Anatomy of open source project

github, gitlab, bitbucket and markdown, sponsorship, getting users

Story behind progress-up uploader

I found someone on Twitter making 100,000$ from gumroad with his image gallery open source project. Then I thought perhaps I could do something similar?

But fact is I have not gotten much from the project not even praise what to mention money? It looks like reaching people is not the forte of developers.

Markting needs totally different mindset.

I developed a drag and drop file uploader which you can see in action here.

The github page is this. I am a fan of BSD and I licensed the software free for all purposes including commercial use.

How to start a github project?

Now that naturally brings us to the topic.

Why start a github project and how to go about it?

There could be many reasons. I think it is a personality thing. Some people like to give more than they take.

We are always benefitting by the open source tools we use on a daily basis. Beyond a point we want to do something and create instead of endlessly consuming.

Otherwise it could be that you want to become famous or claim that your work is used by millions. Whatever your motivation we will explore how this is done peppered with my own experience with open source for over 20 years.

Alternatives

Github may not be the only choice to start open source projects. You have bitbucket and gitlab. But most people prefer github. Remember it is owned by Microsoft.

Also I have a project on sourceforge as well.

The platform does not matter. What matters is your project.

All of them offer similar tools an integrations.

Why do an open source project?

As I said above the motivations could be many. But some even do it to mention on their resume and some recruiter from Linkedin will notice and hire you.

In fact Google hired lots of open source developers of really successful projects long ago. I remember the author of pidgin messenger and few other cases.

If you need help with this you could setup a free call for 30 mins. I am offering first 3 calls for free. Then it is 147$.