# Lotus

Pricing and billing engine for SaaS companies that runs custom subscriptions and usage-based plans, self-hosted with Docker.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lotus/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus
- docs: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/tree/main/docs
- x: https://twitter.com/uselotusio
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uselotusio/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Lotus Tech Co.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: e-commerce
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-03-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1842
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 30
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/tree/main/docs (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/blob/0.10.2/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/blob/0.10.2/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/releases/tag/0.9.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/releases/tag/0.10.2 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/releases/tag/0.10.2 (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/blob/0.10.2/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/blob/0.10.2/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/uselotus/lotus/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/uselotus/lotus (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Lotus is a pricing and billing engine for SaaS companies, built for custom subscriptions and usage-based plans. Its README presents self-hosting with Docker through a self-host script as the only version. A product's backend sends usage events and subscribes customers to plans through the Lotus SDK or API, as the [getting-started guide](https://github.com/uselotus/lotus/blob/main/docs/overview/getting-started.mdx) shows. Postgres with TimescaleDB holds its data, and a control panel manages plans and subscriptions.

## Worth knowing

The newest tagged release is older than the repository's latest commits, and no page says whether the project is still developed.

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