Terms of Service
Last updated November 14, 2026
Draft. Not yet reviewed by a lawyer.
What we are
Brew Me a Token is a tip jar for open-source maintainers whose work AI tools run on. Maintainers claim a page for a GitHub repository, supporters send a “brew” (a tip) from a card, and Stripe moves the money. We run the pages and the tools around them. We are not a bank, a payment institution or a marketplace.
Money goes straight to the maintainer
Every payment is made to the maintainer’s own Stripe account. We never hold funds, and we never have your card details. If Stripe or the maintainer’s account cannot take a payment, the payment does not go through.
Fees
We keep a platform fee of 2.5% of each payment. It comes out of your brew, unless you tick “Cover fees”: then the fees are added on top so the maintainer receives the full amount of the brew. Stripe also charges its own processing fees, which depend on the card and the country, and which Stripe takes from the maintainer’s side of the payment. The fee we keep is shown before you pay.
The fee estimate is an estimate
The amount a maintainer receives is estimated from Stripe’s published prices. Stripe sets the final figure, and it can differ by card type, currency conversion and country. What Stripe reports in the maintainer’s dashboard is what counts.
Brews are tips, not purchases
A brew is a voluntary tip. It does not buy a product, a service, support, priority, a feature or any other perk, and the maintainer owes you nothing in return. A thank-you is a courtesy, not a promise.
Issue brews are signals, not bounties
A brew linked to a GitHub issue tells the maintainer that people care about it. It is not a bounty, a contract or a commitment to fix, build or merge anything, and the maintainer decides what to work on.
Refunds are the maintainer’s call
The maintainer can refund a brew from their Stripe dashboard. We cannot refund a brew for you, and a brew does not come with a right to a refund beyond what the law gives you as a consumer. Disputes and chargebacks are handled by Stripe and your card issuer.
Monthly brews
A monthly brew renews every month until you cancel it. You manage it in Stripe’s customer portal, which we link to from your receipt and from the page. We cancel monthly brews ourselves when a page can no longer take them, for example when it is paused, removed or its Stripe account is closed.
Acceptable use and takedowns
Do not use Brew Me a Token for spam, scams, impersonation, abuse, anything illegal, or to take payments for a repository you do not maintain. Anyone can report a page. We can take down a page, hide a brew message or name, or refuse service, and we write down why. A removed page stays removed until we restore it. To appeal, e-mail us.
What maintainers promise
If you claim a page you promise that you are an admin of the repository, that the details on the page are true, and that your AI note says honestly how AI tools are used in the project. You are responsible for your Stripe account, your taxes and your own obligations to supporters.
Liability
We provide Brew Me a Token as it is, with no promise that it will always be available or free of errors. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or lost-profit losses, for what maintainers do or do not do with a tip, or for the acts of Stripe or GitHub. Our total liability to you is limited to the platform fees we received from you in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your rights as a consumer.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the law of Estonia. Courts in Estonia have jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer law gives you the right to go to your local courts.
Contact
Questions, appeals and legal notices: support@brewmeatoken.com.