Ask HN: Should I open source my next project?

• laravel-kit

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  A desktop Laravel admin panel app

Hi HN,

4-5 years ago, I created a desktop application called Laravel Kit[1] and open sourced it. The repo has almost 1k stars on GitHub. I was eagerly waiting for a single donation to come to my PayPal. Because I was young and needed to make money through coding without the hassle of managing a business. And I managed to get 0$ donation. But I still push updates to it.

I have some software project ideas in my mind and I want to sell them. It's a tool primarily targeted for Linux desktops but can also work on other OSs. I am concerned that the community might not accept the project because it's not open source and they adore FOSS softwares. The tool surely will have some amazing features compared to it's free alternatives. But FOSS doesn't pay the bills.

What is your opinion about this? Should I just improve my software engineering skills as I am currently studying Computer Science at a uni? or should I get on with the business idea?

[1]: https://github.com/tmdh/laravel-kit

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