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Open Source and $ ?
Hey,
So, I'm the maker of OMC.dev (https://www.omc.dev/demo - Sorry, only in French 😥)
Basically, it's a Scrimba-like web app. I tried to pre-launch and sales early deals...
...But that was a fail.
TBH, I don't really care - We all fail and that's part of the game. At least, I learned a lot making this one!
Anyway, so I'm thinking of Open Source this project and maintain it. Do you think it's a good idea? Is there someone making some money with an Open Source project? If yes, do you have any tips?
What I have in mind : Making a "light" version of the app and creating an "How to setup the app" into the ReadMe with a referral link to Digital Ocean or Linode.
Cheers ✌
So, I'm the maker of OMC.dev (https://www.omc.dev/demo - Sorry, only in French 😥)
Basically, it's a Scrimba-like web app. I tried to pre-launch and sales early deals...
...But that was a fail.
TBH, I don't really care - We all fail and that's part of the game. At least, I learned a lot making this one!
Anyway, so I'm thinking of Open Source this project and maintain it. Do you think it's a good idea? Is there someone making some money with an Open Source project? If yes, do you have any tips?
What I have in mind : Making a "light" version of the app and creating an "How to setup the app" into the ReadMe with a referral link to Digital Ocean or Linode.
Cheers ✌
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How do you mean it failed? What did you do to launch it? Where did you promote it?
I think looking at the affiliate systems of those two providers and my guess at the volume of demand for self hosting a scrimba alternative its unlikely to make a substantial amount of money. In my readings open source business models are usually around either providing enterprise support or enterprise closed source infrastructure/extensions to the open source package. I can imagine affiliate links working well if the volume of users is high, such as a popular library such as next.js - but that requires lots of developers to have a use case for the library/service
you gotta keep launching and relaunching. In a way, making the project open source is just another type of launch and requires the same attention to releases.