Merit For Projects
Scale your open-source project with Merit's financial stack - attract contributors, reward impact, and grow your ecosystem.
Sign up for the Partner Program to install Merit on your repository.
Merit makes it simple for any GitHub repository to attract, reward, and retain high-impact contributors. Whether you're a solo maintainer or leading a team, Merit eliminates the friction of paying contributors while helping you grow your developer ecosystem.
Who is Merit for?
Anyone can use Merit. You could be a vibe coder, a senior engineer maintaining core infrastructure, or a devrel looking to grow your ecosystem. Merit enables you to pay existing contributors and attract new ones through our Terminal interface. Here's how different types of projects are using Merit today:
Freemium Projects
Already monetizing with an existing revenue model?
Share revenue with core contributors and attract new developers with custom payout schedules
Rising Projects
Gaining traction on X, Hacker News, or GitHub?
Turn early momentum into a thriving contributor ecosystem
Sponsored Projects
Receiving funding through partnerships or sponsorships?
Transform one-time funding into sustained developer engagement
No minimum star count or revenue required.
If you believe Merit can make your contributors prosper, you're welcome to sign up for the Partner Program.
What Merit Handles for You
- Zero Administrative Overhead: Merit manages all taxes, compliance, and legal complexity end-to-end
- Global Instant Payments: Pay contributors anywhere in the world using stablecoins
- Contributor Impact Analysis: Understand exactly what kinds of contributors you want to pay with our UX over PRs and major initiatives
- Flexible Payment Splits: Design any payment structure you want - from longtime contributors to new developers making their first PRs
The Terminal: Insights and Payments for Your Project
The Terminal makes understanding and supporting your ecosystem simple. It's now available to all GitHub users, with payments functionality available through our partner program.
Contributor Discovery
Surface top contributors and recent repo-wide efforts to understand who's driving your project forward.
Impact Visualization
Display major initiatives and PR activity over any time period to track project momentum and contributor engagement.
Payment Distribution
Create custom splits based on contribution patterns you define to reward contributors fairly and transparently.
Growth Tools
Use Merit to consistently attract developers to your repository and build a thriving contributor ecosystem.
Ready to Get Started?
If you run or contribute to an open-source project that monetizes or accepts funding in any way, you can use Merit to pay existing contributors and onboard new ones.