catarse/catarse
The first open source crowdfunding platform for creative projects in the world observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5774
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1254
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1638 stars · 813 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Catarse is an open-source crowdfunding platform for creative projects, originally built in Brazil and running catarse.me. It is a Ruby on Rails application with a PostgreSQL database and a PostgREST-based API using JWT authentication.
Use cases
- launch a crowdfunding platform for creative projects
- self-host a donation and fundraising site
- accept payments for project backers
- customize an open-source crowdfunding codebase
- run a community fundraising website
When to choose
- you want a proven, battle-tested crowdfunding platform in Ruby on Rails
- you need a self-hosted alternative to Kickstarter-style platforms
- you want to study or fork a real production crowdfunding codebase
When to avoid
- you need active maintenance or recent security updates - the repo is deprecated
- you are not comfortable with legacy Rails 4.2 and Ruby 2.4
- you need a modern stack or official support - development moved to common-group/services-core
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
web-framework auth self-hosted e-commerce web-development self-hosted ruby self-hosted crowdfunding rails donations payment-processing deprecated payment-gateway web-server linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/catarse/catarse · fetched 2026-08-28 · c5b08b7e4b57
- homepage: http://catarse.me · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3daa963e5a42
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| catarse/catarse | main | 10 |
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