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Scrape Open Collective — the leading transparent funding platform for open-source projects, communities, and non-profit initiatives. Search collectives by keyword, browse by tag, or look up specific organizations by slug to extract funding data, contributor counts, and metadata.

Features

• Three search modes: keyword search, tag-based browsing, or direct slug lookup
• All account types: collectives, funds, organizations, and projects
• Financial transparency data: total raised, total spent, contributor counts, backer counts
• Rich metadata: description, long description, social handles (Twitter, GitHub), website, tags, currency, and creation date
• No authentication required: uses the public Open Collective GraphQL API

Use Cases

• Track funding trends across open-source ecosystems
• Research the financial health of communities and open-source projects
• Build dashboards comparing contributor counts and funding levels
• Monitor new collectives in specific domains (JavaScript, Python, climate, etc.)
• Discover well-funded projects by tag (react, webpack, linux, etc.)

Input

Output

Each record contains:

Example Output

{
"slug":"babel",
"name":"Babel",
"legalName":"Babel Open Source Project",
"description":"The JavaScript compiler",
"longDescription":"Babel is a toolchain that is mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript.",
"type":"COLLECTIVE",
"currency":"USD",
"imageUrl":"https://images.opencollective.com/babel/logo.png",
"website":"https://babeljs.io",
"twitterHandle":"babeljs",
"githubHandle":"babel/babel",
"createdAt":"2016-10-20T12:00:00Z",
"tags":["javascript","open-source","compiler"],
"totalRaisedUsd":150000.0,
"totalSpentUsd":120000.0,
"contributorsCount":250,
"backerCount":1200,
"profileUrl":"https://opencollective.com/babel",
"scrapedAt":"2026-06-04T15:30:00.000000+00:00"
}

FAQs

Does this require an API key? No. The Open Collective GraphQL API (api.opencollective.com/graphql/v2) is fully public and requires no authentication.

What is the difference between contributors and backers? Contributors are anyone who has contributed code, design, or other non-financial help. Backers are financial supporters (people or organizations who have donated money).

What account types are available?

• COLLECTIVE — open-source projects and communities (most common)
• FUND — fiscal host funds that distribute to multiple collectives
• ORGANIZATION — companies that sponsor open-source work
• PROJECT — sub-projects under a parent collective

Can I search for collectives in a specific programming language? Yes. Use mode=byTag with tags like javascript, python, rust, golang, react, webpack, etc.

How are financial amounts reported? All financial figures (totalRaisedUsd, totalSpentUsd) are reported in USD equivalents, regardless of the collective's native currency.

What is the maximum number of results I can fetch? Up to 500 records per run. For larger datasets, run the actor multiple times with different search terms or tags.