paid-open-source-projects
A list of open source software projects that will pay you to contribute (by kunovsky)
Bountysource
Bountysource is the funding platform for open-source software. (by bountysource)
| paid-open-source-projects | Bountysource | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 26 | |
| 206 | 622 | |
| - | 0.2% | |
| 4.1 | 0.0 | |
| 6 months ago | 9 months ago | |
| Ruby | ||
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
paid-open-source-projects
Posts with mentions or reviews of paid-open-source-projects.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
- whats the best bounty hunt program for foss projects?
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The Log4j bug exposes a bigger issue: Open-source funding
I recently started a list of OSS projects that actually pay (some of them pretty well) for contributions: https://github.com/kunovsky/paid-open-source-projects. The list is pretty short right but, but as an industry, I'd love to see a shift towards compensating people fairly for their time. Yes, we all love and support open source but when it comes down to brass tacks we should compensate developers (who are choosing to spend their free time contributing instead of doing other work) for their efforts. It doesn't have to be much, but the more opportunities we create like this the more incentive there is for developers to put in the work. To be clear, I'm not saying that every OSS project should pay. But do what you can if and when it makes sense.
- Get paid to contribute to open-source software
- A list of open-source software projects that will pay for contributions
- Get paid to contribute to open source software
Bountysource
Posts with mentions or reviews of Bountysource.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
- whats the best bounty hunt program for foss projects?
- Bountysource.com is Insolvent, do not use
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Where to post bounties for bugfixes?
I used to use BountySource for this, but apparently they have not been honoring withdrawal requests and maybe are insolvent now. Gitcoin used to offer crypto bounties on bugfixes, but apparently they no longer do that and now only do "hackathons". I'm aware of many "bounty" sites, but they all are focused on finding security flaws not fixing specific issues.
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Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding
It sounds like bountysource, but bountysource seems to have stopped paying bounties. Found these two links on the Wikipedia Article for Bountysource:
[CRITICAL] Bountysource Escrow, Complain @ dfpi.ca.gov, 18.05.2023 - https://github.com/bountysource/core/issues/1539
What is wrong with your support and cash out process?, 20.06.2021 -
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💲 Build your resume and get paid
Bountysource
- Get Paid to Contribute to Urllib3
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How to earn money on FOSS
Also obvious, and also only one way - sites where repository maintainers ask for feature implementation with a reward. There is no obvious winner here, both sites are good. - BountySource — payments in USD, seemingly more requests - Tip4Commit — payments in BTC, smaller amount of requests but payments are quite bigger.
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Support open source that you use by paying the maintainers to talk to your team
There were a few companies that tried doing that, if I recall correctly https://www.bountysource.com/ was one of them (seems to still be active). I've been following the area and also tried to run a business in the area. My experience is that while there's some demand, it's either really small, or extremely difficult to grow.
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What are some of the reasons some open source software adds new features before fixing known bugs?
I've pledged for fixes before. I think this is the service I used. https://www.bountysource.com/
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Please, keep in mind there is ZERO FUNDING for my projects.
There is a website called BountySource that I think is meant to do what you describe. I've never actually used it though.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing paid-open-source-projects and Bountysource you can also consider the following projects:
rysolv - Code analytics, silly hackathons, and matching developers with great jobs
sentry-javascript - Official Sentry SDKs for JavaScript
liberapay.com - Source code of the recurrent donations platform Liberapay
gitpay - Bounties for issues on demand. Be rewarded by learning, using Git workflow and continuous integration
sentry-symfony - The official Symfony SDK for Sentry (sentry.io)
kwin-lowlatency - archived - X11 full-screen unredirection and lots'a settings for KWin
bullet_train - The Open Source Ruby on Rails SaaS Template
relay - Sentry event forwarding and ingestion service.
qmk_distro_msys - A Windows one-click installer for the QMK CLI
homebridge-gsh - Allow Google Assistant to control your Homebridge accessories.
lemonade-stand - A handy guide to financial support for open source
homebridge - HomeKit support for the impatient.
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Bountysource vs sentry-symfony
Bountysource vs kwin-lowlatency
Bountysource vs bullet_train
Bountysource vs relay
Bountysource vs qmk_distro_msys
Bountysource vs homebridge-gsh
Bountysource vs lemonade-stand
Bountysource vs homebridge