100% free and forkable
There is no license fee, no SaaS lock-in, and no closed platform dependency between you and your campaigns.
See the fork surfaceA free crowdfunding platform to fund your projects.
The Pool is an open-source starter for all-or-nothing campaigns, multi-campaign checkout, campaign-runner reports, and no-account supporter flows.
Built for creatives who crowdfund.
Fork it for films, albums, community-backed tools, paid submissions ... whatever you want.
Low-cost by design
GitHub Pages serves the static site, Cloudflare handles the few dynamic paths, and Resend takes care of email.
Review the hosting modelNo-account support
Supporters can back a campaign and manage their pledge through email magic links. No accounts needed!
Inspect pledge managementCrowdsourcing Ready
Use tiers, custom amounts, support items, diary updates, and community decisions to keep your audience engaged.
Explore creator workflowsWhat ships in the starter
Checkout with server-side totals
Supporters build a cart in the browser. The Worker rebuilds prices from trusted campaign data, then Stripe saves the payment method on-site so you can charge only if the campaign succeeds. Multi-campaign carts are supported.
Review the pledge workerCampaign states and charge timing
The starter handles upcoming, live, and post-campaign states, deadline timing in your configured timezone, launch reminder signups, stretch goals, and batched settlement after a campaign closes.
Read the platform overviewRewards, add-ons, tax, and shipping
You get reward tiers, campaign add-ons, platform merch, inventory checks, configurable tax providers, USPS quotes, fallback shipping rates, and tip totals that stay aligned in checkout, email, and reports.
See merch and add-onsSupporter tools after checkout
Backers manage pledges from email magic links. Campaigns can publish diary updates, announcements, community decisions, share links, and runner-ready pledge and fulfillment reports.
Explore campaign workflowsAdmin tools for a forked site
A role-scoped admin dashboard lets teams edit settings, campaigns, add-ons, content, users, reports, and media while structured config and design tokens handle normal rebranding work.
Open customization docsLaunch and maintenance basics
The starter includes lazy cart loading, responsive media, deferred video embeds, asset minification, SEO metadata, accessibility baselines, security hardening, Playwright coverage, and ops docs.
Review operations docs