Open Collective

Open Collective

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Open Collective combines fundraising, expense reimbursement, budgeting, and fiscal-host workflows in one transparent ledger. It is one of the strongest fits for OSS.Fund because it is widely used by open source projects that need both inbound funding and a clear way to pay contractors, maintainers, and community expenses.

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Goal: Funding. Model: Donations. Status: Live.

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
Transparent fiscal hosting with public budgets. Best for projects that want to accept donations and manage expenses openly.
Watch out for
Success depends on visibility, trust, and sponsor conversion.
Setup effort
Medium
Fees
Independent collectives can use the platform without a platform fee. Hosted collectives usually pay a host fee of roughly 4%-10%, while Open Collective earns optional tips and a share of host-fee revenue.
Last verified
2026-03-06
Goal Funding
Model Donations
Tags
Social impact OSS-specific
Official websiteVisit official website
VerificationVerified on 2026-03-06
X@opencollect
OrganizationCorporation
Open source statusOpen source
Platform technologyOpen source
Monetization modelDonations, sponsorships
Payment methodsCredit and debit cards, PayPal, bank transfers, Wise, and fiscal-host payout workflows
Platform feesIndependent collectives can use the platform without a platform fee. Hosted collectives usually pay a host fee of roughly 4%-10%, while Open Collective earns optional tips and a share of host-fee revenue.
User activityOpen Collective says it supports more than 10,000 collectives, over 1 million contributions received, and more than $40 million managed.

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