Today, we’re introducing the Terminal. Pay anyone and any project on Github.

Merit is the financial stack for open source software. We built the Terminal to make it simple for anyone to build enduring projects. Any Github user can use it today. Any open source builder can sign up for the payments beta.

Open source software is powerful because it’s multiplayer. In what other industry can you build in the open with friends and collaborators from across the entire globe, and explore every layer of the stack?

Merit solves the high-friction parts of open source development: paying contributors and building enduring projects. The Terminal enables multiplayer software with drop-in payments: builders can install Merit on their repository and easily pay contributors using stablecoins.

The Terminal displays top contributors to a repo, recent repo-wide efforts, and enables payments directly to repositories and contributors. Merit eliminates your administrative overhead. It’s global, fast, and compliant.

Some ways an open source repo can use Merit: - A open-core project can grow their ecosystem and distribution - A sponsored project can engage new and existing contributors - A new, high-traction project can create a team and build together - And more…

The Terminal is live today for any Github user to explore. If you’re a repo owner, you can reach out today to install Merit on your repo and schedule some time with our CEO @samrags_

Read more about the Terminal and our future plans here:

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Good terminal, handsome founder

this is sick

This is awesome, solves a real pain point I’ve seen especially around the payment and compliance stuff