Framework

The universal framework for settling machine payments.

Faremeter is the open-source payments framework powering the agent economy. Routing, escrow, and finality across every network.

transaction trace
# Incoming agent request
 
POST /api/weather/current HTTP/1.1
X-Payment: x402
X-Payment-Amount: 0.002
X-Payment-Token: USDC
X-Payment-Network: solana
 
# Faremeter settles payment
 
Verify payment header
Route to Solana network
Settle 0.002 USDC
Confirm finality (100ms)
 
# Response with receipt
 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-Payment-Receipt: fm_rx_7f3a91bc...
X-Settlement-Time: 100ms
Built forClaudeOpenAIMPPx402StripeSolanaBaseMonadSKALE

Performance

Proven in production environments

< 100ms
per request

Internet-native speeds, 30-50x faster than alternatives

Instant
finality

Near-zero fees, sub-second confirmation

Multi
currency

USD, EUR, USDC, USDT, EURC, PYUSD, CASH, and more

5+
networks

Solana, Base, Polygon, SKALE, Monad

The stack

Products, framework, networks

The framework layer expands to show the sub-systems that power every transaction.

Products

Applications and interfaces that agents and merchants interact with directly.

Framework Infrastructure

Handles settlement, routing, escrow, and finality for every transaction.

Settlement

Multi-network payment finality in under 100ms

Routing

Automatic network and asset selection per request

Escrow

Prepaid variable-cost payments via Flex

Networks

Instant settlement and state management across supported networks.

The shift

From quarterly integrations to instant settlement.

Legacy payments
  • Weeks of integration work
  • Contract negotiation before first transaction
  • Rigid billing models
  • Net-30 settlement
  • Per-network custom code
Faremeter
  • Ship in minutes, not quarters
  • Permissionless access, no contracts
  • Per-request pricing, any model
  • Instant settlement on every request
  • One integration, every network

Open source

Built in public, governed by the community

License

LGPL

Use it in any project. Modifications to the framework stay open.

Governance

Open RFC

Protocol changes go through public proposals.

Contributors welcome

The framework is shaped by the people who build on it.

Star the repo, open issues, submit pull requests. Every contribution moves the protocol forward.

View on GitHub

The framework
for what's next.

Open-source. Enterprise-tested. Ready for the next 50 billion agent customers.