✨ Free for individuals
Students, hobbyists, freelancers, and anyone learning photo metadata work can use Gledhill Metadata completely free, forever. No limits, no tracking.
Support & Pricing
Free for individuals.
Supported by businesses.
Gledhill Metadata is open source and free for everyone to use. Businesses are encouraged to contribute based on the value they receive.
How it works
🤝 Honor-based for businesses
Organizations that use Gledhill Metadata for production work, training, or integration are encouraged to contribute. It's completely voluntary — there's no enforcement or licensing check.
Recommended support tiers
These suggested contributions are based on organizational size and usage scale. They are not enforced — choose what makes sense for your situation.
Monthly Support
Recurring monthly contributions
Small Team
Up to ~15 people
$10
/month
- Small team development
- Internal workflows
- Learning and training
Organization
~100 people
$50
/month
- Department-level use
- Production workflows
- Multiple teams
Business
~300–500 people
$75
/month
- Company-wide deployment
- Critical production use
- Significant impact
Enterprise
1000+ people
$150
/month
- Enterprise-scale use
- Integrated systems
- Global deployment
One-Time Support
One-time contributions with the same tier structure
Small Team
One-time contribution
$75
one-time
- Small team support
- Project-based use
- Direct impact
Organization
One-time contribution
$200
one-time
- Multi-team support
- Production workflow
- Significant value
Business
One-time contribution
$500
one-time
- Broad deployment
- Production systems
- High impact
Enterprise
One-time contribution
$1,000
one-time
- Enterprise deployment
- Integrated systems
- Strategic value
What your support funds
Your contribution directly enables:
🐛 Bug fixes & stability
Time dedicated to identifying, prioritizing, and resolving issues that impact production workflows.
✨ New features
Development of requested features and tools that expand the app's capabilities.
🖥️ Platform support
Continuous testing and updates for macOS, Windows, and Linux to keep pace with OS changes.
Ready to support?
Support Gledhill Metadata through GitHub Sponsors. Set up monthly recurring contributions or make a one-time donation.
Questions about licensing or commercial use?
See the full COMMERCIAL_USE.md file for detailed information about open-source licensing and the honor-based support model.