Patron
Open source Patreon alternative with lower fees, specially designed for creators who publish ongoing or sequential content such as books, podcasts, and comics. Patron empowers creators with flexible revenue streams and ownership over their fan community.
Patron is built in MDX, distributed under the Apache License 2.0, 157 GitHub stars, latest release clients/ts-sdk/v0.10.6.
When to use Patron
Patron is listed here as a E-Commerce project. The directory calls out Lower transaction fees for creators, Supports ongoing and sequential content, Open source and self-hostable as capabilities associated with it.
Other recorded traits for Patron include Designed for books, podcasts, comics, and more, Empowers creators with ownership of their platform.
Besides E-Commerce, this page also files Patron under Web, CMS.
Patron compared with
Records in this directory name Ghost, Liberapay, Ko-fi, Open Collective as products people compare with Patron. That list is editorial metadata, not a claim that Patron replaces each of them.
What the Patron stats reflect
GitHub currently shows 157 GitHub stars, 10 forks, 3 open issues, latest tracked release clients/ts-sdk/v0.10.6. Star and activity counts here are a snapshot used as a proxy for community adoption, not a quality score.
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- Language
- MDX
- Latest Release
- clients/ts-sdk/v0.10.6
- License
- Apache License 2.0
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Key features of Patron
- Lower transaction fees for creators
- Supports ongoing and sequential content
- Open source and self-hostable
- Designed for books, podcasts, comics, and more
- Empowers creators with ownership of their platform
Recorded alternatives to Patron
Patron resources
Patron on GitHub
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