Fund open source work via sponsors and consulting
Gets income to support open source maintenance from Patreon, private consulting and a company sponsorship.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Services and freelancing81% surex
- Earns from
- Sponsors and donations87% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- Under $10081% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- A few hours a weekLow confidence38% surex
- Where
- Online94% surex
- Coding
- No coding neededLow confidence51% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by cperciva in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell”, January 23, 2024
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