GitLab acquires Gitorious

GitLab acquires Gitorious

I hear Patreon is a good platform for collecting donations.

What you should do is you set up a "milestone" for "Covering Costs" and have the "pledge rewards" be "Feel good about yourself" stuff, maybe a star next to your name on the site or something, but nothing that requires shipping.
Basically, avoid making promises, because you don't know if you can keep them yet.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: https://www.patreon.com/brucewillakers