CleverCrow: give tokens to your favorite projects
Howdy all. I'm Zack :wave:. I've been thinking about the problem of misguided AI pull requests and figured I'd throw a possible solution out there for feedback. Basically, CleverCrow lets supporters give tokens to a GitHub repo (or set of issues in that repo) for the maintainers to use to build/fix stuff. The fun implementation challenges have been around implementing the pooling dynamics and keeping the maintainers in charge while the backers are motivated to support their work.
CleverCrow: give tokens to your favorite projects launched on June 21, 2026 with 66 votes, #600 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
CleverCrow is a GitHub integration that lets supporters contribute tokens to open-source repositories or specific issues, creating a funding pool for maintainers to prioritize development work. Supporters can direct their backing toward projects they care about, while maintainers retain full control over how tokens are used. The platform addresses the challenge of unwanted AI pull requests by giving communities a way to incentivize focused, intentional contributions aligned with project goals.
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From the sources
Your community backs the issues they need, $20 at a time. Fix them on your terms, and when the fix merges, the pool pays you. No PR spam, ever.
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