Tipping and reader support

Let readers tip directly through Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee, or Patreon — per publication and per author — with no platform cut from Project Broadsheet.

Project Broadsheet supports direct reader tipping through Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee (BMAC), and Patreon. Tipping buttons appear in article support rows and on author profile pages. There is no intermediary — readers go directly to your account on whichever platform you use. Project Broadsheet takes no cut.

You can configure tipping at the publication level (a single account that supports the whole publication) and at the author level (individual accounts for each writer). Both are independent — you can have one, both, or neither.

Publication-level tipping

Add one or more tipping URLs to src/_data/site.json:

"tipping": {
  "kofi": "https://ko-fi.com/yourpublication",
  "bmac": "https://buymeacoffee.com/yourpublication",
  "patreon": "https://www.patreon.com/yourpublication"
}

Include only the platforms you use. If you only have a Ko-fi account, include only kofi. Buttons for unconfigured platforms do not appear.

Tipping buttons at the publication level appear:

• In the support row at the bottom of every article
• On the /support/ page (if your publication has one)

Author-level tipping

Add tipping URLs to individual author entries in src/_data/authors.js:

export default [
  {
    slug: "jon-ajinga",
    name: "Jon Ajinga",
    bio: "Editor and founder.",
    avatar: "/assets/img/authors/jon-ajinga.jpg",
    kofi: "https://ko-fi.com/jonajinga",
    bmac: "https://buymeacoffee.com/jonajinga",
    patreon: null
  }
];

Author tipping buttons appear:

• On the author's profile page at /authors/{slug}/
• In the article byline area of articles by that author
• In the article support row (alongside publication tipping, if both are configured)

Platform comparison

All three handle payment processing and payouts. Project Broadsheet only renders the links.

What to do next

• Support and transparency badges for the badge component that renders tipping links as flat-style status indicators.
• Authors for the full author data file specification.
• Buttondown for newsletter subscriber management.
• Umami for understanding how readers find your publication.