Our business model is built on the fundamental belief that sustainable open source requires sustainable revenue. While our core platform will always remain open source, we generate revenue through commercial offerings that provide additional value to enterprise customers.
We maintain an ongoing dialogue with our community about the balance between open source and commercial features. This transparency helps us identify when we've got the balance wrong and enables us to adjust quickly. Not every decision will be perfect, but open discussion ensures we stay aligned with both our community's needs and our business sustainability.
At the heart of our approach is our open source UI framework (Avalonia), freely available and community-driven. This forms the foundation upon which we've built commercial offerings like Avalonia XPF, which helps enterprises modernize their WPF applications, and our enterprise support agreements that provide dedicated assistance with clear SLAs. Looking ahead, Avalonia Accelerate will expand our commercial portfolio with advanced tooling designed to enhance developer productivity.
We also take on strategic custom development projects, but with a crucial difference, approximately 70% of this work results in improvements to our open source core, benefiting the entire community. This approach ensures that our commercial success directly contributes to the platform's overall growth and stability.
We believe developers should evaluate technology on their own terms, which is why we focus entirely on inbound sales. You won't get cold calls or spam emails from us, instead, we invest in comprehensive documentation, clear pricing, and robust examples that let our solutions speak for themselves. This approach aligns with our belief that the best technical decisions are made through hands-on evaluation, not sales pressure.
Almost every euro we earn is reinvested into the business. This means expanding our team to better support both community and enterprise users, improving our open source core, and developing new capabilities that benefit all our users. We believe this virtuous cycle - where commercial success funds open source development - is key to building a sustainable business that serves both our community and enterprise customers effectively.
This sustainable approach allows us to maintain our high standards while continuing to innovate. While we might not move as quickly as venture-backed competitors, we're building something that will last, with a focus on quality over speed and community value over rapid growth.