GitFund

Discontinued

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Historical record. This platform is discontinued and should not be treated as an active option.

GitFund was an early attempt to connect GitHub issue priorities with direct donations, so users could fund the features they most wanted to see built. The experiment did not gain enough traction and was closed, but it remains relevant as a historical example of feature-prioritization funding.

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Goal: Funding. Model: Donations. Status: Historical.

Should you use this?

Best for: Maintainers with an audience who want recurring or one-off supporter funding.
Not ideal for: Projects that need institutional grants, issue bounties, or guaranteed revenue.
Why choose it: GitFund was an issue-prioritization and sponsorship experiment that let supporters donate against specific GitHub feature requests.
Watch out for: Success depends on visibility, trust, and sponsor conversion.
Setup effort: Review setup requirements
Fees: The early public description focused on routing funds directly to the project owner's PayPal wallet. A durable platform fee model could not be validated.
Last verified: 2026-03-15
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Goal Funding

Model Donations

Tags

OSS-specific

Verification	Unverified
Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Open source
Platform technology	Open source sponsorship tooling
Monetization model	Issue-prioritized donations and sponsorship
Payment methods	PayPal
Platform fees	The early public description focused on routing funds directly to the project owner's PayPal wallet. A durable platform fee model could not be validated.
User activity	The project was explicitly described by its creator as closed after failing to gain traction.