Hypha
Hypha is an open-source platform for receiving and managing applications for funding, programs, and other resources.
What Hypha is
Hypha is an open-source platform for receiving and managing applications for funding, programs, and other resources. Organizations can create custom forms for multiple funding rounds and manage submissions through a pipeline. Managers can evaluate proposals and share assessments with internal or external stakeholders, using scoring and rubrics and collaborative review. Applicants have a portal, and notifications can arrive through Slack, email, or in-app messages.
Approved applications can become projects, with lifecycle management that extends from the project application form through contracting and invoicing. Hypha is self-hosted, so application data and related information remain on the operator’s systems. It can be deployed with Heroku, Docker, or on an organization’s own server. The project is released under the BSD 3-Clause license and welcomes contributions and add-on functionality. Documentation describes two-factor authentication and security audits, with the latest listed audit completed in 2021. Community forums, chat channels, a GitHub repository, and a demo site are available.
Good
- Custom forms can serve multiple funding rounds.
- Reviewers can collaborate and use scoring rubrics.
- Applicants have a portal and notification options.
- Approved applications can be managed as projects.
- Self-hosting keeps data on the operator’s systems.
Watch out
- Self-hosting requires an operator-managed deployment.
- The latest listed security audit was completed in 2021.
- Deployment options listed are Heroku, Docker, or own server.
Who it suits
Hypha suits organizations running funding or grant programs that need application intake, proposal review, and project lifecycle management. It is relevant to reviewers, applicants, and project managers who want to host application data on their own systems.
Verdict
Hypha brings application intake, collaborative review, and post-approval project management together in a self-hosted, open-source platform. It fits organizations that can manage deployment on their own systems and want control over application data.
The facts
Each one read from Hypha's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Applicant communication
- The platform supports notifications through Slack, email, and in-app messages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Application workflow
- It supports custom application forms for multiple funding rounds and manages the submission pipeline.checked 9 Oct 2026
What it does
- Collaborative review
- Managers can evaluate proposals and share assessments with internal or external stakeholders.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- Hypha is self-hosted, so application data and associated information are available on the operator’s own systems.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Hypha can be deployed with Heroku, Docker, or on the operator’s own server.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Hypha is self-hosted, with application data and associated information available on the organization's own systems.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented external integrations include Sentry, Slack, email, and Redis; Amazon S3 is shown in the architecture diagram.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The platform is for application reviewers, prospective and current funding recipients, and project managers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Hypha is released under the BSD 3-Clause license.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Hypha can send notifications through Slack and email, and also provides in-app notifications.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Hypha is distributed under a BSD 3-clause license, and the project welcomes contributions and add-on functionality.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Project lifecycle
- After approval, applications can become projects, whose lifecycle can be managed from a project application form through contracting and invoicing.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Hypha is an open-source platform for receiving and managing applications for funding, programs, or other resources.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Review process
- Managers can evaluate proposals and share assessments with internal or external stakeholders.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation says two-factor authentication is available and that the last of several security audits was completed in 2021.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security audit
- The documentation says Hypha has completed security audits, with the last one in 2021.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The project asks people to report security issues privately to [email protected].checked 9 Oct 2026
- Submission forms
- Organizations can create application forms for multiple funding rounds at the same time.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Hypha's community documentation points users to virtual meeting spaces, forums, chat channels, and an open GitHub repository.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support and community
- The project offers community forums, chat channels, a GitHub repository, and a demo site for exploring the platform.checked 9 Oct 2026
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