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👋 Fellow Researchers, Creators, and Developers,

In 2014, I started open-sourcing software. Today, I maintain HugoBlox — the world's fastest, privacy-first website builder, and the open research tool of choice for scholars at Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.

If you use HugoBlox, you've likely built a beautiful, high-performing site entirely for free. But keeping it free, fast, and secure for 150,000+ users takes a massive toll in time, hosting, and infrastructure. That's where you come in.

🤖 The Agentic Era: Own Your Output
As autonomous agents flood the web with algorithmic "slop," owning your data, privacy, and distribution is no longer optional—it's survival.

We believe AI should complement human creativity, not replace it. HugoBlox gives you absolute control. No vendor lock-in, no black-box algorithms scraping your private work, and no sudden platform fees. Just your localized, human-editable Markdown, completely owned by you.

⚠️ Open Source isn't Free to Build
HugoBlox has no VC funding and no corporate overlords. It relies entirely on the community. When you sponsor, you aren't just buying me a coffee — you're ensuring that this infrastructure remains independent, privacy-first, and future-proof for years to come.

The "Coffee" ROI
For just $3/month (less than a bad cup of coffee), you can help sustain the tool that powers your digital home and research output.

If HugoBlox has saved you hours of dev time, helped you publish a paper, or landed you a job, please consider giving back. Every single contribution keeps the lights on and the code shipping. 💙

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Featured work

  1. HugoBlox/kit

    ⚡ The Open Research Copilot. Build high-perf Portfolios, Lab Sites & Docs in Markdown + Jupyter. 100% Data Control. 🦫 数据科学家的开源 Copilot。一键部署 👇

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  2. lore-labs/academic-file-converter

    📚 Import Bibtex publications and Jupyter Notebook blog posts into your Markdown website or book. 将Bibtex转换为Markdown网站

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  • 💜 Sponsor badge on your GitHub profile
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  • 💬 Access to exclusive #sponsor-lounge on Discord
  • 🤗 Warm fuzzy feeling supporting open source & open research

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Everything in Supporter, plus exclusive vinyl stickers, a Hugo cheat sheet, early access to releases, and a vote on the feature roadmap.

  • 🧙‍ 3 x Large "Academic" Vinyl Stickers (after 3 months sponsorship)
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Everything in Champion, plus prominent placement on the HugoBlox sponsors page and insider dev updates.

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Maximum brand visibility to 150,000+ researchers and scientists. Everything in Corporate, plus homepage logo placement.

  • 💎 Logo on the HugoBlox homepage (seen by MIT, Stanford, OpenAI users)
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