gratipay/gratipay.com
Here lieth a pioneer in open source sustainability. RIP observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases 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: 5206
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3193
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1124 stars · 301 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Gratipay was a web platform that let companies and individuals pay for open source work through recurring donations. This repository contains the full server-side application (Python/Postgres) that powered gratipay.com; the project was shut down and is no longer maintained.
Use cases
- fund open source projects with recurring donations
- accept weekly contributions for my open source work
- let companies sponsor open source developers
- study how a donation-based open source funding platform was built
- self-host a recurring payment platform for creators
- learn from a historical Python web application codebase
When to choose
- you want to study or fork a proven open source funding platform
- you need reference code for recurring payment flows in Python
- you are researching open source sustainability models
When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready funding platform
- you cannot work with Python 2.7 and Postgres 9.6
- you need support or security updates - the project is dead
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
web-framework http-server api-framework web-development fintech developer-tools python self-hosted open-source-sustainability crowdfunding payments dead-project gratipay payment open-source-funding web-server docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com · fetched 2026-08-28 · 89bbd8c53290
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| gratipay/gratipay.com | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="gratipay/gratipay.com")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem