selfstarter

GitHub describes it as Roll your own crowdfunding. The repository metadata lists Ruby as its primary language. The metadata lists the NOASSERTION license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

GitHub describes it as Roll your own crowdfunding. The repository metadata lists Ruby as its primary language. The metadata lists the NOASSERTION license. The README describes the project this way: Selfstarter makes it easy to roll your own crowdfunding site. To get started, fork this repository and change around config/settings.yml to suit your needs.

The README section "Background" states: After a rejection from Kickstarter, we decided to follow in the footsteps of App.net and make our own crowdfunding site for Lockitron. We've been absolutely blown away by the response. As a first step in what will hopefully be a long history of giving back, we have decided to open source the crowdfunding platform that got us here. Please send questions, comments, or concerns to hello@lockitron.com!

The README section "Background" states: Selfstarter is a starting point. We made some specific choices with Selfstarter for Lockitron and we recommend you tailor it for your project:

The README section "Background" states: We use Amazon Payments for payments. You can use Stripe or WePay. We used Kickstarter's awesome amazon flex pay gem. We collect multi-use tokens from customers with Amazon Payments - this lets us collect payment information without charging the customer until we are ready to ship Selfstarter doesn't come with any authentication, administration, mailers or analytics tools. We recommend adding a basic set of these so that you can message backers and manage orders. There is a payment options component that allows you to define different packages or levels for people to puchase/support at. You can turn it on and off with a configuration setting.

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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