Bounty Source

Discontinued Unverified

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Discontinued. This listing is kept in OSS.Fund for reference, but the platform no longer appears active.

Bountysource was one of the best-known platforms for posting and funding bounties on open source issues, and it also supported project fundraising campaigns. The service is now discontinued after long-running payout, insolvency, and trust issues, but it remains historically relevant to the evolution of OSS bounty funding.

Area Funding

Category Bounties

Tags

OSS-specific Marketplace

Official website	https://www.bountysource.com/
Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Mixed / partly open-source history
Platform technology	Web platform with open-source project history
Monetization model	Bounties, Crowdfunding, Donations
Payment methods	PayPal, Bitcoin, Check
Platform fees	Historical references commonly described a 10% platform fee.
User activity	Historical references describe a community of roughly 70,000 members and more than 2,000 bounties before the service failed.
Evidence	https://www.bountysource.com/ https://github.com/bountysource/core/issues/1586 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bountysource https://blog.elementary.io/goodbye-bountysource-hello-github-sponsors/