Sponsorship Keep the pit-lane running

Sponsor PIT

If PIT helps your workflow, sponsorship keeps development fast and sustainable. Your support goes directly into reliability, documentation, and the “boring” engineering that makes the engine feel instant.

Why sponsor?

What you’re funding: stability, speed, and a predictable local environment.

Reliability work

Process cleanup, socket hygiene, crash-safe restarts, and boring fixes that prevent “mystery states”.

No zombies Stable sockets Deterministic cleanup
Docs & examples

Copy-paste configs, real integration guides (CI4/Laravel), and clear troubleshooting steps.

Guides Troubleshooting Snippets
Direct feedback loop

Sponsors influence priorities. If a feature saves real time, it gets pulled forward.

Feature votes Prioritization Quality-of-life

Where your sponsorship goes

Transparent, practical spending. No vague promises.

Example roadmap funding
  • Improve service lifecycle: start/stop reliability and cleanup
  • Better logs: structured folders, clearer errors, faster debugging
  • Docs: real configs, consistent terminology, fewer assumptions
  • Packaging (later): repeatable Linux releases when stable
Concrete sponsor impact

Example: a sponsor reports recurring Bad Gateway due to socket permissions. Sponsorship helps prioritize:

- add "pit doctor" checks for socket path + permissions
- improve error messages (nginx ↔ php-fpm connectivity)
- fix runtime folder ownership + cleanup strategy

Sponsor tiers

Simple tiers. Adjust pricing and benefits anytime.

Crew
$10 / month

For individual devs who want PIT to keep improving.

  • Name in sponsor list (optional)
  • Early notes / changelog previews
Pit Crew Pro
$50 / month

For teams or serious users who want tighter feedback loops.

  • Logo in sponsor page (optional)
  • Priority feedback channel
  • Feature voting
Team / Company
Custom

If PIT saves your team real time, sponsor at a level that makes sense.

  • Priority issues triage
  • Integration guidance (docs-first)
  • Public credit (optional)
You can host sponsorship on GitHub Sponsors, OpenCollective, or local platforms. Update SPONSOR_URL when ready.
Help PIT stay fast.

Sponsor PIT and keep the engine improving — reliability, docs, and the details that matter.