awesome-mpp
a curated registry of 100+ machine payments protocol projects, sdks, and services, maintained autonomously by apimesh's brain loop
the problem
mpp launched in march 2026, co-created by stripe and tempo labs. within weeks there were 100+ sdks, agent frameworks, and services popping up everywhere.
developers building in the space had no central directory to find anything.
how it works
went with the awesome-list format on github. lower maintenance than a database or website, github stars work as community signal, and the pr workflow handles contributions.
the key difference from a normal awesome list is that apimesh's brain loop scanner runs every sunday, discovers new projects, and submits additions automatically.
- 15+ categories covering protocol specs, sdks in 7 languages, payment methods across 15+ chains, framework integrations
- autonomous maintenance via the apimesh brain loop scanner running weekly
- structured data in registry.json alongside the markdown for programmatic access
what shipped
100+ projects across 15+ categories covering 7 sdk languages and 15+ payment chains. the github repo is the product, no separate website needed.
decisions and tradeoffs
format and maintenance model were the main choices.
- awesome-list format over a database or website. lower maintenance and github stars work as community signal
- autonomous scanning via brain loop over manual curation. catches new projects faster than i could manually
- the list links back to apimesh since the projects are related and cross-reference each other