Hi everyone 👋

I’m the creator of an open-source project: https://zoomment.com/

The project already has users and I’m actively maintaining and improving it. I really enjoy working on it and would love to invest much more time into development.

The challenge is that I also need to earn money to make that possible.

I’m curious if anyone here has experience turning an open-source project into something sustainable financially.
What models worked for you? (donations, hosted version, paid features, consulting, sponsorships, etc.)

Any advice, examples, or suggestions would be really appreciated 🙏

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Week of 9 Mar at Lunary

✅ 9536 MAU
✅ £3870.74 MRR
✅ 13,920 impressions/day
✅ 1371 DAU

Building in public every week.

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Need someone to Talk to, who up to it?
not doing too great.

#Zajey

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Day 5 of building in public going strong

* ✅ 291 MAU
* ✅ £21.97 MRR
* ✅ 4 new signups today
* ✅ 10124 SEO impressions/day
* ✅ 24 DAU yesterday

What's next for Lunary?

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Hot take: most indie founders build in public to get followers, not to share what they're learning.

You can tell by what they don't post. The pivots. The bad weeks. The months where nothing worked.

Those posts don't get as many likes. That's why they matter more.

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Day 488 of building in public and users are still finding us

* ✅ new signups today
* ✅ seo impressions rising
* ✅ small but steady maus

what's the next hurdle to clear?

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