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===ReactOS Community Edition=== In April 2014, the ReactOS project announced an [[Indiegogo]] campaign to launch ReactOS Community Edition, a version of ReactOS based on the 0.4 release. The flexible funding campaign had a goal of $50,000 with additional stretch goals beyond that.<ref>{{cite news |author=Torsten Kleinz |date=2014-04-08 |title=XP ist tot, es lebe Windows |trans-title=XP is dead, long live Windows |url=https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2014-04/reactos-alternative-windows-xp |work=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de}}</ref> Development of ReactOS Community Edition would be community-centric, with ReactOS users voting and funding to decide which software and hardware drivers the project will aim to support.<ref>[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTY2Nzk ReactOS Working On A Community Windows OS] on [[Phoronix]] by [[Michael Larabel]] (19 April 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Silviu Stahie |date=2014-04-04 |title=ReactOS goes to Indiegogo, will run Windows apps natively |url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/ReactOS-Goes-to-IndieGogo-Will-Run-Windows-and-Linux-Apps-Natively-435797.shtml |access-date=2014-04-08 |publisher=[[Softpedia|softpedia.com]]}}</ref> On 1 June 2014, the flexible crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo ended, raising $25,141 for the development of the community edition,<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Chris |date=2014-11-14 |title=Why prominent 'hobbyist' operating systems face an existential crisis |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2847723/why-prominent-hobbyist-operating-systems-face-an-existential-crisis.html |access-date=2015-12-29 |publisher=[[PCWorld]] |quote=ReactOS raised more than $25,000 in an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign earlier in 2014, for the development of a community edition of the operating system.}}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition reactos-community-edition] on [[Indiegogo]] (1 June 2014)</ref> and the voting process to support hardware and software was started shortly thereafter.<ref>[https://www.heise.de/open/artikel/ReactOS-Grosse-Fortschritte-und-Stipendien-fuer-Entwickler-beim-freien-Windows-Nachbau-2410783.html ReactOS: Große Fortschritte und Stipendien für Entwickler beim freien Windows-Nachbau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607151332/http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/ReactOS-Grosse-Fortschritte-und-Stipendien-fuer-Entwickler-beim-freien-Windows-Nachbau-2410783.html|date=7 June 2016}} on [[Heinz Heise|heise.de]] by Louis-F. Stahl (2 October 2014, in German)</ref>
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