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-Unified Payments Switch. Fast. Reliable. Affordable.
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+The single API to access payment ecosystems across 130+ countries
Quick Start Guide β’
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Versioning β’
Copyright and License
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+π Hacktoberfest is here! π
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+New to Rust? Hyperswitch is the perfect place to start this hacktoberfest! π
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+> βοΈ If you're new to Hacktoberfest, you can learn more and register to participate [here](https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/). Registration is from **September 26th - October 31st**.
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+Hyperswitch is an open source payments switch to make payments fast, reliable, and, affordable.
+It lets you connect with multiple payment processors and route traffic effortlessly, all with a single API integration.
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-HyperSwitch is an Open Source Financial Switch to make payments **Fast, Reliable
-and Affordable**.
-It lets you connect with multiple payment processors and route traffic
-effortlessly, all with a single API integration.
-Using HyperSwitch, you can:
+Using Hyperswitch, you can:
-- **Reduce dependency** on a single processor like Stripe or Braintree
-- **Reduce Dev effort** by 90% to add & maintain integrations
-- **Improve success rates** with seamless failover and auto-retries
-- **Reduce processing fees** with smart routing
-- **Customize payment flows** with full visibility and control
-- **Increase business reach** with local/alternate payment methods
+- β¬οΈ **Reduce dependency** on a single processor like Stripe or Braintree
+- π§βπ» **Reduce Dev effort** by 90% to add & maintain integrations
+- π **Improve success rates** with seamless failover and auto-retries
+- πΈ **Reduce processing fees** with smart routing
+- π¨ **Customize payment flows** with full visibility and control
+- π **Increase business reach** with local/alternate payment methods
-> HyperSwitch is **wire-compatible** with top processors like Stripe, making it
-> easy to integrate.
+> Hyperswitch is **wire-compatible** with top processors like Stripe, making it easy to integrate.
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-## Quick Start Guide
+## β‘οΈ Quick Start Guide
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setup required in your system.
Suitable if you like to customise the core offering, [setup guide](/docs/try_local_system.md)
-## Fast Integration for Stripe Users
+## π Fast Integration for Stripe Users
-If you are already using Stripe, integrating with HyperSwitch is fun, fast &
+If you are already using Stripe, integrating with Hyperswitch is fun, fast &
easy.
Try the steps below to get a feel for how quick the setup is:
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[dashboard]: https://app.hyperswitch.io/register
[migrate-from-stripe]: https://hyperswitch.io/docs/migrateFromStripe
-## Supported Features
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Supported Features
-### Supported Payment Processors and Methods
+### π Supported Payment Processors and Methods
-As of Apr 2023, we support 30 payment processors and multiple payment methods.
-In addition, we are continuously integrating new processors based on their reach
-and community requests.
+As of Sept 2023, we support 50+ payment processors and multiple global payment methods.
+In addition, we are continuously integrating new processors based on their reach and community requests.
Our target is to support 100+ processors by H2 2023.
You can find the latest list of payment processors, supported methods, and
features
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[supported-connectors-and-features]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQWHLza9m5iO4Ol-tEBx22_Nnq8Mb3ISCWI53nrinIGLK8eHYmHGnvXFXUXEut8AFyGyI9DipsYaBLG/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true
-### Hosted Version
+### π Hosted Version
In addition to all the features of the open-source product, our hosted version
provides features and support to manage your payment infrastructure, compliance,
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You can [try the hosted version in our sandbox][dashboard].
-## FAQs
+## π€ FAQs
Got more questions?
Please refer to our [FAQs page][faqs].
-[faqs]: https://hyperswitch.io/docs/websiteFAQ
+[faqs]: https://hyperswitch.io/docs/devSupport
-## What's Included
+## What's Includedβ
Within the repositories, you'll find the following directories and files,
logically grouping common assets and providing both compiled and minified
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-### Files Tree Layout
+### π³ Files Tree Layout
```text
-βββ config : config files for the router. This stores the initial startup-config; separate configs can be provided for debug/release builds.
