherX in June 2026 after three years of fitting it around university, a part-time job, and freelance work (that story is here). What's at stake now is being able to keep going without stopping to earn enough money first.

What your support would change

ReacherX is self-funded. No outside investment has gone into it. I'm paying for the work and the services it needs, and I'm running low on the money I can keep putting into it.

That's why I made a Patreon page. Support gives me more time to work on the project, as well as helping with infrastructure and API costs. It means I can stay with a difficult problem instead of having to put it aside for paid work again.

I have a roadmap in mind, but no promised dates for it. ReacherX is still beta. Support gives me room to work on it; it doesn't mean every feature on that list is about to ship.

Patreon and the app are separate

If you want to support development, you can join ReacherX on Patreon. There's a free membership for following public updates, and paid memberships if you'd like to contribute money.

A Patreon membership doesn't include a subscription to the hosted app, usage credits, or custom development. Please read the membership details before joining.

If you want to use ReacherX, the hosted app has its own plans and pricing. Paying for the app also supports the project. I'd like the product to be useful enough that people want to pay for it, whether they're finding customers, hiring, or reaching people for another reason.

If you can't pay, you can still help

I know what it's like to want to work on something and not have much money to put into it. You don't have to pay to be part of this.

Try ReacherX and tell me where it gets things wrong. A useful bug report, a clearer setup instruction, or a contribution to the code helps. So does showing it to someone who might need it or giving the repository a star.

I have always wanted people to build things with; that's a big reason I open-sourced ReacherX, and the full story is there.

If that sounds like you, come talk in Discord. You don't need to arrive with money or a finished pull request. And if you do want to contribute to the code, here's where to start.