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    coinbase/x402

    A payments protocol for the internet. Built on HTTP.

    web
    TypeScript
    Apache-2.0
    4.9K stars
    836 forks
    4.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 1 contributor on GitHub.

    Peaked at #8 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 26, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements an open, HTTP-native payments protocol enabling seamless digital dollar transactions on the internet.
    • Eliminates fees and high minimums by integrating gasless, trust-minimized payments directly into HTTP requests.
    • Use for enabling micropayments on web APIs with minimal server integration and fast settlement.
    • Use for building blockchain-agnostic payment flows that support multiple chains and token schemes.
    • Use for creating programmatic payment systems suitable for AI agents and automated internet services.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • README: present

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    From the README

    "1 line of code to accept digital dollars. No fee, 2 second settlement, $0.001 minimum payment."

    Payments on the internet are fundamentally flawed. Credit Cards are high friction, hard to accept, have minimum payments that are far too high, and don't fit into the programmatic nature of the internet. It's time for an open, internet-native form of payments. A payment rail that doesn't have high minimums + % based fee. Payments that are amazing for humans and AI agents.

    Excerpt from the coinbase/x402 README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

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    +1,059 stars over 28 days across 29 snapshot days; best day +313 on Nov 27.

    Forks

    836+163

    Open issues

    256+44

    Compared with peers in Web

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