-βββ crates : sub-crates
-β βββ masking : making pii information for pci and gdpr compliance
-β βββ router : the main crate
-β βββ router_derive : utility macros for the router crate
-βββ docs : hand-written documentation
-βββ examples : examples
-βββ logs : logs generated at runtime
-βββ migrations : diesel db setup
-βββ openapi : API definition
-βββ postman : postman scenarios for API
-βββ target : generated files
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+βββ config : Initial startup config files for the router
+βββ connector-template : boilerplate code for connectors
+βββ crates : sub-crates
+β βββ api_models : Request/response models for the `router` crate
+β βββ cards : Types to handle card masking and validation
+β βββ common_enums : Enums shared across the request/response types and database types
+β βββ common_utils : Utilities shared across `router` and other crates
+β βββ data_models : Represents the data/domain models used by the business/domain layer
+β βββ diesel_models : Database models shared across `router` and other crates
+β βββ drainer : Application that reads Redis streams and executes queries in database
+β βββ external_services : Interactions with external systems like emails, KMS, etc.
+β βββ masking : Personal Identifiable Information protection
+β βββ redis_interface : A user-friendly interface to Redis
+β βββ router : Main crate of the project
+β βββ router_derive : Utility macros for the `router` crate
+β βββ router_env : Environment of payment router: logger, basic config, its environment awareness
+β βββ scheduler : Scheduling and executing deferred tasks like mail scheduling
+β βββ storage_impl : Storage backend implementations for data structures & objects
+β βββ test_utils : Utilities to run Postman and connector UI tests
+βββ docs : hand-written documentation
+βββ loadtest : performance benchmarking setup
+βββ migrations : diesel DB setup
+βββ monitoring : Grafana & Loki monitoring related configuration files
+βββ openapi : automatically generated OpenAPI spec
+βββ postman : postman scenarios API
+βββ scripts : automation, testing, and other utility scripts
```
-## Join us in building HyperSwitch
+## πͺ Join us in building Hyperswitch
-### Our Belief
+### π€ Our Belief
> Payments should be open, fast, reliable and affordable to serve
> the billions of people at scale.
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Globally payment diversity has been growing at a rapid pace.
There are hundreds of payment processors and new payment methods like BNPL,
RTP etc.
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But integrating and maintaining multiple processors needs a lot of dev effort.
Why should devs across companies repeat the same work?
-Why can't it be unified and reused? Hence, HyperSwitch was born to create that
+Why can't it be unified and reused? Hence, Hyperswitch was born to create that
reusable core and let companies build and customise it as per their specific requirements.
-### Our Values
+### β¨ Our Values
1. Embrace Payments Diversity: It will drive innovation in the ecosystem in
multiple ways.
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Security and Performance SLAs.
5. Maximise Value Creation: For developers, customers & partners.
-### Contributing
+### π€ Contributing
This project is being created and maintained by [Juspay](https://juspay.in),
South Asia's largest payments orchestrator/switch, processing more than 50
Million transactions per day. The solution has 1Mn+ lines of Haskell code built
over ten years.
-HyperSwitch leverages our experience in building large-scale, enterprise-grade &
+Hyperswitch leverages our experience in building large-scale, enterprise-grade &
frictionless payment solutions.
It is built afresh for the global markets as an open-source product in Rust.
We are long-term committed to building and making it useful for the community.
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Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on
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-**Important note for Rust developers**: We aim for contributions from the community
+π¦ **Important note for Rust developers**: We aim for contributions from the community
across a broad range of tracks. Hence, we have prioritised simplicity and code
readability over purely idiomatic code. For example, some of the code in core
functions (e.g., `payments_core`) is written to be more readable than
pure-idiomatic.
-## Community
+## π₯ Community
-Get updates on HyperSwitch development and chat with the community:
+Get updates on Hyperswitch development and chat with the community:
-- Read and subscribe to [the official HyperSwitch blog][blog].
+- Read and subscribe to [the official Hyperswitch blog][blog].
- Join our [Discord server][discord].
- Join our [Slack workspace][slack].
- Ask and explore our [GitHub Discussions][github-discussions].
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[slack]: https://join.slack.com/t/hyperswitch-io/shared_invite/zt-1k6cz4lee-SAJzhz6bjmpp4jZCDOtOIg
[github-discussions]: https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/discussions
-## Bugs and feature requests
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Please read the issue guidelines and search for [existing and closed issues].
If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please [open a new issue].
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[existing and closed issues]: https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/issues
[open a new issue]: https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch/issues/new/choose
-## Versioning
+## π Versioning
Check the [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) file for details.
-## Copyright and License
+## Β©οΈ Copyright and License
This product is licensed under the [Apache 2.0 License](LICENSE).
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+## β¨ Thanks to all contributors
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+Thank you for your support in hyperswitch's growth. Keep up the great work! π₯
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