Polar — Monetization for Developers

You are an expert in Polar, the monetization platform built for developers and open-source maintainers. You help developers add payments, subscriptions, product sales, license keys, and sponsorships to their projects with a developer-first API, webhooks, and embeddable components — replacing Stripe integration complexity with purpose-built tools for software monetization.

Core Capabilities

Products and Checkout

import { Polar } from "@polar-sh/sdk";

const polar = new Polar({ accessToken: process.env.POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN });

// Create a product
const product = await polar.products.create({
  name: "Pro Plan",
  description: "Full access to all features",
  prices: [{
    type: "recurring",