Free and yours to run
There is no license fee. Copy it, rebrand it, and keep your campaign site under your control.
See the fork surfaceRun your own all-or-nothing crowdfunding site.
The Pool is free, open-source crowdfunding software for films, albums, tools, events, and other creative work. Supporters pledge without making accounts; Stripe saves the card and charges it only after a campaign reaches its goal.
What The Pool does
It gives you campaign pages, checkout, admin tools, emails, and reports without handing your project to a closed crowdfunding platform.
Made for low-cost hosting
GitHub Pages serves the static site, Cloudflare handles checkout, admin, and live campaign requests, and Resend takes care of email.
Review the hosting modelNo supporter accounts
Backers pledge, update cards, change pledges, and open supporter-only pages through secure email links.
Inspect pledge managementBuilt for real campaigns
Run rewards, custom pledges, add-ons, launch reminders, updates, votes, supporter blasts, and fulfillment reports.
Explore creator workflowsWhat is included today
Pledge checkout that protects the goal
Supporters build a cart on your site. A small Cloudflare backend recalculates totals from trusted campaign data, then Stripe saves the payment method. One checkout can include several campaigns, and each campaign is charged only if it succeeds.
Review the pledge workerCampaign timing and outcomes
The Pool handles upcoming, live, and finished campaigns, deadline timing in your timezone, launch reminder signups, stretch goals, and batched charges after a successful campaign closes.
Read about The PoolRewards, add-ons, tax, and shipping
Offer reward tiers, campaign add-ons, platform merch, inventory limits, optional platform tips, configurable tax providers, USPS quotes, and fallback shipping rates.
See merch and add-onsSupporter follow-up
Backers manage pledges from email magic links. Campaigns can publish diary updates, announcements, supporter votes, share links, and email blasts.
Explore campaign workflowsAdmin tools for the team
The private dashboard covers campaign setup, protected previews, content, media, users, reports, analytics, saved referral links, QR codes, and embed snippets.
Open customization docsLaunch-ready basics
The project is built for launch: fast static pages, responsive media, delayed video embeds, SEO checks, accessibility coverage, security hardening, locale audits, and automated browser tests.
Review operations docs