Polar
Open source monetization platform for developers
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Birk Jernström

Polar - An open source monetization platform for developers

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An open source alternative to Lemon Squeezy with better pricing. Built for developers to offer crowdfunding, memberships, digital products and SaaS within minutes. Stay focused on shipping your passion - leave upsales, billing and international taxes to us.

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Viktor Hofte
Looks insane! Great job guys ❤️
Birk Jernström
Maker
@viktorhofte Thank you so much Viktor! That means a lot coming from you. Seriously, the metal button you designed for v1.run (Pontus shared a sneak peak) is probably amongst the craziest collection of pixels I've seen in decades
Pontus Karlsson
The Polar team is the real deal. The care for both the community and the product is top top. Big fan of both product and team! Kudos on the launch!
Birk Jernström
Maker
@coolastekatten Oh wow, you're too kind Pontus ♥️ Really appreciate the support and kind words!
Siful
Congrats on the launch. Best wishes for the Polar team.🙌🏻
Birk Jernström
Maker
@getsiful Thank you so much Siful!
Nikhil Pareek
Wow, Polar v1.0 looks like a game-changer for indie devs and open source maintainers! 🚀 I'm loving the all-in-one approach to monetization - from donations to SaaS, you've got it all covered. The built-in benefits like license keys and Discord invites are a nice touch too. One suggestion though: have you considered adding a marketplace feature? It'd be cool to see a central hub where users can discover and support various projects. Maybe throw in some AI-powered recommendations to match devs with potential supporters? Also, while handling sales tax is great, how about some tools to help with budgeting and financial planning? Us devs aren't always the best with money (speaking from experience here 😅). Compared to platforms like Gumroad or Patreon, Polar seems more dev-focused, which is refreshing. But maybe you could borrow a leaf from their book and add some marketing tools? Help us introverted devs shout about our work without feeling awkward! Lastly, a bit of humor: with all these features, are you sure you're not trying to replace developers with AI after all? 😉 Kidding aside, keep up the great work! Can't wait to see how Polar evolves.
Birk Jernström
Maker
@nikhilpareek Incredible feedback! Re: Marketing tools. Completely agree, and yes. I'd say v1.0 was and continues to be all about laying the foundations to offer better funding and monetization tools for developers. But ahead of our v2 and beyond, I think a natural next chapter is going to be 1) learning from successful developers on Polar 2) launch marketing tools and automations for all developers based on those learnings. Re: Budget/finance. Yes, I think we'll do some lightweight lifting here, e.g setting goals, helping track towards those etc. However, full budgetting/finance is a product in its own right. I'd rather partner/integrate for the best possible user experience. For Polar to focus exclusively on being the best monetization platform for developers. Segway to... Re: Marketplace. Would love to integrate with ones, but don't believe in building one ourselves. At least not for the forseeable future. A marketplace is a completely different product & beast in its own right. Easy to lose focus building one. Better for us to really double down on being the best platform for developers. Find others seeking to be the best marketplace for them.
Haider Aftab
@birk your product is amazing. I'm really impressed with the features and the ease of use. Keep up the great work! did polar offer bank account payount
Birk Jernström
Maker
@haider_aftab Thank you Haider! Glad to hear you like the product and found it easy to use! No, we currently don't I'm afraid. I've gone ahead and created a GitHub discussion for this. Please go ahead and subscribe or chime in to stay tuned as we develop it in the future. https://github.com/orgs/polarsou...
Nevo David
Go open-source!
Birk Jernström
Maker
Eric Ingram
Awesome work. Developers need easier ways to sell their work, and it's nice to see an OS alternative to Lemon Squeezy. Event better if it was integrated with Swell (https://www.swell.is) for physical goods. Keep it up!
Linus Ekenstam
This is so good, I can see myself using this even as a none coder. Really great. Well executed too.
Birk Jernström
Maker
@linusekenstam Thank you so much Linus! ♥️ Let me know next time you're back in snowy Stockholm - would be great to catch-up
Baptiste Cumin
Birk and his team bleed open source and it shows! A lot of love and care in the design of this product. Amazing work, and competitive pricing. Nicely done!
Keyana Sapp
Awesome guys - congrats on the launch! It's a mission I resonate with. I have a couple open source devs I shared the product with. good luck!
Birk Jernström
Maker
@keyanasapp Thank you so much Keyana - really appreciate you sharing it with your friends ♥️
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