Issue Hunt

Issue Hunt

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IssueHunt is built around GitHub issue workflows: maintainers register repositories, supporters add money to specific issues, and contributors claim rewards after their pull requests are accepted. It remains one of the clearest examples of a purpose-built OSS bounty platform, even if much of the recent activity visible on individual issue pages is relatively sparse.

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Goal: Funding. Model: Bounties. Status: Live.

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
GitHub issue bounty platform purpose-built for open source. Best for maintainers who want supporters to fund specific backlog items.
Watch out for
Poorly scoped bounties can create review burden without sustainable support.
Setup effort
Medium
Fees
IssueHunt's terms say 10% of the amount paid by the funding user is applied to the company's fee before the remaining deposit is assigned to the issue.
Last verified
2026-03-15
Goal Funding
Model Bounties
Tags
OSS-specific
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VerificationUnverified
X@issuehunt
OrganizationCorporation
Open source statusClosed source
Platform technologyClosed source GitHub-linked bounty platform
Monetization modelIssue based bounties
Payment methodsGitHub sign-in with platform-managed funding and payout workflow
Platform feesIssueHunt's terms say 10% of the amount paid by the funding user is applied to the company's fee before the remaining deposit is assigned to the issue.
User activityIssueHunt says more than 12,000 projects have participated on the platform.

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