Polar is a funding & monetization platform for open source & indie developers.
It uses Stripe and deep integration into Github to fund individual issues, sell subscriptions and sponsorships, and automate access to private Github repos, Discord servers, and more.
Testing
You can find my creator page at polar.sh/bmann
I'm experimenting with Polar for a couple of "from scratch" open source projects:
- 11ty Second Brain
- PDS Twitter Archive (not really setup yet)
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