Bounty Source
Discontinued
Historical record. This platform is discontinued and should not be treated as an active option.
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.
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Goal: Funding. Model: Bounties. Status: Historical.
Should you use this?
- Best for
- Scoped issues, audits, tasks, and contribution work with clear deliverables.
- Not ideal for
- Ongoing maintainer labor that cannot be broken into concrete tasks.
- Why choose it
- Bountysource was an open source funding platform for issue bounties and project fundraisers.
- Watch out for
- Poorly scoped bounties can create review burden without sustainable support.
- Setup effort
- Review setup requirements
- Fees
- Historical references commonly described a 10% platform fee.
- Last verified
- 2026-03-15
Goal
Funding
Model
Bounties