The digital tip jar for live performers. One QR code on stage takes card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Revolut & MobilePay — every card tip lands straight in your own Stripe account. No platform, no cut, no signup. Then the stage lights up: a live 3D jar fills as coins pour in, each name and message appears, and tonight's goal climbs where the whole room can see it. Open source, keys never leave your device, no server holding your money.
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I built live.tips for an almost embarrassingly simple reason: I never carry cash anymore. I'm out at bars a lot, there's nearly always someone playing live, and they're great — but their tip jar is a steel tin nobody can feed, or a QR code wired to one local payment app I don't have. Travelling? I literally can't tip them, even though I want to.
So I built the thing I wished existed. Two problems I really wanted to solve:
💳 One QR code, every way to pay. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Revolut, MobilePay — all behind a single code taped to the guitar case. The fan just picks whatever's already on their phone, local or international. And the money is theirs: card tips go straight into the artist's own Stripe account, 0% cut from us, no signup. It's open source (MIT), and in the default setup there's no live.tips server at all — the app talks to Stripe and nowhere else, so there's no backend holding money to leak or hack.
✨ Make the jar come alive. This is the part I'm most excited about. Think of it as the physical tip jar, but digital — on a screen next to the stage. A live 3D jar fills up as coins pour in, each tipper's name and message pops up, and tonight's goal climbs in front of the whole room. When a band is killing it but the jar looks empty, that quiet visibility is a gentle nudge — and artists can play with it: "party people, we're only 20% to the goal — get us to 50% and we'll play the weirdest request you've got, Wonderwall included."
It runs in your browser right now — there's a full demo, no Stripe needed. Go toss a coin in the jar on the landing page and watch it splash in: https://live.tips
It's free, forever. I'd genuinely love your feedback 🙏
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honestly this looks really cool, the 3D jar idea is such a nice touch for live shows. one thing though, would be great if the performer could split tips between band members directly from the app, like set percentages ahead of time so it doesn't have to get awkward counting cash or chasing venmo after the gig.
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@serdarkoar9biz thank you very much for your feedback and nice words! I might consider adding this feature later on.
My initial version had the concept of the teams, and you could invite other users to your team and I planned to create a system where they can configure different percentages for team members and so on... It's actually available on my Github page if you are interested. I would say it turned out to be a clone of the free version of ko-fi or buy me a coffee, but for teams.
However, it turned out that it drastically increased the complexity of the app and the onboarding. The bands I know, they're switching their team members constantly. Today only two of them playing, tomorrow it's gonna be three, day after tomorrow they got a replacement, and so on and on, and the whole next week the artist performs solo. I assume it adds a lot of micro management each time before a gig. So I decided to put it into a backlog.
Later on, if actually someone is going to use the app and request this feature I'll be super happy to implement it. Right now there is zero users, but if I manage to get at least one real user it would be so nice and I'll be motivated to implement more cool features! This is my hobby project - non-commercial and open source. If you know some bands or artists, I'll be super happy if you could spread a word!
Thank you very much!
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The live 3D jar sounds like a really cool feature for getting the audience engaged. One thing I'd love to see is a sound notification option when a big tip comes in, maybe a customizable chime or bell sound that plays through the venue's sound system. It would add another layer of excitement and really make those generous tippers feel appreciated by the whole room.
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The 3D jar that fills in real time while the audience watches is such a clever way to turn tipping into part of the show instead of an afterthought. Love that it runs straight to your own Stripe too.
honestly this looks really cool, the 3D jar idea is such a nice touch for live shows. one thing though, would be great if the performer could split tips between band members directly from the app, like set percentages ahead of time so it doesn't have to get awkward counting cash or chasing venmo after the gig.
@serdarkoar9biz thank you very much for your feedback and nice words! I might consider adding this feature later on.
My initial version had the concept of the teams, and you could invite other users to your team and I planned to create a system where they can configure different percentages for team members and so on... It's actually available on my Github page if you are interested. I would say it turned out to be a clone of the free version of ko-fi or buy me a coffee, but for teams.
However, it turned out that it drastically increased the complexity of the app and the onboarding. The bands I know, they're switching their team members constantly. Today only two of them playing, tomorrow it's gonna be three, day after tomorrow they got a replacement, and so on and on, and the whole next week the artist performs solo. I assume it adds a lot of micro management each time before a gig. So I decided to put it into a backlog.
Later on, if actually someone is going to use the app and request this feature I'll be super happy to implement it. Right now there is zero users, but if I manage to get at least one real user it would be so nice and I'll be motivated to implement more cool features! This is my hobby project - non-commercial and open source. If you know some bands or artists, I'll be super happy if you could spread a word!
Thank you very much!
The live 3D jar sounds like a really cool feature for getting the audience engaged. One thing I'd love to see is a sound notification option when a big tip comes in, maybe a customizable chime or bell sound that plays through the venue's sound system. It would add another layer of excitement and really make those generous tippers feel appreciated by the whole room.
The 3D jar that fills in real time while the audience watches is such a clever way to turn tipping into part of the show instead of an afterthought. Love that it runs straight to your own Stripe too.