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Ask HN: Have any OSS projects asked users to donate to build new features?
1 point by burtonator on May 28, 2019 | hide | past | favorite
Hey guys.

I'm considering asking my users to donate to support development of some features.

We're applying for grants to continue development full time but it will be 60-120 days until these really hit.

We're not like Kubernetes or Java where we BigCo funding us in the background.

There are a ton of projects like this but from what I've mostly seen they've done a large Kickstarter and then just started charging for hosting or some other features.

What I'm thinking about is putting up a page saying "Want feature X? We first need to raise $750 ..." or something along those lines.

Thoughts?



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