FreeCodeFund

FreeCodeFund (fcf) is the crypto financial layer for open source software.

We turn GitHub repositories into on-chain assets that the owner controls, so the value an open-source project generates can be captured by the people who actually build it, without changing what they do or how they do it.

The core protocol primitive is RIK: the Repository Identity Key. RIK certifies on-chain, trust-lessly and permission-lessly, that a specific address controls a specific GitHub repository. Everything else FCF builds rests on that primitive.

Read in order

If you are new to FCF, work top-to-bottom:

Step	Page
1. Understand the project	What is FCF
2. Understand the protocol	RIK Protocol
3. Mint your first RIK	Mint Your RIK
4. Use the CLI	CLI Overview
5. Read the contract	RIK Contract

What you will find here

Area	Purpose
Introduction	Mission, brand, and the broader case for FCF.
Concepts	Protocol primitives explained without code.
Guides	Step-by-step product walkthroughs.
CLI Reference	Authoritative documentation for the fcf command-line tool.
Protocol Reference	Solidity contracts, JWT verification, deployment addresses.
Registry Platform	The public app that indexes minted RIKs and surfaces repository metadata.
Resources	Links, contribution notes.

Where the code lives

Repository	Contents
freecodexyz/fcf	RIK smart contracts and the @freecodexyz/cli (fcf) command.
freecodexyz/registry	Registry monorepo: API, indexer, web app, landing, docs, shared UI.

Stay close

• @freecodexyz on X
• GitHub organization
• freecodefund.xyz