CodeFund

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.

CodeFund was an ethical advertising network for open source projects and developer-focused sites that wanted revenue without invasive ad-tech practices. The network shut down in 2020, but it remains historically important as one of the clearest examples of ad-supported OSS funding.

Area Revenue

Category Advertising

Tags

OSS-specific

Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Unknown
Platform technology	Advertising platform
Monetization model	Ethical advertising
Payment methods	Stripe, Paypal, Ethereum, Transferwise
Platform fees	Publishers were paid from advertiser spend; archived materials do not present a standard publisher-side fee.
User activity	Archived public materials described more than 39 ad campaigns and funding for more than 1,000 open source projects across the broader Code Sponsor and CodeFund history.
Evidence	https://www.ethicalads.io/blog/2020/08/announcing-ethicalads/ https://www.ethicalads.io/blog/2022/08/going-v10-the-backstory-and-future-of-our-ad-network/ https://www.indiehackers.com/product/codefund-ads/why-funding-open-source-is-hard--LXe4A8uEdO-Zyj7z1qe