# Zoneless

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Zoneless and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source, self-hostable Stripe Connect alternative that takes stablecoin payments with no transaction fees on top.

## Why people recommend it

- Open-source and self-hostable (4 comments): "Zoneless has an open-source checkout to accept payments/subscriptions via stablecoins if you wanted a completely self-hosted alternative." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49380262)) "Zoneless is open-source and self-hostable, so there's no transaction fees charged on top." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379073)) "open-source, self-hostable and has no transaction fees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390046))
- Accepts stablecoin payments (3 comments): "Zoneless has an open-source checkout to accept payments/subscriptions via stablecoins if you wanted a completely self-hosted alternative." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49380262)) "some prefer USDC because it is more stable than holding their own currency" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47705837)) "stablecoins and zoneless makes a lot of sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376949))
- No transaction fees (2 comments): "Zoneless is open-source and self-hostable, so there's no transaction fees charged on top." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379073)) "open-source, self-hostable and has no transaction fees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390046))
- API-compatible, bring-your-own-key setup (2 comments): "its a bring your own API key system that plugs right in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400933)) "The API-compatible approach is smart" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47705529))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Stripe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stripe.md): 143 recommend
- [PayPal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paypal.md): 103 recommend
- [Adyen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adyen.md): 17 recommend
- [Mollie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mollie.md): 11 recommend
- [Paddle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paddle.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zoneless", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoneless/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).