# apigy/selfstarter

Roll your own crowdfunding

Repository: https://github.com/apigy/selfstarter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/selfstarter
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-10-27T17:12:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5074, "days_push": 1406, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3153, forks 1576 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.247025+00:00)

## What it is
Selfstarter is an open-source Ruby on Rails skeleton for rolling your own crowdfunding site, originally built by Lockitron after their Kickstarter rejection. It provides a customizable preorder page with payment integration (Amazon Payments by default, with Stripe/WePay options) and configurable tiers.

## Use cases
- launch a crowdfunding site for my product
- collect preorders without Kickstarter
- build a custom crowdfunding platform
- take reservations with delayed payment capture
- set up a preorder landing page with payment tiers

## When to choose
- you want full control over your own crowdfunding/preorder site
- you're comfortable forking and customizing a Rails app
- you want to collect payment info without charging until shipping

## When to avoid
- you need built-in authentication, admin panels, mailers, or analytics out of the box
- you want a maintained, turnkey crowdfunding solution
- you're not familiar with Ruby on Rails

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, file-upload, auth
- domain: web-development, e-commerce, self-hosted
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: crowdfunding, rails, preorders, payments, boilerplate, web-server

## Member repositories
- apigy/selfstarter (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.247025+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:25:40.643300+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apigy/selfstarter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.247025+00:00, sha 35dd1b18fe50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.