Ask HN: Publish Open Source or Closed
is there maybe some kind of rules set or a trend how to launch an app nowadays. In particular I mean is it smarter to launch something open source or closed?
Franzi_P
Re:Ask HN: Publish Open Source or Closed
on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:58AM (#50466473)
Hey thanks for your answer. Well eventually there is the target to also make sales with the app. However the ICP is not clear yet, but rather i think it would be more the vibe coding community. So i thought about making it open source to the hacker community here and github and only certain additional features like team use have a fee to pay. Nowadays if you have a really cool app, it is almost impossible get it to the right users. People out there are completely overspammed with AI tools and the velocity of the development
Re:Ask HN: How do you grow OSS projects?
on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:23AM (#50259865)
May I ask you which kind of open source model you have been using? And why did you choose open source?
Re:Ask HN: How do you grow OSS projects?
on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:20AM (#50259815)
How did you deal with the forks? Has it been threatening your open source project in terms of monetizing it later?