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Introduce the three ways to earn ZPan Pro for free, celebrating the v2 launch: old-stargazer reward (claim by 2026-09-01), contributor gift, and stargazer loyalty. Link it from a header callout and the Documentation section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🎉 Celebrating ZPan v2 — earn ZPan Pro for free
ZPan v2 is here: a ground-up rewrite on Cloudflare Workers, D1, and a direct browser-to-S3 transfer path. To thank the community that carried the project this far, we're opening three ways to earn ZPan Pro for free — no purchase required.
Sign in at cloud.zpan.space with your GitHub account, open the Offers page, and any reward you qualify for is listed and ready to claim. Each offer is a simple rule → reward: meet the rule, claim the gift.
Pro gifts attach to your ZPan Cloud account and apply to any ZPan instance you bind to it. ZPan Community stays free and fully self-hostable — these offers are a thank-you, not a paywall.
1. Old Stargazer reward — thanks for the early star
Did you star saltbo/zpan before the v2
launch? Claim a Pro gift scaled to how long you've backed the project — and the
earliest supporters get the most.
| You are… | Reward |
|---|---|
| One of the first 100 stargazers | 🏆 Lifetime Pro |
| Starred 4+ years ago | 60-day Pro gift + a discount toward lifetime Pro |
| Starred 2–4 years ago | 30-day Pro gift + a discount toward lifetime Pro |
| Starred under 2 years ago | 14-day Pro gift + a discount toward lifetime Pro |
This is a one-time launch thank-you for existing stargazers. Claim by September 1, 2026 — the discount code you receive then has its own validity window, so a late claim still leaves time to buy. Stars added after the launch don't qualify here — see offer #3 instead.
2. Contributor Pro gift — contribution earns Pro
Have commits merged into ZPan? You've earned Pro. The more you contribute, the longer the gift — and you can come back to upgrade as you reach each tier.
| Contributions to ZPan | Reward |
|---|---|
| 5+ | 90-day Pro |
| 20+ | 180-day Pro |
| 50+ | 365-day Pro |
| 100+ | 🏆 Lifetime Pro |
No deadline — keep contributing, keep upgrading. Contribution counts refresh from GitHub daily, so a freshly merged PR shows up after the next sync. New to the codebase? Start with CONTRIBUTING.md.
3. Stargazer loyalty Pro — hold your star, grow your gift
New to ZPan? Star saltbo/zpan and keep the
star on. The longer you hold it, the longer your Pro gift grows.
| Star held for… | Reward |
|---|---|
| 7+ days | 3-day Pro |
| 30+ days | 7-day Pro |
| 180+ days | 14-day Pro |
| 365+ days | 30-day Pro |
Evergreen and upgradeable — your tier climbs as your star tenure grows. This applies to stars added from the v2 launch onward, and needs a live star: removing it resets the offer.
How to claim
- Go to cloud.zpan.space and sign in with GitHub.
- Open the Offers page — everything you qualify for is listed there.
- Claim. A Pro gift applies to your account instantly; a discount arrives as a code you can use at checkout.
Thanks for being part of ZPan. ⭐