Buy the developer a chai
Every product in the WinBastion family is free, with every feature, for everyone, and stays that way. WinBastion is a micro-tech unit of EBITA.AI funded by the people its products helped: you pay whatever you want, and that is the only revenue model. If one freed some space, sorted out your statements or got your team talking, a tip of any size is the thank-you that keeps it going.
Three ways to tip
Tip in rupees
Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, any UPI app, or a card, through a Razorpay or Cashfree payment page where you decide the amount. Settles in rupees; the page stores nothing about you beyond the receipt.
₹99 · ₹249 · ₹499 · any amount
Pay with UPIOpens shortly. [UPI payment page link — Razorpay or Cashfree, to be filled]
Tip in your currency
One-off or monthly, through Ko-fi. Ko-fi takes no fee on one-off tips, so almost all of it arrives.
$3 · $5 · $10 · any amount
Tip on Ko-fi[Ko-fi page URL — confirm or replace]
Sponsor on GitHub
Monthly sponsorship with zero platform fee. Your name goes on the sponsors list in the release repository and in the app's About page.
$2 · $5 · $25 a month
Sponsor on GitHub[GitHub Sponsors URL — confirm the profile is enabled]
What a tip pays for
- Codec licences, so MediaBastion can read and write the formats that are not free to ship.
- A code-signing certificate, so Windows SmartScreen stops warning about the installer.
- The website, the domains and the small servers behind the downloads and the connected products.
- The developer's time on the next features (Update Guardian, Settings Keeper, the Timeline, Scam Shield) and the next free tools in the family.
The whole model is explained on the homepage under How a micro-tech company survives. The short version: there is no price list, you pay whatever you want, and if 1 in 200 users tips the price of a chai, the family keeps growing.
The supporter badge
Every tip gets a thank-you email with a supporter code. Paste it into Settings and the app shows a small supporter badge in the top bar and your name (or initials) in About. That is all it does. It unlocks nothing else, because nothing else is locked: every feature is free for everyone, the code is never checked against a server, and the app never phones home to see whether you paid. Lose the code and we will send it again.
Two promises
Features are never locked behind tips. Tipping never gets a nag screen: a tool may ask once, quietly, after it has done something useful, and “never show again” means never.
A word on the wording
Tips are voluntary payments for the software you already have, not donations to a charity. That is how they are receipted and taxed in India, and it is why the Terms and the Refund Policy describe them that way. A receipt is sent for every payment by the payment provider; we never see your card or bank details.
Companies and IT shops
If Bastion tools run on more than a handful of PCs you manage, a sponsor tier with your logo on this page is available. Write to mustafa@ebita.ai.
Looking for the WinBastion-specific page? It is at winbastion.com/winbastion/support.html.
Something is wrong, or you have a question
Support is by email and you get a reply from a person, usually within two working days. Bugs go to the public issue tracker so the fix helps everyone.
mustafa@ebita.ai or hello@winbastion.com. Monday to Friday, 10:00–18:00 IST. Include the program version, your Windows edition and what you expected to happen.
Report a bug, request a feature or say thanks
Use the feedback form: no account, attachments up to 250 MB, and you get a ticket id. Developers: public issue tracker on GitHub (synced with this queue).
Everything else
Address, telephone and business details are on the Contact page. Payment questions: see the Cancellation and Refund Policy.