For developers

Build on Africa's payment infrastructure.

UrbanTrends exposes the same Daraja, M-Pesa, and reconciliation primitives our products run on. Use them in your own apps, integrations, and services.

Integration surface

Five products. One platform to build on.

Each product in our portfolio exposes an API surface. Connect your app to the data and workflows that matter to your users.

RentFlowAvailable

Plug rent payments and M-Pesa reconciliation into your property app.

PortfolioUComing soon

Access the talent shortlist API to match candidates to roles.

TrendyyLeadsComing soon

Pull enriched, scored leads directly into your CRM.

AcademyOSComing soon

Integrate fee collection and grade reporting into school portals.

Developer ToolsAvailable

Daraja Playground, Scaffold CLI, and OG Studio — free to use.

What we build with
Next.jsDjangoTypeScriptPythonM-Pesa / DarajaWebAuthnPostgreSQLResend

Our stack is standard. Our domain expertise isn't. If you know these tools, you're ready.

Free tools

Built for ourselves. Open to everyone.

All tools are free, require no account, and are useful whether or not you're building on UrbanTrends.

Daraja Playground

Free

Browser sandbox for STK Push and callbacks. No Postman. No setup.

$open daraja.urbantrends.dev

Scaffold CLI

Free

Generates a wired Daraja backend with typed routes, callback handler, and .env template.

$npx @urbantrends/scaffold my-app

OG Studio

Free

Programmatic 1200×630 Open Graph cards from a URL. Useful for blog posts, docs, and product cards.

og.urbantrends.dev/new?title=...
Getting started

Three steps to building with us.

01

Join the community

WhatsApp/Telegram group. Introduce yourself, share what you're building, and ask questions directly to the team.

02

Explore the APIs

Daraja Playground and the product APIs are all accessible. No account needed to get started experimenting.

03

Ship an integration

Built something on the platform? Share it in the community. We feature standout integrations on this page.

Developer community

Ready to build?

Join developers across East Africa building on UrbanTrends. Get support, share what you're working on, and collaborate with the team directly.

Join on WhatsAppOr reach us by email