I commented this in another thread, but thought that it could do with its own post.
It’s a solid list to go off of if you want to pick a few to host. The link has more info on each, as well as which ones are non-profit / for-profit
Overview
Have some space computing power and want to donate it to a good cause? How about 10+ good causes at once?
♻️ put an under-utilized system to good use
🚲 use as much or as little CPU/RAM/DISK as you want
✨ 100% more soul warming than mining
📈 geek out over your CPU/disk/bandwidth stats on the leaderboardsThis is a collection of containers that all contribute to public-good projects:
- networks: Tor, i2p
- computing: boinc, foldingathome
- archiving: archivewarrior, zimfarm, kiwix, archivebox, pywb
- storage: ipfs, storj, sia, transmission
This v1 list was started by the ArchiveBox project, but it’s open to contributions.
I don’t know all of the tools, do you mean the tor relay?
Basically all programs which enable file sharing via your Internet connection. Germany is notorious for having a huge amount of lawyers which are only dedicated to tracking down and file a copy right infringement (or worse) case against people, who had unlawful actions done over their IP. And if you can’t pay your fines, jail time is waiting.