Open Collective
Open Collective provides financial data for open-source projects: current balance, total raised, yearly budget, backer/member counts, recent transactions (credits and debits), and top contributors.What it powers
- Revenue widget — Can supplement RevenueCat with Open Collective financial KPIs
- Analytics widget — Falls back to OC transactions when OpenPanel is not configured
- SEO widget — Falls back to OC members list when Google Search Console is not configured
- Detail panel — Full Open Collective view with KPIs, transactions, and members (highest priority in detail panel)
Getting your API token
1
Sign in to Open Collective
Go to opencollective.com and sign in.
2
Generate a Personal Token
Go to opencollective.com/applications.Click Create personal token. Give it a name like “Radarboard” and select the scopes you need (read access to your collective).
3
Copy the token
Copy the generated token. You won’t be able to see it again.
4
Find your collective slug
Your collective slug is the URL path of your collective page:
opencollective.com/<SLUG> (e.g., front-end-checklist).Environment variables
.env.local
The collective slug is configured per-project in
apps/app/config/projects.ts, not as an env var.API details
Widgets that use this service
Revenue
Supplements revenue data with OC financial KPIs.
Analytics
Fallback: shows OC transactions when OpenPanel is unavailable.
SEO Performance
Fallback: shows OC members when Google Search Console is unavailable.
Detail Panel
Highest priority: full OC KPIs + transactions + members layout.