Ask HN: How do open source companies make money?

Posted by JohannesCortez on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @09:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm new to the open source side of things and I'm trying to learn as much as I can, I'm looking for material recommendations about Open Source Software (specially in the age of agentic AI).

Can you drop your favorite ones?

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Re:Ask HN: How do open source companies make money? by jr_isidore on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:24AM (#48555809)

Get over a million users. Then sell ads, or sell their data.

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Re:Ask HN: How do open source companies make money? by gus_massa on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @10:06PM (#48579699)

Some sell consulting about using their project.

Some sell hosting the online version.

Some do a rug pull and close the source.

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