Liberapay

Liberapay is a recurrent donations platform.

We help you fund the creators and projects you appreciate.

Donate

People who contribute to the commons need you to support their work. Building free software, spreading free knowledge, these things take time and cost money, not only to do the initial work, but also to maintain it over time.

Liberapay's recurrent donations system is designed to provide a stable crowdfunded basic income to creators, enabling them to keep doing great work that benefits everyone. Ready to contribute? Then let's get started:

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Are you a creator of commons? Do you make free art, spread free knowledge, write free software? Or something else that can be funded by recurrent donations?

Yes? Then Liberapay is for you! Create your account, fill your profile, and ask your audience to financially support your work.

Create your account

How it works for donors

1. Set up a donation: Find someone you want to give money to, then choose an amount and a period (weekly, monthly, or yearly).
2. Fund your donation: On Liberapay donations are funded in advance. You have control over how much money you put in and when. Sending more money at once results in a lower percentage of transaction fees.
3. Keep your donation funded: When a donation needs to be renewed we send you a notification via email so that you can fund it again, or discontinue it.

How it works for creators

1. Create your profile: Explain what you do, why you've chosen to ask for donations, what the money will be used for, etc.
2. Configure payment processing: We currently support processing payments through Stripe dan PayPal.
3. Reach out to your audience: Contact the people who benefit from your work and ask them to support you.

Create your account

How it works internally

Liberapay is run transparently by a non-profit organization, its source code is public.

We rely on your support to keep Liberapay running and improving.

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Features

Teams: A team allows members of a project to receive money and share it, without having to set up a legal entity. Learn more…
Multiple languages: Our service is currently available in 12 languages. It's also partially translated into 11 other languages (you can contribute). Your profile descriptions and other texts can be published in up to 124 languages.
Multiple currencies: Liberapay's first currency was the euro, then the US dollar was added, and now we support a total of 33 currencies. However, we do not handle any crypto-currency.

Integrations: You can link to your profile the accounts you own on GitHub, Twitter, Mastodon, and 8 other platforms. You can also easily list on your profile the repositories you contribute to on GitHub dan GitLab.
Pledges: Liberapay allows you to pledge to donate to people who haven't joined the site yet. The donation will automatically start if they sign up to receive it. We'll send you a notification when that happens.