FundPi — User Manual Updated September 18, 2025

The community funding platform built for Pi Network. Create projects, support ideas with Pi, and follow progress — all inside the Pi Browser.

Overview

Supporters

Browse featured, trending, and newly added projects
Read project stories, funding goals, and creator profiles
Donate with secure Pi payments via the official Pi SDK
Support by favoriting projects (they’re collected in your profile)
Comment on projects to encourage creators
Track all donations in Profile → My Donations

Creators

Create projects with title, long description, category, location, tags, and image
Set a funding goal in Pi and a duration (1/3/6 months)
Manage your profile (name, email, phone, country, bio, avatar)
Project statuses: Draft (private), Published (public), Archived (read-only)
See funding progress and donor comments on your project page
Pay a one-time publish fee per project (see Publish fee & Fees tab)

Note: FundPi runs inside the Pi Browser. Login and payments require the Pi environment and Pi SDK.

Getting started

Open FundPi in the Pi Browser.
Tap Login with Pi and confirm in the Pi dialog.
After login, your Pi username appears in the header and opens the profile menu.
Complete your account info under Profile → Account Info before publishing projects.

Tip: If your session looks stale, log out and back in to refresh your token.

Home & Featured

The home page highlights a Featured Project selected by the FundPi team. If none is pinned, the most recent suitable project can be shown. Tapping the card opens the project.

When a project has no explicit cover, the first uploaded image is used.
Creators can’t self-feature; this is managed by the team.

Discover projects

Explore projects via categories, tags, or search. Discovery helps you jump into themes like “Education” or “Environment”.

Cards show title, excerpt, cover image, and goal in Pi.
Sorting considers recent activity, donations, and favorites.
Tap any card to open the full project page with actions.

Project page

Content

Cover image + gallery (mobile-friendly)
Title, long description, tags, category, and location
Funding goal: goal_pi
Creator badge linking to the public profile
Status: Draft / Published / Archived
Live funding progress bar (donated vs. goal)
Donations list (top donors first) incl. optional comments

Actions

Donate with Pi (custom or quick amounts)
Favorite to support the project and collect it in your profile
Comment to interact with the creator and community
Share the project link with other Pioneers

Draft projects are visible only to their creators; Published projects are public; Archived projects stay visible but read-only.

Donations (Pay with Pi)

Tap Donate and enter the amount in Pi (or pick a quick amount).
Optionally add a short public comment (e.g., “Good luck!”).
Approve the Pi Browser payment scope.
FundPi confirms the transaction server-side and saves it in your history.
Once confirmed, your donation appears under Profile → My Donations with time, amount, and references.

Donations are always in Pi; any fiat value shown is informational.
If a payment gets canceled or times out, simply try again.
If you authorized but don’t see your record yet, it will appear after network confirmation.

Security: All payments use the official Pi SDK inside Pi Browser. Your identity is validated via a bearer token; private keys are never exposed.

Create a project

Step 1 — Account info

Fill in your contact details (first/last name, email, phone, country).
Add a short Bio to introduce yourself to supporters.
Upload or change your avatar (client-side crop, max ~8MB, JPG/PNG recommended).
Save. This creates/updates your profile record.

Step 2 — Project details

Title and long description (tell your story & intended impact)
Funding goal in Pi (goal_pi)
Choose a category (e.g., Education, Health)
Set location (city, country). Suggestions appear as you type.
Add tags (chip editor)
Upload at least one image (first image becomes the cover)
Select funding duration: 1 / 3 / 6 months
Accept the terms and submit

After submit

New projects start as Draft.
When ready and after paying the publish fee, change status to Published.
You can move a project to Archived to keep it visible but read-only.
After publishing your project , YOU CAN NOT EDIT title, description, tags, goal, location, and image.

Your profile

Account Info

Edit name, email, phone, country (shown with a flag)
Add/update Bio and avatar
Privacy controls for showing country on public profile
Open your public profile directly from the Account Info panel

My Projects

List of your projects with status (Draft / Published / Archived)
Filter by status; edit or archive projects anytime
Large image preview overlay in the editor

My Donations

See all your donations with amount (Pi), timestamp, and references
Optional date-range filter (1w/1m/3m/6m/1y/All-time)
A small summary shows your total Pi donated and count

Favorites

Projects you favorited are collected here for quick access

Favorites & comments

Favorite a project to show support and save it for later
Comment to attach a short note with a donation
Creators can reply to comments to keep supporters updated

Be respectful. Spam or abusive content will be removed by moderators.

Project images

Upload JPG/PNG (reasonable size). First image acts as cover on cards.
Use the editor to preview, zoom, and (where available) reorder images.
Images are stored via the backend and delivered efficiently to the app.

Publish fee & Fees tab

FundPi uses a fixed publish fee of 5 Pi per project. 100% of all donations go to the project creator; there is no percentage fee on donations.

When fees apply

When you set your project to Published, you pay the one-time Publish fee.
This fee supports platform operations and moderation.

Fees tab (Profile → Payment Fees)

Shows your fee payments with timestamp and amount (Pi)
Includes a date-range filter and a small summary (total/count)
Useful for bookkeeping and hackathon reporting

Transparency: Donations are passed through to creators in full. The platform’s fixed publish fee is tracked separately in your Fees tab.

FAQ & troubleshooting

Make sure you are inside the Pi Browser and logged into Pi. Reload and try again.

My donation timed out

If the Pi dialog expired, try again. If you authorized but don’t see it yet, it will appear once confirmed by the network.

Images won’t upload

Check your connection, file size (suggested < 8MB), and format (JPG/PNG). Try another image. If issues persist, contact support with your username.

Where did Likes go?

FundPi uses Favorites as the primary way to support and collect projects. There is no Like feature.

Featured project not visible?

If none is pinned, the home page may not display a featured card. You can still discover projects via lists and search.

Privacy & data

We store only what’s required: profile info (name, email, phone, country, bio, avatar URL) and project data.
Donation records contain amount in Pi and identifiers needed for reconciliation.
Session validation uses bearer tokens from the Pi SDK; private keys are never stored by FundPi.
Privacy controls let you choose whether your country is visible on your public profile.

Changelog

Sep 18, 2025: Status model corrected to Draft / Published / Archived; removed Likes in favor of Favorites across the manual; adjusted discovery sorting, project page actions, FAQ.
Sep 18, 2025 (earlier): Major expansion: publish fee (5 Pi), duration field, avatar cropper, privacy note, date-range filters in Donations/Fees, progress bar, donor comments.