How We built a $1M ARR open source SaaS
Since reading the thread on money-making side hustles on HN a few days back[1], I was able to finally brush off my procrastination and start twiddling with some of my side projects that have been lying dormant over the years! And the model Plausible uses (I think the right term is &quot;Open Core&quot;?) which is also used by the incredible Product analytics tool Posthog [1] aligns really well with how I want to build out my side-hustles. Open source, but also available packaged and hosted if you so prefer.<p>One thing I was concerned about was about revenue that these &quot;open source by default&quot; products make, so glad that this post has come along just in time to alleviate some of those concerns (of course, as with most engineering side projects, the priority is to build something cool first, and if it ends up making some money, then all the better!) and it&#x27;s always nice to see successful OSS-driven products in a crowded analytics space.<p>Congrats folks!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31764696" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31764696</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;posthog.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;posthog.com&#x2F;</a>